Verboticisms

Created by: Biscotti

Pronunciation: sel-eb-ra-sized

Sentence: She was so celebrecized with the Britney Spears drama, she didn't sleep until Britney got the kids back from K-Fed.

Etymology: I don't know, this one just sort of came to me without thought...

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Created by: lindseyhamrick

Pronunciation: Sen-seb

Sentence: Annie has a sencebtion with celebrities. She belives she can be just like them.

Etymology: Sen: Holy Ceb: comes from celebrity

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /laɪmˌlaɪt.lɪŋ/

Sentence: He considered retiring from the public eye as the near-constant pestering by limelightlings was getting on his nerves. The two or three e-mails per week were just too much for one man to handle and stay sane. Somebody even recognized him at the store last month!

Etymology: From limelight + -ling, reminiscent of lighning

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Limelightling bug! Ingenious! You have my adoration for your creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:20:00

Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-17: 16:50:00

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Created by: tmcg5625

Pronunciation: stat-us-tish-un

Sentence: shes compiling information on every star. what a statustician

Etymology: Status-the position of an individual in relation to another or others, esp. in regard to social or professional standing Statistician-an expert in or compiler of statistics

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Created by: Mangaplump

Pronunciation: Fuct-u-ation

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: seh-leb-reh-TOSE-is

Sentence: It was often said by Marilyn's friends that she had a bad case of celebritosis as she was so obsessed with trying to identify with celebrities that she often overlooked social obligations as well as personal affairs, including grooming.

Etymology: Blend of 'celebrity' (a famous or celebrated person) and 'osis' (suffix meaning abnormal or diseased condition)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: fan ad dikt

Sentence: Emily was an absolute fanaddict when it came to celebrity news. She could not wait to get her daily fix on movie stars, tv entertainers and the Royal Family. She ignored her own family to read up on the daily gossip surrounding the rich & famous. She could name you all of Liz Taylor's eight husbands, but often had trouble remembering her own...

Etymology: Fan (an ardent follower and admirer) & Addict(someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction) & Wordplay on Fanatic (a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)

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Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: sell-ebb-re-tard

Sentence: Realizing that her fish had all died and that she had not eaten properly in a week, Jackie realized that her obsession with following the details of Britney Spears' mental breakdown had caused her to celebretard her own life.

Etymology: celebrity - a celebrated person + retard -a holding back or slowing down.

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COMMENTS:

Excellent etymology ... couldn't have chosen a better descryptive combo ... especially the retard! Great creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:04:00

i didn't want to offend anyone -so i made sure to put the definition as written in Webster's. Though i suppose people don't necessarily get up in arms when they read their kids pj's are flame retardant. - libertybelle, 2008-02-15: 10:35:00

I never gave it a thought libertybelle ... good point. It is never my intention to offend, when words can be perceived in many ways. Yet ... I can't help thinking, if we shunned every word that might be mindtwisted so it can be construed offensive, we might have to become mutants! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 11:10:00

Either that, or we'll have to create verbotocisms like "rockrock" or "boulderstone" - DeltaRho2K, 2008-02-15: 13:41:00

Great creation! It could also apply to the celebrities who do stupid things in public eye to inspire such fascination. - Tigger, 2008-02-15: 23:00:00

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: share/la/tan

Sentence: The concert hall was full of cherlatans and most of them were men.

Etymology: cher + charlatan

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COMMENTS:

Good pun! Fun creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 20:52:00

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Created by: Maxine

Pronunciation: si leh bree ayt

Sentence: Celine, ever celebriated, lives in the two-dimensional world of popular magazines and gossip websites, neglecting to raise her head regardless of whether her phone rings, whether her dinner burns, or whether her frail father falls harshly down the stairs.

Etymology: celebrity, inebriate

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Indulgently good creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:47:00

I like your description of celebriation as a "two-dimensional world." Very insightful. - Tigger, 2008-02-15: 22:07:00

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