Verboticisms

Created by: yaknowmay

Pronunciation: sheila-dixoned

Sentence: I SHEILA-DIXONED THE HELL OUT OF MY HAND TRYING TO GET TO ALL THE GIFTS, THEE GIFT CARDS WERE USED TO PURCHASE.

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Created by: Clayton

Pronunciation: in-kuh-PAK-i-teyt

Sentence: After trying to break the seal on his new pen drive for almost an hour, John was utterly incapackitated; almost to the point of inconsolable dissatispacktion.

Etymology: incapacitate + package

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COMMENTS:

I can relate! Truly incapackitated. - heartnsoul, 2007-05-16: 01:50:00

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: git-rap-ping

Sentence: The supermarket bosses were laughing up their sleeves. Not only were their gullible consumers buying thousands of unnecessary bog-offs, they'd get home and be unable to successfully open the gitwrapping. Subsequent frustration would inevitably lead to broken DVDs and the consumer would have to go back next day and buy a replacement. Kerching!

Etymology: git (offensive slang for a stupid or annoying person) + wrapping (protective covering on merchandise) + giftwrapping (pretty paper used to cover presents)

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COMMENTS:

you have a git for this... - Nosila, 2011-04-20: 21:36:00

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Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Shring-crap

Sentence: I felt that I grew dumber as I fumbled with the CD case trying to open it. Within minutes, I found myself smashing the case against my head in a failed attempt to open it. It wasn't until I tried using scissors, and damaging the CD, that I had known I had been truely shrinkwrapped.

Etymology: Shrinkwrap (annoying plastic on CD case) + crap (term of frustration; as in "Crap! I can't get this stupid plastic off.")

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: peel + lamentation

Sentence: My word today is "peelamentation."

Etymology: peel + lamentation

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Created by: moscop

Pronunciation: shrink-wrap-otomy

Sentence: John's anticipation of the viewing of a new porn film had faded to shrinkwrapotomy being unable to penetrate the wrapping.

Etymology: shrinkwrap - standard packaging lobotomy - render useless part of a person's brain

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: rap skal leon

Sentence: The Cd's and Dvd's were so painful to open, that George suspected an unscrupulous wrapscallion plot was afoot. Yes after careful examination, he decided it was a nefarious scheme, the same one which kept the elderly from getting at their meds' bottles. Or the unenlightened to try and open a package of sticky notes. Why even the clever new knife designed specifically to open such hard plastic packages came in one...what was the world coming to???

Etymology: Wrap (packaging;the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped) & Rapscallion (a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel)

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COMMENTS:

brilliant! - libertybelle, 2011-04-19: 08:10:00

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛləˌpeɪn/

Sentence: It almost seems that as technology gets more advanced and everything else becomes better designed, packaging produces more cellopain, not less.

Etymology: from cellophane + pain

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COMMENTS:

very good!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-15: 12:29:00

I was just about to submit that one ... glad I saw that you'd already done so! Nicely done! - mjmlabs, 2007-05-15: 23:50:00

I've already used up my votes. But if i had one to spare... - petaj, 2007-05-16: 01:55:00

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Created by: cohenarie

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Symptoms of impenetramediatitis include gibbering, whimpering, and bleeding from the fingers.

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Created by: Deeslam

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Now that I have my new (insert consumer product of choice) I am caught in a wraptrap trying to open it!

Etymology: The trap we often find ourselves in when attempting to get into a recent purchase. Wrapped to protect the fingering masses at the mall, but created without regard for the eventual consumer.

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