Verboticisms

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: plah stuk

Sentence: he was severely plastuck as he attempted to get the covers off his lates piece of madonna.

Etymology: plastic, stuck as in "bleeding like a stuck pig"

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COMMENTS:

Love it! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-15: 07:14:00

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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: DaddiezGyrl

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I opened it carefully, to avoid getting shrinkcut.

Etymology: Combo of shrink+cut

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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: 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: whipspeak

Pronunciation: foil

Sentence: Fact: CD Foil is a leading cause of music downloading.

Etymology: foil: thin packaging material + foil: to prevent from being successful;thwart;frustrate

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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: 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: Etymology: shrinkwrap + shrinkage + hemorrhage

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Created by: alphabetapolothology

Pronunciation: plas-TAS-tro-fee

Sentence:

Etymology: plastic & catastrophe

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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: TRUBB-bull-rap

Sentence: The troublewrap around the new Sinking Dead game took Jim two hours to open.

Etymology: trouble + bubblewrap

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COMMENTS:

Nice! - Rhyme79, 2012-09-10: 10:03:00

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