Verboticisms

Created by: lplybon

Pronunciation: "Suss-PEK-shus"

Sentence: "Edwin had one of those days when he felt suspectious all day long. He started fumbling with his change, suddenly nauseous and sweaty, while buying coffe at the corner store, when two off-duty cops came in. Just neighborhood guys, okay? Geez. But then later on he thought he saw that look, that knowing look from a clerk, when renewing his drivers' license ..."

Etymology: A combination of suspicious, suspect, and susceptible.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: app ree hend sif

Sentence: Margo was always a bit apprehendsive when she saw cops; flashing blue/red lights; heard sirens or was entered into a police lineup. Her mother being a travel agent for Guilt Trips, had always made her feel that anything bad that happened was Margo's fault. So when someone had robbed the local liquor store and was caught on CCT, he/she had worn a long dark wig with pink eyeshadow,lipstick and blouse. After Horatio Crane and his crew had determined that the perpetrator on video, was a man dressed as a women (the prominent Adam's apple and yearning for Barbara Streisand and Bette Midler cds was a always a giveaway), Margo felt a lot less guilty and went out to enjoy the Drag Queen's Ball.

Etymology: apprehend (anticipate with dread or anxiety;take into custody) & apprehensive (mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; worried; in fear or dread of possible evil or harm)

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COMMENTS:

caught the mood! - galwaywegian, 2009-01-12: 08:18:00

Excellent etymology. - silveryaspen, 2009-01-12: 10:41:00

Hahahaha.Good one, N! - metrohumanx, 2009-01-12: 17:54:00

Good one! - Mustang, 2009-01-12: 23:10:00

too funny! - mweinmann, 2009-01-13: 08:29:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: fəzənoid

Sentence: Jerry can be a real fuzzanoid. He flinches almost every time he leaves his apartment. This might be because is a career criminal who lives next to a police station.

Etymology: fuzz (police) + paranoid (unreasonably or obsessively anxious, suspicious, or mistrustful)

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: law - of - the - jan - gul

Sentence: As I wind my way through the jungle of city streets, a squad car sticks to my bumper like glue. Even though I am doing nothing wrong, it is making me very nervous and edgy! Don't you just hate it when you become a victim of the unwritten lawofthejangle? There ought to be a law against police stalking innocent people.!

Etymology: Law of the Jungle, Jangle. Law: police. Jangle: irritating a person's nerves.

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COMMENTS:

The law of the jangle and the jangled nerves brought on by the scrutiny of the law. Always running in circles...the rat race goes on....and on....and on. ;-) - Mustang, 2008-03-20: 07:05:00

and the heat goes on, la de dah de da - petaj, 2008-03-20: 09:31:00

very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-20: 11:05:00

Very clever and funny. Thanks for info on copasetic. I think I first heard it used in the late 1960s by someone at Mission Control, Houston when speaking to Gene Cernan, saying "Everything is copasetic, Gene." I don't know it's etymology, I must try and find out about it . - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-22: 00:49:00

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Created by: simoneshin

Pronunciation: cough-icer

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Etymology: a cough is a sudden and often repetitively occurring defence reflex which helps to clear the large breathing passages from excess secretions, irritants, foreign particles

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: COP-pre-hen-shun

Sentence: Whenever a police car approached Roxie, she always felt fuzzicky. And, despite watching hours of "Cops," she still couldn't figure out how to overcome her copprehension. Bob told her to stop squinching; her fears were silly; everything would be copasetic.

Etymology: Blend of COP: policeman; APPREHENSION :1. arrest 2.fear, anxiety, dread. Fuzzicky(Fuzz:police & panicky) SQUINCH: to watch and wait, hoping things will turn out one's own way; to anticipate ("Burgess Unabridged")

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COMMENTS:

Ooh, good one. - ErWenn, 2008-03-20: 01:06:00

nice - I like copasetic too - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-20: 11:04:00

Double Kudos for Doubly Great Creates. Copasetic is now in the dictionary and can be spelled either copacetic or copasetic. At least in the online Encarta dictionary and dictionary.com - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 16:27:00

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Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: For-se-al-arm

Sentence: When Karen saw the police cars pull up she felt the forcealarm rising, she was sure they were looking for her. If only she had handed in her library book on time it would have been ok, now she was a week late she decided to go quietly. As she turned to face the music she was so relieved when she saw that they had arrested couple of shoplifters she ran home to collect the books and then proceeded straight to the library to hand them in.

Etymology: Force(an organised body of workers i.e Police Force) + Alarm(an anxious state) = Forcealarm. See false alarm (when your fears amount to nothing)

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COMMENTS:

That's good. Good play on words too. - kateinkorea, 2009-01-12: 08:06:00

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Created by: arrrteest

Pronunciation: awto-culpa-sep-shun

Sentence: Julie became acutely aware of her parasympathetic body functions such as her breathing and eyeblinking as soon as she noticed the cops walking in her direction. She new she wasn't speeding because she was walking. No, perhaps they caught her jay-walking two blocks ago, or maybe someone reported her when she accidently stepped on a praying mantis. Or perhaps it was Homeland Security coming to get her for something she said on a telephone call, or the evil thoughts she had towards her boyfriend's ex. Whatever it was, Julie was suffering from an acute case of autoculpaception.

Etymology: auto (self) + culp (fault, blame)+ ception (perception)

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COMMENTS:

Very intellectual and scholarly! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 16:17:00

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Created by: Korinne

Pronunciation: Par-a-pole-ized

Sentence: I felt parapolized as the police cruiser pulled up behind me at the red light. "Will they notice my expired sticker?" I wondered.

Etymology: Paralized + Police

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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.

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

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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