Verboticisms

Created by: gabngar

Pronunciation: dis-as-ter-stand-ing

Sentence:

Etymology: disaster+understanding

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Created by: duchessella

Pronunciation: FOR-ma-ting

Sentence: Formatting of her wedding due to the groom coming out of the closet on stag night was devastating, so she formatted herself and went to become a nun.

Etymology: As in hard disk formatting in computers - due to a huge problem e.g. virus, you need to wipe everything off and restart from scratch.

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COMMENTS:

She was probably feeling a bit defragile after that. - petaj, 2007-05-17: 05:50:00

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Created by: readerwriter

Pronunciation: e-pi-fa-need

Sentence: Nano-seconds after the cell phone call from her fiance Brian, while her carefully chosen processional music loomed from the interior of the church, Penny felt the strangest sensation. Its beginning, as her face began to flush, reminded her somewhat of the time she had taken too much niacin. Following this was the awareness that her life was not going to go as so meticulously planned. The thought-sensations, which had begun in her pineal gland, travelled down her spine and into her legs which bent immediately. Her lovely bouquet of almost-mauve roses flew from her hand. There she lay, prostrate before the stunned, but strategically assembled, wedding party. She had been ephipankneed right on the steps of the church.

Etymology: From epiphany, meaning a moment of sudden and great revelation + knee, a verb, meaning to reduce someone to a state of weakness

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COMMENTS:

very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-15: 10:44:00

I live for comments! - readerwriter, 2008-08-15: 15:46:00

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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: en-BLI-ten-ment

Sentence: The note from her fiancé saying "I'm so sorry" led to Fiona's enblightenment - two hours before her wedding was to go ahead.

Etymology: enlightenment (state of understanding) + blight (plague or curse)

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Created by: pepperpatti

Pronunciation: re-fail-ation

Sentence: She had a huge refailation when three hours before her project was due, she discovered that she had gotten the directions all wrong

Etymology: Revelation: to realize some thing big. Fail: to flunk.

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: oh + no + ment

Sentence: I was doing inventory, counting thousands of widgets, when I realized that I'd missed an entire box and I'd have to start over.

Etymology: oh no + moment

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COMMENTS:

Great word Osomatic! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-17: 17:14:00

I like it too - petaj, 2007-05-17: 17:27:00

oh yes. this one I will use. - erasmus, 2007-05-18: 04:55:00

wish i had a vote left to use on this one... - iwasatripwire, 2007-05-18: 12:53:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: apok/a/laps

Sentence: His apocalaspse came when he was running his best marathon race ever and suddenly realized he wasn't really ahead of the pack, but running in the wrong direction.

Etymology: apocalypse + lapse

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COMMENTS:

CUTE - Nosila, 2009-12-02: 12:28:00

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Created by: kensiesfate

Pronunciation: Ping-ty-tis

Sentence: a pingitus just hit me, I have to go, I am going to have to start over.

Etymology:

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Created by: AlouattaPigra

Pronunciation: Reel hore oh lies

Sentence: Prince Daviidu's eyes opened wide in realhorrolization. "I realhorrolize it now, oh woe to the error in my stirde, to be abash of these things I've done is all that I can ask of you sweet shaman. . ." The wise wizard looked at his soul and said. "No."

Etymology: Realize + horror, aggulutinative

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Created by: scrabbelicious

Pronunciation: ree/pro/ject/shun

Sentence: As she drove home in the pouring rain, eileen realised she'd have to have a reprojection of her entire year.

Etymology: An embedded amalgamation of rejection and project to make reprojection.

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