Verboticisms

Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Syk-o-pak-tik

Sentence: After many hours trying to open the new CD he had bought without success. He eventually became so psycopacktic that his wife was left with no choice but to call the doctor, who then decided to sedate him before he got any worse.

Etymology: Psycho(psychotic) + Pack(package) + Tic(a nervous muscle spasm) = Psycopacktic

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Created by: Rhyme79

Pronunciation: plass-tee-men-tall

Sentence: New CDs make me plastimental! I wish companies would realise the plastimental nature of shrink wrapping.

Etymology: A combination of the words 'plastic' and 'mental'.

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: sell oh payn

Sentence: The cellopain was exacerbated by the broken Windows

Etymology: cellophane, pain

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: sell - oh - faingz - AYE - ity

Sentence: Gilbert was all thumbs when it came to trying to open packages that were sealed in shrink wrap and in no time at all his fumbling efforts resulted in massive cellphanxiety attacks.

Etymology: Blend of cellophane and anxiety

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COMMENTS:

I originally read it as selfanxiety which would work as well - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-18: 13:08:00

How true - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-18: 19:54:00

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: plast-in-jer

Sentence: Biff was severely plastinjured whilst opening his High School Musical DVD.

Etymology: Plast (as in plastic), injure (to damage, impair)

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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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Created by: ldikarev

Pronunciation: shrink - crap

Sentence: I could not open skrinkcrapped package. My brain was getting shrinkcrapped after counting packing peanuts for an hour. New, secure package will feature ShrinkCrapTM it will require a special chemical catalyst to open, that will be available to authorized service dealers.

Etymology: shrink -crap

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Created by: iwasatripwire

Pronunciation: uh-tack-uh-jing

Sentence: "The damn attackaging cut me!"

Etymology: attack + packaging

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COMMENTS:

That's good! - wordmeister, 2007-05-15: 02:23:00

I like that! - duchessella, 2007-05-15: 11:27:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: shrink/orr/age

Sentence: Shrinkorrage is the the painful and sometimes bloody result of the twenty five minute ordeal I go through every time I buy a new CD.

Etymology: shrinkwrap + shrinkage + hemorrhage

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COMMENTS:

ouch!! kinda gross but a great description - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-15: 09:22:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: boōbērapt

Sentence: Janet finally broke down and bought one of those devices that was made to open those horrible game packages only to realize that it too was boobywrapped.

Etymology: booby-trap (a thing designed to catch the unwary, in particular) + wrapped (cover or enclose someone or something)

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COMMENTS:

seriously clever - mweinmann, 2009-12-01: 07:49:00

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