Verboticisms

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: ee/slip/fanny

Sentence: It was a major eslipphany when the fax machine ate the document that he was supposed to be scanning

Etymology: epiphany + slip

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COMMENTS:

Good one. - Clayton, 2007-05-17: 15:47:00

nice - galwaywegian, 2007-05-18: 04:23:00

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Created by: Rhyme79

Pronunciation: sod-bodge

Sentence: Sally sodbodged when she realised she hadn't turned on her computer before typing her thesis. Can also be used as a curse word, e.g. "Oh sodbodge!"

Etymology: Combines 'sod', as in 'Oh, sod it!' and 'bodge', as in a mistake or to do something quickly without care or expertise.

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: apok/a/laps

Sentence: His apocalapse occurred when he realized that after spending fifteen hours working on the company's business report, he was using the wrong set of data from last year.

Etymology: APOCALASPE - noun from - APOCALYPSE (revelation, or dramatic disclosure of something not previously known) + LAPSE (error, or failure)

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COMMENTS:

Love it! - readerwriter, 2008-08-15: 04:50:00

brillant - i can see a collapse in there too - pungineer, 2008-08-15: 07:11:00

excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-15: 10:37:00

Betcha it gave his colleagues something to babylon about. Top word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-15: 18:32:00

My fave! - lumina, 2008-08-16: 00:30:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: snaˈfoōl

Sentence: Tom knew it was a mistake to let his brother-in-law Cletis get involved in the house he was building but his wife had insisted. Now with it almost completed and a tear-down order order from the city in hand Cletis (I*ll take care of all the permits and inspections) was nowhere to be found. Tom was left to play the part of the snafool.

Etymology: snafu (in utter confusion or chaos - acronym from situation normal: all f*ed up) + fool (a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person)

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: duh noo mont

Sentence: The duhnouement was swift, painful and quite expensive.

Etymology: denouement, duh

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /kəˌlæpˈsɪfəni/

Sentence: As the hard drive made a grinding noise and the faint but unmistakable smell of an electrical fire began emanating from the case, I suffered a collapsiphany.

Etymology: From collapse + epiphany

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: DEB-eh-cul

Sentence: As Debbie strove in her usual haphazard fashion to plan her wedding things quickly began to unravel as everything she had in mind conflicted with other folks plans. No matter how much detail she tried to attend to, she soon found herself in yet another Debbicle, and was forced to face up to yet another of her self inflicted disasters.

Etymology: Blend of the words 'Debbie' (a woman's name) and 'debacle' (n. a complete failure : fiasco)

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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: toadstool57

Pronunciation: sig-nif-a-gance

Sentence: Jill just realized the signifagaince of the error in copying the subject of her college theses incorrectly. She has to start again, only having one day remaining till it's due.

Etymology: significant, an important moment/again, to do more then once.

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COMMENTS:

good one! - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-17: 09:19:00

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: ban-sab-at-er

Sentence: Sarah was so close to tying the knot with her darling John. If only her evil nemesis cousin hadn't turned up to the reading of the banns waving a copy of Sarah's current marriage certificate. I mean, she and Trevor hadn't seen each other for ages: it was a divorce in all but name. Couldn't her stupid bannsaboteur relative see that? And where was John, anyway?

Etymology: banns (public notice of forthcoming marriage) + saboteur (one who commits an act of destruction)

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