Verboticisms

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ig/nor/a/mor/ay/mus

Sentence: Sally's best friend sewed hearts on his sleeve and sculpted heart shaped topiary as a gift for her on Valentine's Day but sadly Sally was an ignoramoramus and thought he just had a fetish for hearts.

Etymology: ignore + amor + ignoramus

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COMMENTS:

she's unlikely ever to become an ignoramamorous - galwaywegian, 2009-02-12: 06:42:00

first part rhymes and the whole thing slide over the tongue and is such fun to say - silveryaspen, 2009-02-12: 13:20:00

Heart-breaking... - Nosila, 2009-02-12: 22:16:00

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: sluff - luv

Sentence: Inez just would not take Tommy seriously. Tommy knew they were a perfect match in every way but he kept getting the sloughlove from her. Inez could not say what the problem was. She could find nothing wrong with Tommy, liked to spend time with him and felt attracted to him....she just couldn't put her finger on what was wrong.

Etymology: slough off + love + a play on the term "tough love" >>> slough off (discard as undesirable - love (be enamored or in love with)

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COMMENTS:

well-crafted word - silveryaspen, 2009-02-12: 13:28:00

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Created by: MandeepSandhu

Pronunciation: (sent-bod)

Sentence: The message that i recieved from you made me feel sentbod because i kept thinking about you.

Etymology: to feel, think

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Created by: Moonstar

Pronunciation: Pork-love

Sentence: Bess looked over at Glen and looked quickly away. He was so....UGH! And he just INFURIATED her! But deep inside, Bess knew that she loved him...But he was so frustrating and cold! She couldn't love him!...It was Porklove.

Etymology: Porklove is the hate of someone you love-you love them, but because of some feature or something they've done, you don't want to.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ob luv ee us

Sentence: It was like the story of Pigmalion. Prof.Henry Piggins (he of the Swine Lake and Ham-let fame) was obloveious to the fact that his protegee, Miss Eliza Sueylittle (as played by Miss Piggy in the Hollywood movie version) had turned from an experiment into his one true love. Although he was much older than her (his nickname was Jurassic Pork)and an old boar, he was sty-mied that she had turned into sow beautiful a creation. (From a sow's ear into a silk purse, some would say. They would be linked forever and have an oinkredible relationship.

Etymology: Oblivious (unmindful,inattentive) & Love (any object of warm affection or devotion)

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Created by: zachmiracle

Pronunciation: catch-twantey-tooang

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Etymology: Taken from the novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

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Created by: readerwriter

Pronunciation: mihss-mahrk

Sentence: Petunia felt she must be missmarked. How could Porky not love her? Was she always to be a missmarkee? Maybe she was missmarketing herself? She thought she had been presenting her authentic sow on ehominy, but she was tired of gritting and boaring it. She was determined to go hog wild and set up an account on Snoutbook.

Etymology: Derived from "to miss the mark," an archery term, i.e. not hitting the bull's eye. Middle English = Sin!

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COMMENTS:

Remarkable! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-12: 13:18:00

Unmisstakeably good...shades of the legendary Miss Piggy! - Nosila, 2009-02-12: 22:13:00

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Created by: chrispiper

Pronunciation: plo oser

Sentence: This girl was madly in love with this guy but he was just being a plooser. someone who never acknowledged it.

Etymology: p apathy looser failed at love

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Created by: fritzgilbert

Pronunciation: B-love-ness

Sentence: Tom was married to his long love Ednis 30 years ago. Today he is now in a state of Bluvness.

Etymology: Bl-as in "blind to" uv-as in "love" Ness-as in the "state of"

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Created by: superdeduperguy

Pronunciation: spu-v-ing

Sentence: The young handsome man was married to an old harpy with warts and all. People asked why and his sister said he was spoving.

Etymology: sp as in spaced out ov as in love

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