Verboticisms

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: cat/ur/pil/r/ees

Sentence: The caterpilaries of her life continued to metamorphose until she became completely tangled up

Etymology: caterpillar + capillary (tiny hairlike tubes that connect arteries to veins)

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COMMENTS:

Ooo yes! Very good. - pinwheel, 2007-04-19: 11:05:00

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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: jonobo

Pronunciation: stimu like in stimulate, rounding like in surrounding.

Sentence: Your experience is cheavily spinfluenced by your stimurounding. The stimurounding was bad for her, i had to get her out of this city quickly...

Etymology: stimulous + surrounding = stimurounding.

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: KITH-beems

Sentence: Kithbeams sometimes radiant; at other times frowning, chilled by the clouds of doubt and the bitter winds of mistrust; but like the sun affecting our lives every second.

Etymology: Kith, n. [OE.& AS. kith,] native land; friends, acquaintances; kindred. Meaning 1. & 4. archaic. BEAM:n. [ME. OE?]:A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat. (Fig.): A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.

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COMMENTS:

how poetic - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-26: 10:58:00

Hugths & Kithes! - Nosila, 2008-06-26: 23:27:00

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: the/brade/ee bunch

Sentence: Thebraidybunch is a new dating network which selectively chooses people with long hair.

Etymology: braid (weaving together of hair, starnds etc) + the Brady Bunch (popular 70s sitcom)

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COMMENTS:

Good one, Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! - Nosila, 2008-06-26: 23:02:00

Clever & funny. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-27: 17:58:00

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Created by: rebelvin

Pronunciation: GRID+LINK

Sentence: I enjoy gridlinking with others who have green eyes like me, go out of their way to match their lipstick with the color of their over-size dresses, and who agree with me in terms of general philosophy and the utmost importance of a person's hair.

Etymology: GRID+LINK

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Created by: AnnieChandon

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: ex-peer-ee-arch

Sentence: Carol planned to become an author of self-help books and used experiarch as her motif to describe the foundation upon which we can all build. Her first title was to be "The experiarch less trammelled" followed soon after by "The magic of experiarch : building a bridge to your future".

Etymology: experience + arch (in the architectural sense of supporting construction above an opening)

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COMMENTS:

My mind has been opened... Thank you petaj - wordmeister, 2007-04-20: 10:35:00

Sounds like a great series Petaj - maybe The Archies could be featured in them - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-20: 11:26:00

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /fənˈdɪbjulə/

Sentence: One's fundibula are not invisible, though we are often disinclined to see them.

Etymology: From Vonnegut's chrono-synclastic infundibulum. The way I see it, the place where everyone's personal fundibula meet is a chrono-synclastic infundibulum.

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COMMENTS:

I was very close to selecting the word "fundilia" without reference to Vonnegut, but then I realized how close it was to infundibulum that I couldn't not steal it. Incidentally, I'll be very disappointed if tomorrow's definition is not "those places where all the different kinds of truths fit together." - ErWenn, 2007-04-19: 08:04:00

I'm hoping that tomorrow's definition will be "a proud and meaningless association of human beings". Nice word by the way... - wordmeister, 2007-04-19: 10:12:00

Thank you. - ErWenn, 2007-04-19: 16:00:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: so shee al eye tee

Sentence: Melissa realized that her socialIT was directly related to her socialIQ. The more people she knew online, the more intelligent she appeared to the reast of the world.

Etymology: Social( relating to human society and its members) & IT (Information technology)

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