Verboticisms

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: səlebseshən

Sentence: Jill has such a clelbsession that she finds it hard to leave the house. First, because she might miss some news about one of her favorites. Secondly, she has been known to squeal and faint at the sight of a local celeb in the form of the local TV weatherman who shops at her neighborhood grocery.

Etymology: celebrity (a famous person) + obsession (the state of being preoccupied with someone or something)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: in-mat-oo-eyt-ed

Sentence: Matt Damon, Matt Damon, Matt Damon... That's all Cynthia ever thinks about. She knows EVERYTHING about him, what he likes, what he doesn't like, what he eats, who he's been with, even what toothpaste he uses. She has seen all his films at least a dozen times each. The printing on her "Borne" CDs has worn off from constant handling. She is so inmattuated that she regularly writes to correct his publicist.

Etymology: infatuated (possessed by a foolish or extravagant passion, esp for another person)+ Matt Damon (Matt Damon)

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Created by: beccafuller

Pronunciation: Smutt-mon-ger

Sentence: If you weren't such a smuttmonger we'd have cornflakes in the house!

Etymology: smutt monger

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COMMENTS:

A monster of a verboticism! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:06:00

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /sel-leb-BAR-nuh-kul/

Sentence: Most people felt a little bit sad for Rose, because she was such a celebarnacle, reading all of the gossip rags and watching the entertainment news — she was a real pop-culture parasite. Due to her celebsession, she could tell you more stories about Britney Spears' social life than about experiences from her own, lonely life.

Etymology: celebrity - a famous or well-known person (from Latin, celeber "frequented, populous") + barnacle - marine crustacean that clings to the bottoms of ships (likely from Celtic-Breton, bernik "a type of shellfish")

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COMMENTS:

Barnacle! I was thinking of going for some sort of parasite, but now I'm glad I didn't. This is perfect. - ErWenn, 2008-02-15: 09:36:00

The last 19 words of your sentennce, like your verbot, sticks in the mind! Everlasting creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:43:00

Tigger im so sorry for using your celebsession, but i didnt know it wa in your sentence! great word by the way! - dalmero8, 2008-02-15: 14:35:00

No problemo, dalmero8. I was debating over using 'celebsession' vs. 'celebarnacle' and, well, I've been thinking about an upcoming cruise, craving lobster, and my mind's been 'out to sea' lately. So I guess that explains my choice... - Tigger, 2008-02-15: 21:50:00

I guess she read all the celebrags with rosey-coloured "barnacles!" Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-17: 17:02:00

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Created by: picabomama

Pronunciation: /fame/fat/u/ate/

Sentence: Despite hunger pangs, eye fatigue and loss of circulation to her legs, Deb could bring herself to do nothing but sit and FAMEFATUATE over her latest copies of trashy tabloid magazines all the while tuned in to E Entertainment Television.

Etymology: fame + infatuate

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COMMENTS:

Nice alliteration! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 11:35:00

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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: 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: 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: Sibahi

Pronunciation: Se-le-bad-dik-shen

Sentence: Tired from his personal life, Joey turned into a celebaddict. He followed tabloids and gossip all over the globe about celebrities like Posh and Becks!!

Etymology: Celebrity - addiction

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COMMENTS:

Can you develop a course of treatment for celebaddiction? Good choice in making addiction part of your creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 20:28:00

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Created by: Banky

Pronunciation: vahp-ah-rot-see

Sentence: The cubicle walls appeared to waver and then fix, and spots began to appear at the edges of Robert's sight. The worst headache of his life was beginning to effect his vision. He tasted blood in his mouth and realized he had nearly bitten through his lip. A peal of shrieking laughter washed over the wall from the adjacent cubicle. "I can't believe she left Ryan Phillipe! He's so cute!", squealed a nasally laser voice. "And did you see Kirstie Alley got dropped from Jenny Craig for getting fat again." the other gasped with breathless exhileration. Robert had done all he could; he had taken the issue to his supervisor, to HR, to the anonymous complaint line, but no one seemed concerned with the fact that the mind-splitting caterwauling day in and day out had prevented Robert from finishing the same report for three weeks straight. He swore he could hear their giggling in his sleep, and as his bloodshot eyes flicked aimlessly around the cubicle, the fabric walls beginning to get closer, as he looked desperately for a way out. A day later the headlines would declare "Lesbian Network Support Pair Found at HP in Apparent Murder-suicide". Photographs showed the Blade server unit used to bludgeon Marie, and the ethernet cable Darlene had managed to hang herself with. As he wiped the last traces of the tawdry note he had left at the scene from his thumb drive, and demolished it with a hammer, Robert thought that the two vaparazzi would be proud. Instead of reading sensational headlines, they were now making them.

Etymology: vapid + paparazzi

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COMMENTS:

Frightfully good sentence. Your sentences make me wonder if you are a professional author of mysteries and murder mysteries! Vaparazzi is so fun to say and evokes lots of mind play! Excellent etymology and creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 11:33:00

Thanks for the compliment, but I'm just a scientist...I obviously do enjoy writing the stories, though. Quite possibly as much as making up the words, as witnessed by this exceedingly long Tolstoy (in length only, not quality) - Banky, 2008-02-15: 12:19:00

Your colleagues are in for a treat if you write your scientific papers as interestingly and excitingly as you write here! I was stunned you are not a professional author of fiction! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 20:36:00

Like a modern-day Edgar Allen Poe. Creepy, but ultimately satisfying story. Great Verboticism too! - Tigger, 2008-02-15: 22:38:00

Great word and tale! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-17: 16:53:00

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