Verboticisms

Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Miss-blun-der-stand

Sentence: No wonder Greg never got a girlfriend, whenever he approached a girl he fancied with one of his cheesy chat-up lines, he would completely misblunderstand that a cringe meant 'GO AWAY' and not a smile and a green light to carry on.

Etymology: Blunder (a mistake + Misunderstand (fail to understand correctly) = Misblunderstand

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Very good! - Mustang, 2008-07-09: 07:10:00

Love it...will use it myself! - Nosila, 2008-07-09: 20:43:00

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: miss-duh-mean-er

Sentence: As Bill threw his paper aeroplane across the classroom, Mr Smith frowned. Bill mistook his stern expression for one of delight, promptly grinned and set about making an entire air force from his maths text book. He wasn't being naughty, it was just an unfortunate missedemeanour.

Etymology: Missed (failed to notice or understand) + demeanour (facial appearance) + Misdemeanour (misbehaviour)

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Created by: jalvarado6

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Created by: guesser

Pronunciation: De-Face-Ment

Sentence: After nobody showed up for her party, she realized she was guilty of defacement yet again.

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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: 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: mjmlabs

Pronunciation: uh-FAY-shuh

Sentence: Dan's got to be very careful when he goes out drinking; last weekend, his afacia almost got the two of us killed or arrested, I'm not sure which.

Etymology: Aphasia ("partial or total loss of the ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken or written language, resulting from damage to the brain caused by injury or disease") + a cheap pun on "face"

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COMMENTS:

Well done! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-09: 14:50:00

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Created by: shishkabobb

Pronunciation: (Bad-Faced-Frank)

Sentence: Hey man, you are a badfacedfrank because you couldn't tell that I was sad.

Etymology: Bad-mal Faced- eyes and ears and mouth and nose Frank- a boy's name

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Created by: brucee10

Pronunciation: mis - con - fli - de - ot

Sentence: Jason is a misconflidiot if he thinks he has a chance with Gwen.

Etymology: Misconstrue + Flirting + Idiot

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COMMENTS:

That really refers to the individual who has the difficulty, but it still has an great ring to it! Nice one! - Jocoman, 2007-05-09: 21:41:00

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Created by: thefreewheeler

Pronunciation: awe - spock ling

Sentence: You have to spell it out literally for Timmy--the damm freak has auspockle syndrom; that's right--he's auspcokling big time.

Etymology: "au" from autism. "spock" from Spock, the character whose Vulcan half rejects emotional, non-logical input.

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