Verboticisms

Created by: arkon1

Pronunciation: posh-izm

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Created by: CanadianAndyCapp

Pronunciation: Hi-per-glit-ter-are-tee-main-ee-ah

Sentence: The world has always looked for celebrities to give their lives a standard for wishful fantasy. However, in today's multimedia environment, this has become elevated to a state of Hyperglitteratimania!

Etymology: Hyper- To be elevated beyond reality. / Glitterati- Coloquial form of popular celebrity. / Mania- All-consuming obsession

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I like the epidemic proportions of your sentence and Hyperglitteratimania! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:52:00

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Created by: Mangaplump

Pronunciation: Fuct-u-ation

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Created by: ttdlxgreg

Pronunciation: bran-jina

Sentence: Sarah has a severe case of Brangina - I suggest she adopt a baby from Africa.

Etymology: Branjelina + angina

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Created by: ianbkk

Pronunciation: Pri-ohr-ti-LU-sionist

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Etymology: Priority - something important, delusion - believing in something despite all the evidence to the contrary.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: spok stok er

Sentence: Being a sci-fi obsessive individual, it was inevitable that Venus would become a spockstalker. She affected the terse, logical voice of her hero, Mr Spock of Star Trek. She sported the big ears and uniform of the Starship Command. She became fluent in Vulcan and Klingon. She attended every Star Trek convention in the hopes of seeing her beloved and hoped for the chance to tell him of her undying love. She was President of every Spock Fan Club and showed up at every opportunity meet her idol. When she finally did meet him face to face, she told him of her adoration and her hope that he would boldly go where no man had gone before. The police involvement in removing her from his hotel room only served to strengthen her resolve that they might travel the universe together. TRO?...how could that block the course of true love? Illogical!

Etymology: Spock (Mr. Spock of Star Trek Fame..Spock is a character in the fictional Star Trek media franchise, from planet Vulcan...illogical) & Stalker (over enthusiastic fan, who stalks or sneaks about after their prey). PS...TRO (Temporary Restraining Order)

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COMMENTS:

Did she have ear-reshaping surgery? Good word! - splendiction, 2010-05-05: 22:53:00

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Created by: p382c

Pronunciation: ---

Sentence: mommy's been popnotized by the e! channel!

Etymology: pop + hypnotized

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Created by: swallowedbyafish

Pronunciation: starstuck (duh)

Sentence: She called it a hobby, but the quilt made out of old tabloid pages on her bed attested to the obvious fact that she was starstuck.

Etymology: starstruck + stuck

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COMMENTS:

Simple, but right to the point. I like it. - ErWenn, 2008-02-15: 09:38:00

Stellar creation! Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:12:00

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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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COMMENTS:

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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Created by: XMbIPb

Pronunciation: /as-tral-ob-se-shen/

Sentence: “Just like after the car crash that killed Princess Di, Jenny’s astralobsession almost drove her to suicide after Michael Jackson O.D.’d on propofol.”

Etymology: “astrum” n., – (Lat.), star “obsession” n., - compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea or emotion often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety

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