Verboticisms

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: artr

Pronunciation: pyoo-dred

Sentence: With a huge sense of pudread Josh sniffed his socks to see if they could go another day or not. The fact that they walked to the hamper on their own when he took them off should have been enough of a clue.

Etymology: putrid (having the odor of decaying flesh) + P.U. (Used to indicate a bad or offensive smell, from "phew")+ dread (to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of)

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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: w5lf9s

Pronunciation: ohl.scan

Sentence: He was very diligent about subjecting each individual piece of clothing to a triple olscan after he took it off, the first one at arm's length, the second, closenosier to determine the type of deodorant that would cover up whatever the particular odour of the day and the third to make sure he would remember the smell for later comparison.

Etymology: olfactory+scan

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COMMENTS:

closnosier and closnosier, the funk did creep...great sentence! - Alchemist, 2007-03-05: 08:38:00

Very creative, loved this! - BMott, 2007-03-09: 00:07:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: snif spekt

Sentence: Daniel's laundry day routine consisted of keeping his washload size to one basket. This meant carrying on a sniffspect routine each week to determine which clothes just had to cost him a quarter to wash and which others were good for another wearing or two. Gosh, he missed his ex...

Etymology: Sniff (inhale odor) & Inspect (to look over carefully)

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Created by: bettyann9

Pronunciation: Oh-door-i-cue-late

Sentence: Be sure to odoriculate those pants, chief...if they stand up on their own they're probably not safe for the public.

Etymology: Odor-that which is perceived by the sense of smell + articulate-to put into words or an expression

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: olf rue let

Sentence: James played the olifroulette game most evenings checking if his pants could get away with being turned inside out again.

Etymology: from olfactory and roulette

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COMMENTS:

good one - porsche, 2007-03-08: 12:10:00

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: naze + ull + on + der

Sentence: I knew I was going to want to wear the shirt on Friday, but I didn't feel like washing it, so I gave it a quick nasalaunder and decided it'd be ok.

Etymology: nasal + launder

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COMMENTS:

well done - chercherlalun, 2007-03-15: 20:46:00

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: snuffl/up/ah/dress

Sentence: Part of my daily routine is to make sure I snuffleupadress to determine what clothing is still noseworthy

Etymology: snuffleupagus + dress

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COMMENTS:

Quite creative! Snuffleupundress would have been good as well. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-05: 11:38:00

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: sniff-n-grimace

Sentence: Winnie (the pooh) had become a very efficient sniffngrimacer, after his mother asked him to sort the laundry and he heard "snort the laundry".

Etymology: sniff (smell) + grime (dirt) + grimace (pull a face in disgust)

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COMMENTS:

multi layered - I like that - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-05: 12:21:00

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