Verboticisms

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: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌfeɪʃiˈɔtɪzm̩/

Sentence: Unfortunately, his faciautism only got worse when he got drunk.

Etymology: From facial + autism

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Created by: zrotv

Pronunciation: dis - fa- say -de -ol -i -gee

Sentence: I thought I knew what the smile meant, but I suffer from disfacadiology. (Also: I am disfacadilogical)

Etymology: dis + facade + ology

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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: Nosila

Pronunciation: a dowt fayss

Sentence: Pinky had always thought she was a visagenist, someone who could read faces and know what people were thinking. That was until she met Bruno. It did not help that Pinky had little control over her own facial expressions. What he interpreted as amourous curiosity on her part, was actually a look of constipation. His leer at her was actually gas pains from the chili he had eaten earlier. Her adoubtface would end in them enjoying a bottle of Pepto together later.

Etymology: A Doubt (a lack confidence in or have doubts about;an uncertainty about the truth or factuality of existence of something;the state of being unsure of something)& Face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; the expression on a person's face;status in the eyes of others) & play on word About-face (change one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint;a reversal in attitude or principle or point of view;act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation)

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Created by: serendipity9000

Pronunciation: oh-BLIV-o-path

Sentence: Only an oblivopath would think he looked happy about being kissed by her pet skunk.

Etymology: 'obliv' from oblivious + 'path' from the suffix of empath (one who actually has empathy or understanding of another's feelings) = one who is oblivious to the feelings of another as represented by their facial expressions.

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: miss/mug/amee

Sentence: Mismugamy is the failure to note the true meanings of facial expressions.

Etymology: miss + mug + amy

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Created by: lv071100

Pronunciation: ee-mog-er-ants

Sentence: The boy is full of emogerance.

Etymology:

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Created by: verysimplegame

Pronunciation: Vis-ay-gaff

Sentence: Brandon's propensity to visagaffe always left him on the wrong foot in one-to-one negotiations.

Etymology: Visage (expression or countenance) + gaffe (blatant mistake or misjudgement)

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COMMENTS:

Oh, that's clever! - jedijawa, 2007-05-10: 11:44:00

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Created by: weareallbeautiful

Pronunciation: f-ay-sh-uh-l-oo-z-r

Sentence: The guy who lived down the street from me was such a facialoser he thought i was being nice when i was insulting him.

Etymology: facial+loser

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