Verboticisms

Created by: leemarquis

Pronunciation: sym-path-uv

Sentence: John was looking for sympathove as he explained what a bad day he had had.

Etymology: sympathy + love

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COMMENTS:

Touchingly good etymology! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 14:20:00

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Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: kon-pash-shun

Sentence: Ted realized that Amy was laying the conpassion on thick this week as he finished resodding her lawn in the name of love.

Etymology: con: swindle + passion: adrent affection also play on word compassion.

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COMMENTS:

very nice word liberty - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-20: 11:10:00

Sentence and word fits so many realtionships! Good word! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 14:10:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: pall the tik

Sentence: Her palthetic approach to acquiring friends left her with severe neck problems from shoulder crying, and the largest collections of unanswered phone calls and used handkerchiefs in the world, or so she had been told by that nice lady from the Guinness Book of Recordsduring their three hour conversation.

Etymology: pal pathetic.

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COMMENTS:

I wasn't sure if you were trying for pal or pall in your etymology - both work well - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-20: 11:06:00

Excellent verbot. - Banky, 2008-02-20: 13:56:00

Your sentence and word were so good the sorrow in them almost gave me heart palpitations! Outstanding! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 14:17:00

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Created by: Filthy

Pronunciation:

Sentence: At first I felt sorry for her, but then I realized she was just a pityhole; she would always see me as a bad person for not caring enough.

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Created by: CanadianAndyCapp

Pronunciation: Sim-Path-etic-en-shun

Sentence: When he had run out of ways to legitimately get the attention of his parents, the spoiled brat resorted to sympatheticention; but without success!

Etymology: Combined form of Sympathy, Pathetic, and Attention

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COMMENTS:

Tongue-trippingly good triple play! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 03:10:00

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: pit-e-fool

Sentence: Dave thought Jill was pityfool, asking him to massage her feet every day, so she could get her shoes on.

Etymology: pityful/fool

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COMMENTS:

like it. - galwaywegian, 2008-02-20: 13:17:00

Great Creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 13:59:00

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: kyoo-pee-dohl

Sentence: Roxie believed that the bonds of matrimony were like any others bonds -you suffer their pain together. And during times of cupidole, when the vicissitudes of life were at their worst, it always seemed that for Bob's benefit, she mondegreened the song, "Cupid" (Sam Cooke) by singing: "Cupid please hear my cry, and let your harrow fly, straight through my lover's heart for me."

Etymology: CUPIDOLE: Blend of Cupid(God of Love)& Dole: sorrow, lamentations, grief. HARROW: An exclamation of distress, call for succour. The ancient Norman hue and cry. " Harrow and well away!" 2. pain, distress, affliction.

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COMMENTS:

this would have been perfect for Valentine's Day - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-20: 11:09:00

Very evocotive creation! Her cue(s) in cupid, the stu-pity in the 'upid'y of it,and thev hole of pity she fell into at the end. Your creations are like a goldmine, or is that a word mine! As usual ... Extraordinary! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 14:41:00

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: hart-feld

Sentence: Lonely and unloved, Charity Ann of Atlanta, lived within the Heart of Tricksy. She believed any type of caring, was better than no love at all. So, she would tell sorrifool and pitifool lies about her health and finances, to get heartfelled sympathy.

Etymology: A play on heartfelt. A blending of heart, felt, fooled, and felled. Heart: in the sense of love, warmth, affection, caring. Felt: past tense of feeling. Fooled: gained by trickery. Felled: in the sense of being captured.

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COMMENTS:

All the words in my etymology have more than one meaning, so I listed only those I intended. If the other meanings play around in your mind, well just consider it a bonus of mined or mind fun! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 02:54:00

nice combination - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-20: 15:50:00

Simple, everybody combination! brings to mind words such as 'heart-slain' & 'heart-blood' (Shakespeare, I think ?? Luv 'Heart of Tricksy' also. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-20: 16:53:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: kum-flurt

Sentence: The large angry-looking bug bite and subsequent broken nail and run in her stocking had transformed her into a whino. At the party, she proceeded to comflirt around the room until no one was left except for the dog, who humped her leg in sympathy.

Etymology: comfort, flirt

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COMMENTS:

Unique etymology! Great pathos in your sentence ... you really captured the pity and sorrow in the definition! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 13:52:00

good one! I like the sentence. - toadstool57, 2008-02-20: 14:34:00

oh tidings of comflirt and joy - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-20: 15:52:00

Thanks Jabber... nothing like having a Christmas song stuck in your head while you're paying off the holiday spending spree. - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-20: 18:08:00

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Created by: rebelvin

Pronunciation: wooz-mee

Sentence: You always woezmi about your little problems, give me a break.

Etymology: woe-is-me

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