Verboticisms

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: a/fill/a/men/tay/shun

Sentence: Humans form deep affilamentations during their lifetimes, beginning with the umbilical cord and continuing with IPODs.

Etymology: filament (threadlike fiber) + affiliation (association with society)

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COMMENTS:

Great! - TJayzz, 2008-06-26: 08:45:00

I guess we are all tied together somehow! - Nosila, 2008-06-26: 23:28:00

Fantastic. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-27: 17:54:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: kar-ak-turds

Sentence: A sixth-grade science teacher who made me eat chocolate covered ants, a mother with an obsession for gardening, and a nasty fall on the head as a child; these are some of the knitwits, purpleartifolks, and characturds that moulded me into the fine verbotomiss I am today.

Etymology: character, turds (I seem to get the cream of the crap when it comes to influences)

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COMMENTS:

Love your creative sentences. Ever think of becomming a writer? - toadstool57, 2007-04-19: 07:16:00

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: dia-rEE-a

Sentence: Jill sits and reads her diarya. It's her special diary of all the bull she had to endure from the people that influenced her life.

Etymology: diary/diarrhea

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Created by: pinwheel

Pronunciation: mesh/ence

Sentence: John was expelled from school simply because his meshence comprised of friends that his parents described as 'bad influences'.

Etymology: Mesh (an interwoven structure) + essence (one's basic character)

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COMMENTS:

nice -- the mesh is the meshage - wordmeister, 2007-04-19: 09:51:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: mesh/er/gy

Sentence: When I walk into a classroom full of students, I can see and feel the meshergy taking place because of their interactive and interweaving thoughts, ideas and backgrounds.

Etymology: MESHERGY - noun - from MESH (an interwoven, or intertwined structure, or network) + ENERGY (the ability to act, lead others, or effect forcefully)

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Created by: AnnieChandon

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: SO-shyl-ite

Sentence: Elsie believed her circle of friends to be the socialight of the times, a useful network wherein all matters relating to everyday life could be resolved or heightened.

Etymology: Blend of the words 'social' and 'light', play on the word 'socialite'.

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Created by: vonnegut

Pronunciation: si-noo-ka

Sentence: Dr. Hoenikker himself was no doubt a member of my karass, though he was dead before my sinookas, the tendrils of my life, began to tangle with those of his children.

Etymology: Created by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., for Cat's Cradle, published in 1963.

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: spāsfās

Sentence: Mindy has to share everything that happens in her life. It makes her feel important, relevant. Every fluffy little thought that makes it into her head goes out to the public. She would spacebook her friends all day long if she could. Of course, then all she could report on would be that she is updating her status.

Etymology: A combination of myspace and facebook, two popular social networks.

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Created by: vonnegut

Pronunciation: si-noo-ka

Sentence: Dr. Hoenikker himself was no doubt a member of my karass, though he was dead before my sinookas, the tendrils of my life, began to tangle with those of his children.

Etymology: Created by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., for Cat's Cradle, published in 1963.

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