Verboticisms

Created by: cohenarie

Pronunciation: dAt-nü-'män

Sentence: His protestations that he'd invited me over just for beer and pizza continued until the datenouement - looking for the bathroom, I found an entire wall devoted to enlarged photos from my facebook page.

Etymology: denouement & date

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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: artr

Pronunciation: kōvərtroōzhən

Sentence: Marsha thought it was a good thing when she saw \"video surveillance\" in the ad for an apartment. When she found a hidden camera in her bedroom wall she wasn’t so sure. The covertrusion was complete when she discovered one in the bathroom. Litigation is pending.

Etymology: covert (not openly acknowledged or displayed) + intrusion (the action of intruding)

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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Stork-off-der-town

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: tok/sic/stok/sin/drome

Sentence: Jill had to be rushed to the hospital with toxicstalksyndrome after visiting Jack

Etymology: toxic shock syndrome + stalk

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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: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: revel/ay/shun/slip

Sentence: The revelationslip that made her aware that Jim had feelings for her caused her to hurl all over his new laptop

Etymology: revelation + relationship + slip

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COMMENTS:

Good one! - Mustang, 2008-07-02: 19:26:00

Not all newa is good news -but good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-04: 06:33:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: shry nek olo jist

Sentence: When Barbie finally accepted an invitation to her friend Randy's bedroom, she was shocked. He had plastered the walls of his room with photos of her and she could not imagine where he had gotten some of the more intimate shots. She was furious. "Yes, it's true, I absolutely love you and worship you!", Randy vowed. Just then Barbie's phone went off and she grabbed it. "Oh Hi, Buffy, I can't talk now as I am visiting my shrinecologist...please call 911 and have the police and EMS come to Randy's House, as I am going to make sure he signs up to play hockey with the Castor Raiders!"

Etymology: Shrine (a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person) & Gynecologist (the branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and reproductive issues of women)

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COMMENTS:

ouch! - galwaywegian, 2009-11-11: 10:40:00

Hilarious! - splendiction, 2009-11-11: 20:57:00

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Created by: logarithm

Pronunciation: stoks

Sentence:

Etymology: stock, sex

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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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