Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: jak and jilt

Sentence: Jill knew the moment she walked down the aisle that she was having second thoughts about marrying Jack. She was experiencing a jilty conscience, because she realized she didn't know Jack. So when she got up to altar, she decidsed to jackandjilt him. It would have worked better if he was actually there, but Jack had felt the same way and besides Jill would only be jillous of his beautiful wife and children!

Etymology: Jack (a small worthless amount;tool for exerting pressure or lifting) And Jilt (cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly;a woman who jilts a lover) & wordplay on Jack & Jill from fairy tales

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Created by: bobbipin

Pronunciation: mass-tri-bu-tion

Sentence: The masstribution of her pain and embarrassment was clearly recieved by all in attendance at the fated event.

Etymology: "Mass" as in mass-produced and "tribution" as in distributed. Secondary meaning could mean the self mass distribution of anything deliverable. Masturbate. Distribute.

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Created by: daisy

Pronunciation: oops-i-doo-zee

Sentence: "Oopsidoozy", said President Bush. "I would like a do-over on the Iraq war if that's ok"

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Created by: surfstang

Pronunciation: shock/taz/m

Sentence: I had a shocktasm after seeing my brand new porsche destroyed beyond all repair.

Etymology: Shock + Orgasm

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Created by: Filthy

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Sentence: Amy had been planning to attend law school in the Fall, but after spending some time with actual lawyers during her internship, she began having doubts. Ha. Doubt is actually not the best way to describe it. It was more like a qualmflash--she suddenly saw the connection between all the uneasy feelings that had striken her during the semester; she would never be comfortable with the mores governing a law firm.

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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: 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: 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: 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: 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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