Verboticisms

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: sin-app-ing

Sentence: Sinead was synapping, her toes tapping and her fingers snapping to the cringeworthy pop tune. But no matter how hard she tried she couldn't snap out of it to work on her tax return.

Etymology: snap (your fingers to the beat) + synapse (connections in your brain) + nap (sleep)

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: mu-si-eck-O-sis

Sentence: Bob didn't feel well and being a great believer in an alternative healer, named Gleestruck, went to see him. Gleestruck suggested that Bob listen, at least 111 times, to the pop melodyssey, "Macarthur Park". When he returned (or retuned) a few days later the healer asked him, "How are you?" Bob replied, "The song has ended, but the malady lingers on." A few days later,when the annoying pop song would not stop endlessly repeating itself in his mind; Bob, although not wishing to appear a melingerer, sought treatment at his local hospital, where a doctor told him he was suffering from musiechosis or, as it is commonly known, popmentiplay.

Etymology: Musiechosis:musi/c+ech/o+osis:condition Gleestruck-glee(OE)music+struck:smitten Melingerer-mel/ody+ ma/lingerer. Popmentiplay-pop(song)+ment:(mind)+play

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Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: pahp-seshen

Sentence: I want to drive a spike through my head as the ridiculous Fergie song has become my latest popsession.

Etymology: pop and obsission. could take on other forms: popsessive, popsessive state, popsessive compulsive, popsessing...

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Created by: StigAllan

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I cannot get this damn brainstopper out of my head

Etymology:

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Created by: sweetclarity

Pronunciation: In-com-pop-tence.

Sentence: They threatened to fire her for incompoptence when she spent her whole workday humming 'Oops, I Did It Again!' instead of answering the phone.

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Created by: Boronia

Pronunciation: pop'-hi-merz

Sentence: Unlike Alzheimer's Disease, which is more prevalent in people over 65 years old, Popheimer's afflicts the younger set. It is brought on by a steady feeding of pop songs throughout one's day, with entertainment as the goal. In its advanced stages, victims lose the ability even to remember the redundant songs, so they provide an endless stream of them via ear buds and i-pods. In this way, they are able to avoid the realization that nothing of import moves through their grey matter anymore.

Etymology: pop music + Alzheimer's

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: stew pid ittee

Sentence: she was pretty such a pity 'bout the ditty induced stupiditty

Etymology: stupidity, ditty.

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COMMENTS:

Good lyricling. You get my vote. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-18: 18:03:00

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Created by: akvoD3

Pronunciation: REHP-eh-can-shun

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Etymology: repeat + cancion (Spanish)

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Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: en-sink-KRON-uh-kyood

Sentence: It started in the shower, went through breakfast, all through rush hour, into the office, and well past lunch before Lance began to notice he was so Nsynchronicued that he was wearing two different shoes, a Kerokerokeroppi tie, his suit coat was inside out, and that singing "Hit Me Baby One More Time" in the men's room was drawing mixed interest from onlookers.

Etymology: N'Sync (boy band) + chronic + cued (ready to play, as in a record or CD)

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Created by: KristinA

Pronunciation: dit-E-ditz-E

Sentence: In a strange twist of events, Marcia became the top salesperson of the month at the Hummer dealership. Each time she would be with a customer and start to say "Hummer," she would break into a rendition of the Black Eyed Peas "My Humps," much to the delight of her mostly male customer base.

Etymology: dittty (song) + ditzy (scatterbrained)

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