Verboticisms

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: done-der-head

Sentence: Frank sighed as Jane missed the exit on the roundabout for the third time. "DundDERhead," he muttered under his breath.

Etymology: dunderhead (stupid person) + der (derogatory exclamation in reponse to acts of stupidity)

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Created by: Clayton

Pronunciation: SHEEP-shif-terz

Sentence: "Aw, sheepshifters!" exclaimed Jordan, dejectedly, lowering the rifle. "Now I'll never know who my real father is!"

Etymology: sheep + shapeshifters = whimsical jocularity

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COMMENTS:

what?!? - galwaywegian, 2007-05-22: 05:50:00

My thoughts exactly. - Clayton, 2007-05-22: 17:55:00

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: kers/awl

Sentence: Inappropriate language is the ultimate curseall

Etymology: curse + cureall

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Created by: grasshopper

Pronunciation: stoop/ig/nor/amous

Sentence: I was deep in thought when suddenly I said out loud ahh "stupignoramous";I was driving the wrong direction for an hour.

Etymology: stupid/ignorant/amous = stupignoramous

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: mee-lit-l

Sentence: Janice will melittle herself in the hope that friends will counter by encouraging her. It doesn't always work that way.

Etymology: me (self) belittle (to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: dädgamit

Sentence: Never wanting to use foul language Todd would use ”dodgamit” when he found himself doing something stupid. This seems to raise fewer eyebrows than his previously used expletive, ”futhermucker”.

Etymology: a spoonerism of goddamn it (used for emphasis, esp. to express anger or frustration)

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: holy-barry-crocker-batman

Sentence: "holybarrycrockerbatman" said Robin, when he realized he'd made it this far into the season without any powers of his own.

Etymology: holy .... batman (catchphrase of TV's famous interjector, Robin) + Barry Crocker (Aust. and NZ. rhyming slang for a blunder -- as in "he's having a shocker today", "he's having a barry crocker today" or even just "he's having a barry today"

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COMMENTS:

BTW, Barry Crocker is a real Australian -- http://www.barrycrocker.net/ - petaj, 2007-05-22: 08:51:00

that's grouse - cohenarie, 2007-05-22: 10:18:00

is Barry married to Betty Crocker - she could make it all better (batter) with a cake - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-22: 12:15:00

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /əˈkiˌɹu/ /uh-KEE-roo/

Sentence: Akerue! I should've known not to use hand dishwashing soap in the dishwasher.

Etymology: "Eureka" backwards.

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: crap-tass-tik

Sentence: "Craptastic!", he exclaimed, as he realized that those were headlights at the end of the one-way tunnel.

Etymology: crap, fantastic

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COMMENTS:

has a nice ring to it - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-22: 12:13:00

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: blun-der-struk

Sentence: looking down at the tube of fungal cream in my hand, then into the mirror at the toothbrush in my mouth, i was suddenly blunderstruck

Etymology: blunder, thunderstruck

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