Verboticisms

Created by: lauramy

Pronunciation: day-zsha-dum

Sentence: It's dumb to hammer your thumb but when you do it again and again, it's dejadum.

Etymology: déjàvu + dumb

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: mis/fudj/ment

Sentence: Not willing to admit that he kept making the same mistake over and over again, Joel once again convinced himself that his decision to have that midnight latte the night before his 6 a.m. presentation was nothing more than a misfudgement...something a 5 a.m. latte could cure.

Etymology: Derived from misjudgement. Fudge: Slang/nice way of saying...yes...the "f" word. :)

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Created by: monkeywerks

Pronunciation: re it r a z

Sentence: Robert once again proved he was reiterazy by ordering a "Big Mac" for lunch.

Etymology: Reiterate + Crazy

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Created by: iago150

Pronunciation:

Sentence: After the fourth slap in the face, he realized that he was just repligressing.

Etymology: Replicate + trangress

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Created by: happyhippy

Pronunciation: rep/eeto/cog/noss/co

Sentence: harry finnished his drink and new it was a mistake.he examined the mistake he had just made and as a result of his 1st mistake. he continued to repeat the same mistake

Etymology: the repeto ,comes from the word repeat, as he repeats his mistake. the cognosco it latin for examin, as he examins the mistake and realises it is stupid but continues to repeat it anyway

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COMMENTS:

i no its confusing, 4 give me - happyhippy, 2008-08-02: 06:13:00

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Created by: sanssouci

Pronunciation: Ree Botch u Late

Sentence: "One of my new year resoulutions for 2010 is to try not to rebotchulate this year, time to move on and succeed"

Etymology: recapitulate - To repeat in concise form botch - mistake

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Created by: mweinfeld

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Created by: hatman003

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Sentence: Henry! thats the third time you didn't lock the airplane door are you just making a frodulerg?

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: re-git-err-ayt

Sentence: those damn infomercials with their flashy steak knives and their tempting V-slicers....i try to stay strong but i always end up regiterating.

Etymology: reiterate, git

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Created by: eurythmech

Pronunciation: re-mis-take

Sentence: That morning started like so many other mornings, with Charlie remistakingly incinerating his breakfast toast.

Etymology: Rather self explainatory :)

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COMMENTS:

The sentence sells it. Elegant simplicity. - celan1, 2007-06-07: 19:52:00

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