Verboticisms

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: rek - ug - niz

Sentence: To wreckognize is to not recognize.... Your ability to recognize someone's face or their expressions is ruined or destroyed. It does not mean that you are blind; but it probably does mean that you are not perceptive.

Etymology: wreck, recognize

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COMMENTS:

Love it - Nosila, 2009-11-25: 23:09:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: rek-ehg-NAWT-so

Sentence: Milton was an absolute recognotso when it came to reading facial expressions and body language, always learing after the fact that the conclusions he had reached regarding others were simply 'not so'.

Etymology: Blend of the words 'recognition', 'not' and 'so'

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Created by: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: ih-lit-el-it

Sentence: Big papa Stevenson had done his homework, watched all the film and read all the books. He went all in with his ace high, convinced he had the best hand. When the straight flush, full house and three of a kind were revealed, he started searching wikipedia for a cure to being illitellate.

Etymology: Illiterate - Tell

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Created by: Clayton

Pronunciation: fiz-ee-OG-nuh-MUHD-l

Sentence: Clarence's frequent physiognomuddling was only compounded by his wife's tic.

Etymology: physiognomy + muddle

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COMMENTS:

Had to run to the dictionary. Great word! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-09: 06:49:00

Thanks a lot! I'm new to this game, but having a blast. - Clayton, 2007-05-09: 14:27:00

Welcome aboard, verbmatey! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-09: 14:54:00

Thanks. Joined too late in the week to win anything, though. - Clayton, 2007-05-09: 14:56:00

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Created by: pifty

Pronunciation: fejsilitereit

Sentence: he's so faceilliterate that he can't even tell wheather she likes him or thinks he's an idiot!

Etymology: face, facial + illiterate

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: bee-mug-uld

Sentence: Jill was bemuggled by Dave's smile. Was he laughing with her, or at her?

Etymology: befuddled, mug

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COMMENTS:

So is that why Harry Potter had such a hard time living with his Aunt and Uncle... he was bemuggled? - pinwheel, 2007-05-09: 11:11:00

funny! - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-09: 12:29:00

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Created by: brandonmarrotte

Pronunciation: (Fig-gilo-cious)

Sentence: I am figgiloucious because I can not recognize facial expressions of my many wives.

Etymology: Fig-to see, Gillo- to misunderstand

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Created by: Kurisu

Pronunciation: TRANS-sub-siko-ation

Sentence: I thought I was just being friendly, but his behavior revealed transubpsychoation.

Etymology: Trans: of, relating to, or characterized by + Sub: to act as a substitute + Pyscho: a deranged or psychopathic person + Ation: action or process : something connected with an action or process

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: mean-con-strew

Sentence: Kerrod refused to admit that he had mienconstrue. He insisted he was just perception-challenged.

Etymology: mien + misconstrue

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Created by: SariEverna

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