Verboticisms

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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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: purpleman

Pronunciation: void/rea/th

Sentence: its when your life is empty

Etymology: void+breath

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Your voidreaths immediately conjured up those Grateful Dead fanatics ... the deadheads! Dreathfully good! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:35:00

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Created by: Wattywords

Pronunciation: slɛb'sɛs

Sentence: Looking up from his keyboard, James McCowan observed the woman as she entered the office. Glancing around, she scanned the walls quickly, as if seeking approbation from the brightly coloured posters supporting local events and charities. Though dingily dressed in worn jeans and a ketchup-stained t-shirt, she paused, shoulders back and with one foot advanced, shook her lank blonde hair and confronted the man with her yellowing beam for just a few seconds too long. Her large handbag, stuffed with magazines, dwarfed her tiny frame. The Councillor's heart sank. Another fan, here to petition him to approve Milly Cyrus' application for a music license for her country pile. Why the wretched woman had bought a manor house in Warwickshire to throw exclusive parties was beyond him, but the slebsession of the local women had tuned the issue into a lightening rod of political pain. This was decidedly not what James had entered public service to deal with.

Etymology: Celebrity. Obsession.

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: ob - SESS - seh - leb

Sentence: Every day Prunella would obsessceleb endlessly over her favorite show biz personalities as she pored over the gossip magazines.

Etymology: obsession - celebrity

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COMMENTS:

Very descryptive! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:29:00

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: foo-LUH-jahyz

Sentence: They were a motley bunch of dysaficionados, waiting for days to catch a fleeting glimpse of their favorite silebrities. And in snow, sleet and rain celuvoids hugging fandamentalists foologized about fanalties, whilst their own lives stalled on empty.

Etymology: FOOLOGIZE: fool -a silly or empty headed person: log|os|: speech & ize: verbal suffix. CELUVOID: empty "head" about films & screen stars. FANDUMENTALIST: one who believes every word written in "celebazines". FANALTIES: fan's banalities.

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Sounds like she might even be a Tomfoolerist! All tomfoolery aside, the fool in foologize makes it a great creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:16:00

Sounds like she might even be a Tomfoolerist! All tomfoolery aside, the fool in foologize makes it a great creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:16:00

Sorry it posted twice ... had a freeze-up on the computer ... only put it once ... but evidently it took before and after the sticky-up! Dang it! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:56:00

what a tongue twister - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-15: 11:10:00

great word u came up with there! i like saying out loud! sounds so wierd... - 8Revolution8, 2008-02-15: 14:27:00

Maybe it's the oooh ...oooh ... in the foooh loooh gize that makes this such a fun word to say! Your verbot has oooh-ooohing in more ways than one! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 20:38:00

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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: novaspectyr

Pronunciation: thruh-dol-uh-trize

Sentence: I became thradolatrized by the account of Ms. Hilton's latest video publication. n. thradolater

Etymology: thrall (slave) + idolatrize (to make into an idol)

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COMMENTS:

Very original angle in your sentence and etymology. Very interesting! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 20:46:00

Thrad: such a strong word element! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-17: 16:49:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: star/sess/ed

Sentence: Jennifer is so starsessed that she knows who every major Hollywood actor is dating, which night clubs they frequent, their favourite designers and the amount of money they make each year, but forgot her daughter's birthday. This celebnatic behaviour is the reason she's a single mother.

Etymology: star + obsessed

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Starsesses causing brain absesses (holes where important things fall through) ? ! The power of those 4 words 'forgot her daughter's birthday' overwhelmed me. Excellent strength in your sentence ... and your verboticism! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 11:25:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: səlebrəmentl

Sentence: You can call them superstars, VIPs, or the rich & famous, whatever you like, Judy is completely celebrimental about them. She spends so much time keeping up with her faves that her husband has to schedule things like discussing their kids.

Etymology: a combination of celebrity (the state of being well known), mental (suffering from disorders or illnesses of the mind) & sentimental (prompted by feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia)

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