Verboticisms

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: in-ep-ti-tune

Sentence: Because he was unable to get that song out of his head, Bob got demoted for ineptitune.

Etymology: ineptitude, tune

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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: jonobo

Pronunciation: eer-wermd

Sentence: She was so earwormed she didn't even notice she had filed the tips off her fingers.

Etymology: ear + worm (wiggling through your brain)

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COMMENTS:

bzooom... that was my word ;) whatever... in german that is a common saying "i got an earworm"... in german "ohrwurm" - jonobo, 2007-05-12: 11:44:00

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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: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈtunˌlup/

Sentence: Tuneloops are often aggravated by only a partial knowledge of the lyrics.

Etymology: From tune + loop

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Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: leer/ic/loop

Sentence: The doctor diagnosed it as "Lyricloop Syndrome" which could only be cured by beta-brain blockers and a week's holiday in a warm spot without access to an iPod, steel drums, or a karaoke machine.

Etymology: lyric (song) + loop (something that continues endlessly)

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Created by: chickenassassin

Pronunciation: myewz-tard-a-shun

Sentence:

Etymology:

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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: iwasatripwire

Pronunciation: re-dum-dun-see

Sentence: "Tubthumping" caused such a severe case of redumbdancy that Karen was unable to study for over a week

Etymology: dumb + redundancy

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: LOOP-e-toons

Sentence: Britney was completely loopeytoons after her stint on the cartoon show - she just couldn't think straight with songs playing continuously in her head. She stupidly thought shaving her hair off might let the music out!

Etymology: looney tunes (popular cartoon show) + loopy (crazy) + loop (continous play of audio or video track) + tunes (music)

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COMMENTS:

I think it describes the affliction very well! Besides, it sounds cute. I've got a damn loopeytune in my head now..."Mama mia let me go..." - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-20: 19:24:00

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