Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: horn a ment

Sentence: With Valentine's Day around the corner, Darryl went to great pains to hornament himself in a way that would attract a love interest. His boss, however, did not think the office was the appropriate place for Darryl to advertise his wares in a heart-covered speedo, erotic tee shirt and hat decorated with antlers that read, "Do I make you horny?"

Etymology: Horn (horny, looking for lust) & Ornament (decoration, adornment, something used to beautify something/one)

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Created by: jacobreed

Pronunciation: pee-cock-ah-may-mee

Sentence: That douchebag was wearing a stovepipe hat, fur coat and sunglasses to try to get the attention of all the girls at the party, but I could tell it was peacockamamie.

Etymology: peacock + cockamamie

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: foe-shun-NUT-ee

Sentence: Willard is an absolute fauxtionutty who will wear anything whether it be bizarre, too brief, inappropriate or just downright idiotic to mask what he considers to be his weak points in both personality and physical appearance.

Etymology: Blend of 'faux' (false, fake) 'fashion' (style or mode) and 'nutty' (dopey, loony, crazy)

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: Eye-catch-her

Sentence: Not wanting to be overlooked, wanting to be noteyesd, to magneteyese, to have everyone peye attention to him, Cy Borgia, always made sure his atteyer, had one floureyesh that was horreyefying. So on this Valenteyene's Day, he wore a sugar coat with a bloody heart on his sleeve! He was an Icatcher in more ways than one!

Etymology: To use the eyes to catch everyone's, (especially her) attention to mIself ... to be an Icatcher. (Perhaps there's even an inkling of the Catcher in the Rye.)

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COMMENTS:

Good one! Maybe there's even an inkling of 'Catcher in the Eye'!! - Stevenson0, 2008-02-14: 09:40:00

catchy - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-14: 15:02:00

Anither good one, Silver! Perhaps, Cy should see a dhoktor - I think he cmay be suffering from Icatchosis! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-14: 17:02:00

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Created by: wileycount

Pronunciation: /prɒp/(tiss)(-tik)

Sentence: Since he was young boy, Jerry couldn't let go of his novel nuggets of stuff, for his fear of words was only warded off by the presence of an obvious token of meaning. His teachers, however, were indisposed to pity the proptistic lad. Or: Of all developmental disorders, proptism has remained an unrecognized and untreated tormentor of the socially disabled.

Etymology: prop (a person or thing giving support, as of a moral or spiritual nature: [related to Middle Dutch proppe vine prop; compare Old High German pfropfo shoot, German Pfropfen stopper])+ suffix -tism. The suffix "-ism" implies a disease or defining attribute of a person or a thing. The additional "t" makes "proptism" cognate to "autism".

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Created by: dalmero8

Pronunciation: greg/garment/sious

Sentence: "Oh my god, he's so gregarmentious! He's weraing the shirt AGAIN! And it's that stupid rainbow-colored one!"

Etymology: gregarious + garment

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COMMENTS:

Perhaps he find nerdvana somewhere over the rainbow! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-14: 17:35:00

Fun sentence! His shirt spoke volumes, it was very high-toned! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-14: 18:31:00

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Created by: picabomama

Pronunciation: /hue/mil/a/form/

Sentence: Mr. Smith fancies himself a hip young dad to his 12 year old daughter Scarlet. To display his coolness he can often be seen escorting Scarlet and her pals to the mall wearing a self-styled HUMILIFORM of droopy jeans and visible tighty-whities. The beer belly overhang is a bonus.

Etymology: humiliate + uniform

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COMMENTS:

A mallosaur amongst the mall rats! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-14: 16:58:00

Another perspective! Very perceptive! Good one! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-14: 19:04:00

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Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: uh TYER sum

Sentence: Joy thought her outfits from the 70's with the fringe, rhinestones, and jangly whatchamacallits were great conversation starters. She didn't seem to realize that everyone else at her conservative, button-down, corporate law firm just thought they were tacky and attiresome.

Etymology: attire (clothing) + tiresome (annoying; grating on the nerves)

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COMMENTS:

atterific word - Nosila, 2010-05-04: 22:10:00

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Created by: DeltaRho2K

Pronunciation: spawn-att'-a-sis-tent

Sentence: Jim was so desparate to score a Valentine's date, thus avoiding the plague of love lonliness, the sponattasistant put on his best duds to paint the town red.

Etymology: Wet SPONge ATTire ASSISTANT

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COMMENTS:

Clever and bonspifflicating! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-14: 17:20:00

Very original etymology! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-14: 18:22:00

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Created by: iwanttodirect

Pronunciation: carrot-tope-eeon

Sentence: Everyone at the office hates Rick and his carrotopian ways. "If I find one more fake spilled coffee, plastic thingy from Rick I'm going to poke out his eyes!"

Etymology: Carrot Top: prop comic. Uto(pian): I could be wrong but I do believe the Latin root pian is to live.

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COMMENTS:

Strange word -but I like it. Deo carrot topus! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-14: 16:30:00

They did carrot at all! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-14: 18:28:00

The word has a good sound to it. - ErWenn, 2008-02-14: 22:34:00

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