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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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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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Idiosyncrazy
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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Disghabustitsing
Created by: pwincess9430
Pronunciation: disc-hab-ust-it-sing
Sentence: basically discusting + habit in one really long word
Etymology:
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
Cripplequirk
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)
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.
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
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
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
