Verboticisms

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: PAWRN-thee-on

Sentence: Roxie became concerned when she discovered that a casual acquaintance was maintaining a lovingly tended porntheon of her in his bedroom. She feared that the stiff-leather, brief case that this E-lewdster constantly carried and guarded so religiously, might be a pornmanteau.

Etymology: Blend of PORN (short for pornography) & PANTHENON:Shrine of the gods. E-lewdster. Electronic pervert- Lewdster coined by Shakespeare, "Against such lewdsters and their lechery Those that betray them do no treachery." Merry Wivesof Windsor. Act v, sc. 3, l23. (Mrs Page) The only use of "Lewdsters"

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COMMENTS:

PORNTHEON is a sarcasticlassic. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-02: 02:31:00

walking on Athena ice with this one - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-02: 15:54:00

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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: 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: airlie

Pronunciation: kree-PIF-uh-nee

Sentence: Oh my gosh Susan, I was over at Jeremy's house and he showed me all these photos and videos of me. I'm totally enschwined there! My head was even photoshopped on his sister's body and he has a video of me in the shower at the gym! I'm so freaked out, it was a total creepiphany! I can't believe I thought he wanted to be "just friends"!

Etymology: CREEP: a boring, disturbingly eccentric, painfully introverted, or obnoxious person who is frightening or repellent + EPIPHANY: a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something.

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COMMENTS:

Like the sound of it. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-04: 06:36:00

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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: splendiction

Pronunciation: creep GAL er e

Sentence: When Jill stumbled upon Jack's creepgallery, she knew he'd become a real creep. How DID he get those pictures? His collection revealed he'd really fallen for her. Who would want a picture of her picking her nose? Jill was certain Jack's fall last year had warped her friend's frontal cortex (or whatever part of the brain responsible for judgement and reason)!

Etymology: From: creep (the noun and verb) and gallery.

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Created by: jonzerofourteen

Pronunciation: mee dee ah gast

Sentence: Penny was more than horrified when she saw Tom's photographic display. In fact her moment of mediaghast had rendered her completely speechless.

Etymology: media (collective noun for information storage - photo, video etc) + aghast (struck with fear, dread, or consternation)

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: es/pee/oh/maj

Sentence: Espyhomage is the discovery of a secret infatuation.

Etymology: espy + homage + espionage

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COMMENTS:

I spy with my little eye: a great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-04: 06:22:00

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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: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: stalk/port/foh/lee/oh

Sentence: Donny had spent a lot of time assembling his stalkportfolio and just had to share his investment with Jenny.

Etymology: stalk + portfolio

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COMMENTS:

very good - porsche, 2007-04-25: 09:25:00

Sounds like Donny had a good business plan, I wonder if it paid off? - wordmeister, 2007-04-25: 10:11:00

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