Verboticisms

Created by: geoamnesia

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Sentence: I hit another 404 today, looking for my socks, and wished Google could just tag and file my laundry.

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COMMENTS:

Could you use your word in the (or a) sentence? Thx! - scrawlspacer, 2007-07-21: 19:25:00

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Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: All-tuh-viss-tuh-furs

Sentence: Danny usually found things in the last place he looked, which he presumed was all the confirmation that he needed to prove he was joining the ranks of the world population of altavistuffers.

Etymology: Altavista + Alzheimer's + stuff + suffers

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: ihn-kap-ASK-jee-vay-tuhd

Sentence: When Alex reached for a mouse when searching for his can opener, he realised he was thoroughly incapaskjeevated.

Etymology: incapacitated + Ask Jeeves (ask.com search engine)

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-19: 14:41:00

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Created by: penguinssean

Pronunciation: poo-po-do-do

Sentence: a dog took a poopododo

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: dot/compromized

Sentence: He was so dotcompromised that he couldn't function at all without being hooked up to his umbilical mouse.

Etymology: dot com + compromise

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Created by: halimay

Pronunciation: mor-g-in-obb-set

Sentence: Oops! I Morginobbset my sock again!!

Etymology: Come Again?

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: ill-in-vent-o-rat

Sentence: Billy's ilinventoracy hindered his career plans to become a search engine programmer.

Etymology: il (as in illiterate) + inventory

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: loo + s

Sentence: Jon felt like such a loser beause he was a loowwwser. He realised that he had put six pairs of contact lenses in both of his eyes again, layering and layering day after day....

Etymology: to lose + www (as in world wide web)

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Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Oh-ver-pask-jeevs

Sentence: I'm sure whoever made up "Where, oh where, did my little dog go" is suffering from a sever case of Overpaskjeeves.

Etymology: Overpass/overlook (to pass over something unnoticed) + Ask Jeeves (a popular search engine)

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: dis-TRO-vent

Sentence: Every morning was the same for his family. His tie was not in the wardrobe where put it, one of his socks was missing and the lunch he had definitely put in his briefcase a moment ago was no longer there. He was distrovent-but wouldn't admit it!

Etymology: Dis (OFr)-"lack of", trov (Anglo-Fr)-"found" & -ent a suffix forming adjective from nouns or verbs.

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