Verboticisms

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ole fyel actor ee

Sentence: by his olfileactory system, he categorised his t shirt had a two day shelf life, while his jocks had already passed their sell by date. he threw them against the thong retaining wall.

Etymology: olfactory, file

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Created by: catgrin

Pronunciation: geer-roh-muh-nal-uh-sis

Sentence: Instead of the washing machine, most teen boys use gearomanalysis to get dressed every day.

Etymology: gear + aroma + analysis

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Created by: urbanwookie

Pronunciation: stin-kwizi-shun

Sentence: Bob subjected each item to a thorough stinquisition before sentencing the worst offenders to the laundry basket...

Etymology: stink + inquisition

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Created by: swallowedbyafish

Pronunciation:

Sentence: As he debriefed, he realized that the pair would have to be burned.

Etymology: debrief (to probe or examine) + briefs (underwear)

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: o/dor/ah/met/er

Sentence: An odorometer is a device which indicates how long a piece of clothing has travelled on a body.

Etymology: odometer + odor

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COMMENTS:

How do you use it? Stick it up your nose? - petaj, 2007-03-06: 02:21:00

I think it's more like a wand - it would be embarassing if they used it at the airport to detect dirty clothes - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-06: 13:40:00

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /dɪˈstɪŋkwɪʃ/

Sentence: Some allergy sufferers find it difficult to distinkuish whether a garment is reusable during the spring and should therefore rely upon other methods, such as smudgspecting or dampvestigation.

Etymology: From stink + distinguish

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COMMENTS:

excellent! - galwaywegian, 2007-03-05: 06:34:00

I like the referencing to other verbotomisims. Makes it more feasable and its a great word too. - erasmus, 2007-03-05: 09:05:00

Thanks to you both. What would be even better is if I could reference previously submitted verboticisms...I'll have to think about that. - ErWenn, 2007-03-05: 17:06:00

you got my vote! - Alchemist, 2007-03-05: 20:49:00

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: prO-boss-cO-ob-er-ation

Sentence: David used his simple, yet failproof method of proboscorroboration, to determine if he could squeeze one more day out of his bugs bunny boxers.

Etymology: proboscus, nose/ corroboration, to test

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COMMENTS:

Oh man, crazy word! - subakamoo, 2007-03-05: 16:55:00

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Created by: subakamoo

Pronunciation: Remove-al-funk-o-meter

Sentence: Jeff is such a removalfunkometer.

Etymology:

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: wif-ee-wash-ee

Sentence: Although his clothes always smelled like he'd just been crowned victor in a chili-eating contest, Bob would whiffywashy each article of clothing after removing it, in the hope that it still had some perspirverance left in it.

Etymology: whiff, wash

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COMMENTS:

oh yes. Like this one. - erasmus, 2007-03-05: 05:12:00

great one! you get a vote from me - toadstool57, 2007-03-05: 09:13:00

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Created by: redrockmullet

Pronunciation: Ole-fact-ore-gan-e-za-she-on

Sentence: His olfactorganization skill helped him determine that his 501s were far too soiled for further use.

Etymology:

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