Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: cop aa bil it tee

Sentence: She looked in the rear view mirror and spotted a police car with two officers in it following behind her. Every time she lane changed or made a right turn, the police car was right behind her. For over twenty minutes they continued following her, making her more and more nervous. She was afraid she'd make some small traffic infraction and give them a reason to pull her over. Were her license and insurance papers in her purse? Good thing she'd had no drinks today. The copability started seeping into her conciousness. Sure that they were tailing her but unsure why, she timidly kept up a brave face and drove on carefully. She happily noticed a donut house up ahead and hoped they'd get side-tracked. But no, they sailed on past it and kept on her tail. Her palms sweating and her fear mounting, she decided to try and elude them a bit by turning off onto a quiet street. Just then, their siren and lights went off and scared the wits out of her. Panic almost stopped her heart. They sailed on past her, racing to an emergency call. She pulled over and almost passed out with relief. Thank God they had not stopped her and found the body of her husband bound and wrapped in plastic her trunk!

Etymology: Cop (slang name for policeman) & Culpability (state of guilt)

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COMMENTS:

Had that problem just last week. - artr, 2010-05-28: 06:02:00

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Created by: Biscotti

Pronunciation: kop-oh-fo-bee-uh

Sentence: Alex was suffering severe copophobia when he was followed across state lines by a SWAT van. He thought they were following him because he tossed out a beer bottle earlier. Eventually he was pulled over and ony cited for littering.

Etymology: cop (slang for a police officer) + phobia (fear of something)

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A SWAT van needed to chase a litter? Why only cited for drinking? Your sentence left me hanging! Please finish me off? Maybe I'm just copophobic ... scared too senseless ... to figure it out! Very meaning full word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 16:56:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: kop tik

Sentence: whenever she say a panda car in the rear view, her coptick would start. a nervous twitch on the right side of her face that would work its way down to the accelerator foot within two blocks.

Etymology: coptic, cop, tic.

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COMMENTS:

Tip top word ... er tick cop word! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-12: 10:32:00

funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-12: 12:06:00

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Created by: c2flores

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Created by: looseball

Pronunciation: cop-caught-ed

Sentence: there it was again that copcaughted feeling every time I see a badge.

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You are awarded another point for each etymology ... sish you had put an etymology! Might copcaughted have sprung from Copcaugtchya and its cousin gotchya? - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 16:34:00

freudian fingerslips again ... sish should be wish in the above! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 16:35:00

Good word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 16:35:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: jahn/darm/alarm

Sentence: I experience such acute gendarmealarm that I even break into a sweat when I see a hall monitor from a French immersion school.

Etymology: gendarme + alarm

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Had you been motoring about in London perhaps you'd have experienced 'bobby caution'? - Mustang, 2008-03-20: 07:13:00

Or Plodduck. - petaj, 2008-03-20: 09:29:00

Fun to say! Nice one. - Jamagra, 2008-03-20: 11:53:00

Double Stong'arm'ed Creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 15:26:00

tres bien - stache, 2008-03-21: 00:00:00

Gendarmit - i should have thought of that one! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-22: 00:30:00

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Created by: stache

Pronunciation: ə-frād'där

Sentence: "There he goes again. That's the third time the park ranger has circled past us. He must know we failed to properly quench the campfire last night," Julie said. "Relax. it's just your afraidar," Jim replied.

Etymology: afraid/radar

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The child in me loves the word afraider ... it's a crackerjack creation! Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 15:29:00

Good one, stache...just cause you're paranoid does not mean that someone isn't following you... - Nosila, 2008-03-20: 22:34:00

Oh, this is an excellent word. Perfect! - Tigger, 2008-03-20: 22:53:00

Fantastic word. Most X-dar words (including mine) seem to imply that the detection is actually _effective_. I like that this one goes the other way. - ErWenn, 2008-03-21: 01:55:00

Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-22: 03:41:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: gəlpəbəl

Sentence: Its not that he was all that bad a driver but every time he saw a police car in his rear view mirror he would have a gulpable moment. He would also fall into a state of dread when he came into contact with a doctor.

Etymology: gulp (make effortful breathing or swallowing movements, typically in response to strong emotion) + culpable (deserving blame)

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Captures the reaction and feeling so very well! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-12: 10:40:00

Gulpability is a serious crime...good word! - Nosila, 2009-01-12: 19:12:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: sus-spookd

Sentence: Seeing the cop car in her rear view mirror, Alice felt susspooked, recalling that just yesterday she had ripped off from her mattress the DO NOT REMOVE UNDER PENALTY OF LAW tag.

Etymology: suspect, spooked

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Not the mattress tag!? Oh, that's hilarious. - Tigger, 2008-03-20: 11:57:00

Great originality! It ssssssslides over the tongue and ends with a poke ... fun to say and a fun sentence ... Double Kudos to you today! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 16:03:00

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Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: OM-knee-dred

Sentence: Generica quickly took a mental inventory of her possible transgressions when she saw the herd of uniformed coppers converge on her zone of control. Sure, she helped Waldo burn his draft card and disappear into the seedy underground, but that was long ago. They probably weren't looking for her, but the OMNIDREAD rose up in her craw like too many shots of sweet brandy. Perhaps she was just being paranoid, but then she remembered that Timmy The Beard was wasting away in a Guantanamo torture cell for the crime of...."SUSPECTED NOVELTIES"

Etymology: OMNI+DREAD=OMNIDREAD.....OMNI: encompassing everthing you may have done, even in your youth.....DREAD:to be apprehensive or fearful,to fear greatly,to feel extreme reluctance to meet or face the authorities;Middle English dreden, from Old English drǣdan...

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Bush and Cheney are going to slip away unpunished like thieves in the night. - metrohumanx, 2009-01-12: 02:05:00

Actually, it was Roger Bacon who was imprisoned for "suspected novelties" back in the 13th century, i believe- but history has a nasty way of repeating itself. - metrohumanx, 2009-01-12: 02:21:00

Your suspected novelties are good, metro...interesting phrase! - Nosila, 2009-01-12: 19:13:00

Thanks, N ! I wish I could say it was my own invention (suspected novelties). - metrohumanx, 2009-01-13: 07:59:00

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