Verboticisms

Created by: Khikhob

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: funk-junk-ee

Sentence: Fenella's compulsive sniffing had a nasty side-effect whereby she became addicted to strong, even repulsive, odours. She was diagnosed as a funkjunkie.

Etymology: funk (a strong smell) + junkie (addict)

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Good one petaj. I like the sound of it. - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-29: 19:08:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: snoōtfoōl

Sentence: Harold is sure he can detect even the slightest sign that things are not what they should be. With a quick sniff he declares a check legit or fraudulent. He has rejected designer jeans more than once after a mere whiff. He sees himself as a Sherlock Holmes. Most see him as a snootfool.

Etymology: snoot (a person*s nose) + fool (a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person) a play on snootful

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Created by: thegoatisbad

Pronunciation: 'erg-'sent

Sentence: Kimberly had no sense of smell, which served not only as another reason to hate Loretta, but also as cause to deeply distrust her. "It's too primal" Kimberly opined, "maybe if she were a rodent it wouldn't be as strange, but I don't trust anyone who operates like a rat." Meanwhile, in the background Loretta urgescently nosed her way through Kimberly's desk until she found Kimberly's stash of cheese.

Etymology: urge (compel earnestly) + scent (odor)

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: snek-spurt-iff

Sentence: He snexpertiffed anything in sight like a german shepherd police dog looking for contraband.

Etymology: sniff + expert

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Created by: denise

Pronunciation: Pan-cum-pul-snif'- e-uh

Sentence: I'm worried about him. The intensity of his pancompulsniffia is becoming problematic.

Etymology: pan- all, everything + compulsive/sniff + ia - medical condition

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: duress/ence

Sentence: Carlos was driven by an overwhelming duressence to identify every object by it's scent. By thirty, his nostrils were immense.

Etymology: duress + essence

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Carlos had King Kong nostrils? - metrohumanx, 2008-10-27: 20:10:00

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Created by: jaymiex

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: uhb/ses/sent

Sentence: Joe is annoyingly obsesscent to the point of whiffing everything he comes in contact with. This schnozealous behaviour is to say the least neurotic and sniffsessive.

Etymology: OBSESSCENT - verb - from OBSESS (dwell obsessively upon something) + SCENT (to perceive, or identify by the sense of smell)

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SCHNOZOZEALOUS? Hahahahaa cough cough.... - metrohumanx, 2008-10-27: 20:12:00

Smells like a new Calvin Klein fragrance... - Nosila, 2008-10-27: 21:01:00

Or a new de-aromarent protective cream! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-28: 02:27:00

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Created by: looseball

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