Verboticisms

Created by: heb319

Pronunciation: voy-er-a-staw-ker

Sentence: One who has been watching and photographing a "friend" and then spends time at home obsessed with looking through and creating art with photographs of the person about whom he obsesses.

Etymology: Derived from voyeur, "one who likes to watch" and stalker, "one who obsessively follows, terrorizes, or harrasses another"

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Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: FIL mis tine

Sentence: Linda had thought Dick was a devoted friend who was helping her build her modeling portfolio by taking beautiful photos. But then she discovered that he was just an uncouth philmistine who was saving copies of the sexiest shots for himself. She told him to get out and that she didn't need any more negatives in her life, other than the photo negatives that he had BETTER give her IMMEDIATELY.

Etymology: film + Philistine (vulgar, crude, or loutish person)

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COMMENTS:

Snap-py word! - Nosila, 2009-11-13: 01:29:00

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈstɑkəɡˌnaɪz/

Sentence: The first time you stalkognize anyone, it's mildly flattering for a moment, but it gets creepy _really_ quickly.

Etymology: From stalk + recognize

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: fla-tur-gas-ted

Sentence: Jill was flattergasted when she saw the number one video of the day, "Jill Does Dallas."

Etymology: flattered, flabbergasted

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COMMENTS:

gas! - galwaywegian, 2007-04-25: 05:18:00

You've really captured pythinahabernos' original idea: "The sensation of combined flattery and horror engendered when..." - wordmeister, 2007-04-25: 10:21:00

Yep. This one gets my stamp of approval. :) - PythianHabenero, 2007-04-25: 11:37:00

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Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: cam-FO-nut-bust (camphonutstash)

Sentence: The photos were tacky and when he got busted, The gendarmes could tell that she was risqusted. The cache was revolting- it shattered all trust. The media called it a CAMPHONUTBUST! ----------------------------What a rube awakening!

Etymology: CAMPHONE: Late 20th century assemblage of the words CAMERA (a device for taking photographs-Late Latin, room)and PHONE ( An annoying device used for audio communications- Greek phōnē circa 1866).....NUT: a foolish, eccentric, or crazy person ( Middle English nute, note, from Old English hnutu; akin to Old High German nuz nut and perhaps to Latin nux nut pre-12th century).....BUST: slang term for the word ARRESTED: seize, capture; specifically : to take or keep in custody by authority of law,to bring to a stop (Middle English aresten, from Anglo-French arester to stop, arrest, from Vulgar Latin *arrestare, from Latin ad- + restare to remain- 14th century)

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COMMENTS:

http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail205.html - metrohumanx, 2009-11-11: 07:06:00

Mabye i should,ve used CAMFONUTBUST....so it doesn't smell of CAMPHOR? - metrohumanx, 2009-11-11: 07:17:00

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Created by: hooterbug

Pronunciation: \ˈkrāpd\

Sentence: "OMG! I thought you were my BFF!" yelped Gina. "Why John, do you have all these pictures of me all over your crib?" "I feel CREAPED!!!!"

Etymology: Combination of Creep + raped

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Created by: emmyb2

Pronunciation: no-vo-fal-sa-mi-fie

Sentence: Raquel novofalsamified but once before living the life of a hermit.

Etymology: novo-newly fals- fake ami- friend fy-to make

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: wood stok

Sentence: When Mary discovered the shrine to her in "just friends" pal Oliver's creepy lair, she knew he must have been to wouldstalk...eeewwwwhhhh!

Etymology: Would (verabal tense of word will...to express desire or intent) & Stalk (the act of following prey stealthily;a hunt for game carried on by stalking or waiting in ambush) & Wordplay on "Woodstock" ( A village of southeast New York south-southwest of Albany. In 1969 a large rock music festival named after the village was held at nearby small town in the Catskill Mountains)

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: voy-yer-rat-tzo

Sentence: Frieda was shocked to discover that Brad was a voyeuratzzo the day that someone sent her a photo on herself on her cell phone that he had sexted to all their friends. When she went to confront him she found more photos and videos of herself in private moments. "How could you do this"? she cried, "do you know how much we could get for these online?"

Etymology: voyeur: one who secretly watches others in their private moments for gratification + rat: a despicable person who betrays or informs on an friend + paparazzo: a photographer who takes candid and compromising photos of celebrities to sell to supermarket rags and magazines

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COMMENTS:

fantatzzo word - Nosila, 2009-11-11: 17:29:00

Great twist! - splendiction, 2009-11-11: 21:03:00

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Created by: thinkbolt

Pronunciation: creep-en-dip-i-tee

Sentence:

Etymology:

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