Verboticisms

Created by: KristinA

Pronunciation: id-E-O-sin-craze-E

Sentence: After dating only 2 months, it soon became apparent that his incessant need to separate M&Ms by color before eating them would soon be the idiosnycrazy that would end their relationship.

Etymology: idiosyncrasy (a peculiar characteristic) + crazy (for the odd behavior and also, how the habit drives other people crazy)

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COMMENTS:

Good word Pretty much the word I was looking for! I used hideosyncrasy in my sentence, but also considered "odiosyncrasy, whimsiosyncrasy, insidiosyncrasy - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-15: 09:07:00

...also "idioticsyncrasy." - KristinA, 2007-08-15: 09:12:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: man-ner-skiz-im

Sentence: Joyce originally thought it quite intriguing that Bob could lick his nose, but when he did it in front of her grandmother, it caused a mannerschism.

Etymology: mannerism, schism

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Created by: administraitor

Pronunciation: must + you + ness

Sentence: They were a team – they thought and spoke as one. Whenever she started a sentence he would finish it. Until one day, when his mustuness finally drove her to a break up, he kissed himself off before he realized it.

Etymology: "must you!" + an ending

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Created by: GreenTara

Pronunciation: Nast-ih-kwism

Sentence: After two years, she couldn't take his finger nail biting anymore - his nastiquism was out of control.

Etymology: Nasti-nasty, qui-quirky, ism-a suffix indicating an act

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COMMENTS:

kool word - pwincess9430, 2007-08-15: 18:51:00

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: krip-uhl-kwurk

Sentence: The townspeople started a rumour that she pushed him into Cripple creek due to his relentless cripplequirking. Biting his toenails in public places was something she couldn't put up with anymore. Rumours are now swirling that he was happy to float along the river, it made his toenails nice and soft and easier to knaw off, and also tastier.

Etymology: cripple (to disable, weaken) + quirk (habit, fetish)

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: ihd-ee-uht-SIHNGK-ruh-see

Sentence: Alex's idiotsyncrasy of ending every sentence with "um, but, yeah..." drove his date off very fast.

Etymology: idiot + idiosyncrasy

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COMMENTS:

Good word- pretty much the one I was looking for! I used "hideosyncrasy" in my sentence but also consider odiosyncrasy, whimsiosyncrasy, insidiocrasy. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-15: 09:04:00

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Created by: Metalflower

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Sentence: The fact that Susan was tapping her fingernails on her teeth when she was bored was such an unattractic to Frank, that he ended the relationship after 5 happy years.

Etymology: unattractive, tic

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Created by: mythman

Pronunciation: spamm-eh-TEEK

Sentence: His excessive morning gas became a spametique blockout her morning-urge.

Etymology: Monty Python's Flying Circus featured a soundtrack "SPAM-SPAM-SPAM-SPAM ..." that blocked out the desired dialogue.

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Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Aww-toe-MATE-tick

Sentence: Sylvia knew that Dewayne's personal scratching was an involutary habitual response to sitting in one place too long, but the sheer repetitiveness of his automatetic was beginning to inspire her to sharpen all the knives, scissors, and axes in the house.

Etymology: Auto (prefix meaning "without thought or effort") + mate (significant other) + tic (muscle twitch)

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ha, got my vote...great sentence - remistram, 2007-08-15: 09:40:00

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: hab-i-TRU-de

Sentence: Among his new-founded friends Bob was looked upon as a quirky, loveable eccentric with a huge helping of idiosyncrasy. Often he would be seen lecturing tourists at the airport on the value of learning to speak Volapuk, or as a habitue sipping coffee at a sidewalk cafe declaring to passers-by his intention to stand for parliament. However his friends soon came to realize that his strange behavior was nothing more than a hideosyncrasy, hammed-up to avoid getting a job. And it didn't take long for them to weary of this pestering plethborer with habitrude.

Etymology: Blending of habit, intrude, rude & attitude

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Created by: pwincess9430

Pronunciation: disc-hab-ust-it-sing

Sentence: basically discusting + habit in one really long word

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: en-deer-it-ay-ting

Sentence: she found his crazy laugh endearritating

Etymology: endearing, irritating

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: pick-ass-dill-o

Sentence: Gordon's wriggling had gone from a peccadillo to a pickassdillo evidenced by continuous bum scratching by the time Jemma stormed out the door.

Etymology: peccadillo + a disgusting habit

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grrrrreat! - galwaywegian, 2007-08-15: 05:29:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: stew pid it ick

Sentence: In or around the third month of thwe relationship, she realised that what seemed at first like an endearing gesture, winking at her whenever he finished a sentence, was a stupiditic. she realsied now that the only reason he wore platform bootswas to stop his knuckles scraping off the ground as he walked.

Etymology: stupidity, tic

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Created by: lvinning

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Created by: Paradox

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Sentence: His soft snoring while sleeping very rapidly turned out to be a breakfastcharm.

Etymology: A combination of "break" (as in "breaking the news"), fast and charms, so not to be confused with breakfast (as in, food) and charms put together.

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