Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: hap pee ever dis ast er

Sentence: Once upon a time, when your old flame turned up at our wedding, I knew that I would be marooned. She was not there as an invited guest, but a date for the bridegroom! And they lived happyeverdisaster...

Etymology: Wordplay opposite of Happily Ever After, the fairy tale ending...

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Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: o - wem - EF - jee

Sentence: "The oemeffgy I felt was unlike any other feeling of disappointment I ever felt in my entire life when I knew I made the mistake to make a verbotomy cartoon based on the beautiful Katie Holmes and her wedding with the famous scientologist we always see in Mission Impossible [Who was he, again? Ted Cramps?]. I remodeled the face and now she looks exactly like Bai Ling!" - James Gangg [James Gang's evil twin half-brother who slaves for the drawings everyday]

Etymology: Originated from [American English Slang] - OMFG (If you guessed right, you're a genius!) XD

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COMMENTS:

LOL. BTW, are you cruisin for a bruisin? - petaj, 2007-05-17: 05:48:00

Hey! I'm a genius!!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-17: 07:02:00

@petaj: nah. it's a harmless euphemism. :] @purpleartichokes: good to know you're one, PA! ;] - ohwtepph, 2007-05-17: 07:07:00

Here's a creativity vote. You made me giggle! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-17: 18:28:00

@petaj: Yeah, i didn't get that first joke about the cruisin. I guess I'm not a genius then. LOL - ohwtepph, 2007-05-17: 21:13:00

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Created by: oren22

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Created by: numinous

Pronunciation: ree-uh-luh-stey-shuh n

Sentence: Being that he hated conversing with others, the realistation that pursuing communications as an academic major was a major mistake hit him like a ton of bricks.

Etymology: realize (to become immediately aware of) + devastation (the act of destroying; devastated state)

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: mis-cal-cu-li-za-tion

Sentence: The miscalculization happened just as I hit the "send" button. I glanced at the figures and saw that not only was the final budget incorrect, but I had mistakenly sent the report to my boyfriend instead of my supervisor. I wondered where I had sent the "special" photo that was supposed to go to my boyfriend.

Etymology: miscalculation: to count or estimate incorrectly; an error in judgement + realization: to understand clearly and distinctly

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: dis/kum/sob/u/lat/ed

Sentence: As Jan stood at the altar waiting for Todd, (aka "The Big Man on Campus") to appear at the church so the music could start playing...the phone rang. Yes, it was Todd and he was calling from Vegas. Not only had the bachelor party gotten out of hand, but he was now married to the girl who jumped out of his cake. There was no consoling Jan. She had become so discomsobulated, that she burst through the church doors, shouted at all the guests, "You can go home! Once again I have been screwed! I should know better!" Legend has it, that once she stormed out of the church, and down the stairs, she could be heard saying, "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!

Etymology: Derived from Discombobulated: 1. having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion. 2.confused, embarrassed; broken, mixed up

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I love a good sentence. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-16: 00:00:00

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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: Nosila

Pronunciation: suks ses les

Sentence: Everything was perfect on her perfect day. The garden setting for the nuptials was gorgeous;the weather perfect;the 500 guests waiting excitedly. Cara was dressed like a fairy princess, ready to dazzler everyone. Then the bubble burst. Just seconds before she was to walk down the aisle, she got a call from her beloved fiance, Milo. He told her he was not coming and the wedding was off. Stunned, she asked him why he had gone this far,but now could not attend their dream wedding. "I am as upset as you", he said, "But I cannot come today...my wife won't let me!" "Aaaaaagh"! she cried as she tossed the phone into the fountain...why was she dogged with such a sucksessless history? This was the fourth guy in a row who had stood her up at the altar! Always almost a bride, never a bridesmaid.

Etymology: Sucks (used to express disappointment, contempt, or derision) & Success (an event that accomplishes its intended purpose) & Less (lacking;lower in quality)

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: al-FEE-niks-i-tee

Sentence: Alphoenixity began for Roxie on her wedding day when, standing at the closed doors of St John's Church in Phoenix, Arizona, she was told she should be at St John's Church in Phoenix, Oregon.

Etymology: The state of ALPHA: being the dawning, beginning or outset of awareness that the PHOENIX must rise from the ashes of what has been, or is about to be, destroyed. ITY: the state, quality of being, abnormality.

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COMMENTS:

Oh - now I get it - nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-15: 10:38:00

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Created by: janatic

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Ha! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-17: 17:16:00

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