Verboticisms

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: jonobo

Pronunciation: frag plus point

Sentence: When the ship of dark shadows finally caught her she simply knew that she reached the fragpoint where all her dreams were BFG9000t to pieces...

Etymology: .Frag. from fragmentation, fragmented aka blasted to pieces plus .Breakpoint. the worst case for a point of no return ||| together FRAGPOINT. After that you feel SOULFRAGGED.

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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: 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: Mustang

Pronunciation: Gaff - veh - LAY - shun

Sentence: Miranda experienced a major gaffevelation when she realized too late that she'd given the caterers, the other vendors and the auditorium managers the wrong date for the huge party.

Etymology: Blend of gaffe and revelation

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: apok/a/laps

Sentence: He was running his best 10k ever when he suddenly realized he wasn't really ahead of the pack but in the wrong race

Etymology: apocalypse + lapse

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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: Nosila

Pronunciation: ah wer ror ness

Sentence: We have all had that moment of awerrorness, when you just knew you had picked the wrong job or the wrong house or the wrong vehicle or the wrong person to share your life with. Marcia just had such a flash of awerrorness when her Dad walked her up the aisle to marry the love of her life, her high school sweetheart, John Brady. Even though they had been engaged forever, had 6 children together, owned a business and a big ranch home together, Marcia just knew at that very moment that life had way more to offer her than John could provide. Sure he was reliable, steady, a solid rock and oh so boring. She was after all a still vibrant and attractive 29 year old, with unfulfilled passions and ambitions. There were still places to visit, although John never wanted to leave the farm. There were still adventures to have, although John did not believe that life was meant to be lived in an exciting manner. Seeing her change in demeanour, her father squeezed her arm and whispered to her out of the side of his smiling mouth: "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia...wake up from your daydream and smile...many girls would love to become a member of the Brady Bunch!"

Etymology: Awe {an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)} & Awareness (having knowledge of) & Error (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention;inadvertent incorrectness; a misconception resulting from incorrect information )

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COMMENTS:

Great tale:lol. Is John aka John-boy Walton - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-15: 18:40:00

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Created by: zrotv

Pronunciation: ŏp-zĭs'təns

Sentence: after talking all night, expending my entire evening with this fellow, I realized i was in total opsistance with this person. Hopefully tomorrow would bring a new light.

Etymology: Oops (or oppose) + existence

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: inch eyet

Sentence: her sudden burst of inshite was extremely painful to her, as was her mother's dose of itoldusoitis which came at almost exactly the same time.

Etymology: insight, in shite!

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COMMENTS:

What a coinshitence! - petaj, 2007-05-17: 06:07:00

No doubt leading to a state of blunderment. - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-17: 07:00:00

this word gets even better if you find yourself deep inshite - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-17: 09:16:00

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