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DEFINITION: A personality quirk or habit, which at first blush seems "cute", but which can quickly become so annoying that it undermines personal relationships.
Verboticisms
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Spammettique
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.
Endearritating
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: en-deer-it-ay-ting
Sentence: she found his crazy laugh endearritating
Etymology: endearing, irritating
Mannerschism
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
Automatetic
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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COMMENTS:
ha, got my vote...great sentence - remistram, 2007-08-15: 09:40:00
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Unattractic
Created by: Metalflower
Pronunciation:
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
Habitrude
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
Nastiquism
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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Breakfastcharms
Created by: Paradox
Pronunciation:
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.
Mustuness
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
