Verboticisms

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: guesser

Pronunciation: ut-oh-itis

Sentence: As she waited alone at the Alter, she realized she was experiencing uthoeitis.

Etymology:

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: you reeeeek aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Sentence: her eureekaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh moment came with the suddenness of a cartoon coyote realising that he had left the cliff top three metres ago

Etymology: eureka aaaaaaaaaagh

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COMMENTS:

meep meep - Nosila, 2011-04-21: 19:41:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: yoōfôrēouch

Sentence: After a year of planning everybody was excited about the upcoming event. The euphoriouch moment came zinging in when the decorating committee arrived at the venue to find the the hall padlocked and a bankruptcy notice on the door.

Etymology: euphoria (a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness) + ouch (exclamation used to express pain)

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Created by: iwasatripwire

Pronunciation: you-ree-kill

Sentence: My eurekill came when I realized that the problem I was solving relied on gravity pointing upward.

Etymology: eureka + kill

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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: 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: 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: serendipity9000

Pronunciation: DEV-a-start-shun

Sentence: When I found that the turkey had burned to total blackness - that was when the devastartion sank in... out I went to buy a new turkey.

Etymology: A play on the word DEVESTATION - only with the word 'START' replacing the STAT in the middle to reference starting over.

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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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