Verboticisms

Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: SANGK-choo-WAK-ee

Sentence: His sanctuwacky of very obscene pictures of me gave me the impression that my friend was a psychopath.

Etymology: Sanctuary (shrine, place of revered things) + wack (odd, different from usual standards)

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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: 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: 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: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: tem - pluhst

Sentence: She came to his house and templusted him having her pictures pasted to the wall with permanent adhesive and some "not-for-kids" videos with her face edited into them.

Etymology: Temple (a place dedicated to the praise or worship of deities) + bust (to subject to a police raid) Can also mean: temple + [of] lust (intense sexual desire or appetite)

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COMMENTS:

It perfectly fits the definition provided: To discover that one of your "just friends" friends maintains a lovingly tended shrine in their bedroom, consisting mostly of compromising photos and/or videos of you. - ohwtepph, 2007-04-25: 19:39:00

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Created by: Ellemorpheus

Pronunciation: Vid-ay-go-sank-tumm

Sentence: The obsessive teenage boy regretted her videgosanctum.

Etymology: From vid(to see), ego(self), sanctum (sanctuary/church/holy place).

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Created by: americanogig

Pronunciation: Bee-ware-ness

Sentence: Buddy was excited to show his best friend Alice all the pictures he had Photoshopped her into. At first she found it amusing. Then she saw his collection of dirty underwear last seen in HER laundry hamper. Alice felt suddenly uncomfortable around her “friend” as bewareness dawned on her. Her convictions were only strengthened when Buddy sniffed her neck and said, “My, my we’re smelling fresh today.”

Etymology: From be wary and awareness.

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Created by: Rutilus

Pronunciation: com-rad-oh-ly-sed

Sentence: Clare was mortified at her discovery. She had seen Jack in platonic terms only and thought he felt the same. She was now alone with him and out of her comfort zone, knowing she was comradolised by him. Her pepper spray may come in handy. She knew he could no longer have any part in her life and her safety was paramount.

Etymology: comrade - friend; idolised - adored

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COMMENTS:

Comradolized is VERY cool. I voted too soon. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-02: 21:22:00

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Created by: pepperpatti

Pronunciation: as written: stalker-wareness

Sentence: Shirley thought that John was just another guy on her floor until stalkerwareness hit when viewing his Facebook albums

Etymology: Stalker, an individual with a consuming obsession with another person; awareness, the consciousness of some event, behavior pattern, or other previously unknown concept.

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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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