Verboticisms

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: LIR-ik-zorbd

Sentence: After hearing a favorite song, Alice would often become absolutely lyricsorbed and finding herself becoming increasingly annoyed to not be able to stop repeating the song over and over in her mind thru the day.

Etymology: Blend of lyrics (the words of a song) and absorbed (engrossed; deeply interested)

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Created by: Mobelia

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I'm so catalyrical after listening to Barry Manilow that I can't do anything requiring thought.

Etymology: catatonic meaning an abnormal condition variously characterized by stupor lyrics meaning words to a song

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Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: pop-tar-ded

Sentence: Alex was rendered poptarded by his inability to think of anything but that stupid song he had heard on the radio this morning.

Etymology: pop - (i.e. pop culture) + tarded - (i.e. reduced)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: repəditēəs

Sentence: Rob’s morning is repedittious. Maybe his resistance was down due to a lack of restful sleep, maybe he needed more coffee but an insipid jingle from a commercial bore it’s way into his head and laid eggs. Nothing short of blasting caps seems to be able to remove it. ”The best part of waking up...” He doesn’t even drink coffee.

Etymology: repetitious (over and over esp. when unnecessary or tiresome) + ditty (a short simple song)

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Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: in-ca-pop-uh-tated

Sentence: I've been so incapopitated the last few hours that everyone i see looks like a member of a boy-band in drag.

Etymology: from incapacitated + pop (music)

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Created by: adbern

Pronunciation: mind-over-floo

Sentence: i will not hear anything anymore because i'm in a state of mindoverflo

Etymology: mind+overflo

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Created by: pedrofpardo

Pronunciation: /abˈdʌkzɪkl/

Sentence: This song is totally abducical. I can't think in anything else.

Etymology: Abduction (from Latin abduct-, abducere ‘lead away’) + Musical (▶adjective, relating to or accompanied by music)

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Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: re-strick-tooned

Sentence: I spend much of my time restrictuned by awful songs I can't even remember the words to.

Etymology: Restricted (mental capacity) + tune

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: stew-pid-it-ee

Sentence: having got to the final question on 'who wants to be a gazillionaire', i was horrified to find myself stricken with stupiditty... curse you Justin Timberlake

Etymology: stupidity, ditty

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COMMENTS:

good one - porsche, 2007-02-20: 10:37:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: riff/ted

Sentence: She was so riffthead that the same annoying riff recycled over and over in her head

Etymology: riff + head + gifted

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