Verboticisms

Created by: Jaxies

Pronunciation: /com-petty-i-vism/

Sentence: "Daisy had developed a severe case of compettyvism during a fast-paced game of scrabble against Tim, concerning whether or not 'PROV', as in the active ingredient in Pantene Pro-v, was a real word. It started with laughter and ended in Tim's hospitalization."

Etymology: Competitive + petty + -vism

| Comments and Points

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: skrab-uhl-skwob-uhl

Sentence: Everybody loves that James now has an electronic edition of Scrabble. Nobody has to engage in a scrabblesquabble when they play him. When he tries to play a word that he "knows" is right, he can scream at the computer all he wants and nobody but neighbors within three blocks have to hear it.

Etymology: Scrabble (Board game where you create interconnected words) + squabble (to engage in a petty quarrel)

| Comments and Points

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: CHEE-te-de-BATE

Sentence: Harry was a renowned cheatedebater - having a fastidious nature there was no sign of a nittygritimpairment.

Etymology: cheat (an action that often causes game players to pore over the rule book) + heated (high level of emotion) + debate (argue)

| Comments and Points

Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: ver BUSE'

Sentence: I like playing games with my brother, except when he ends up getting upset over my interpretation of the rules and subjects me to the most terrible verbuse. I say he's too rigid, then he says the way I'm doing it is "incorrect" and "inaccurate." And don't ever say to him, "Who cares about these little details; it's JUST A GAME," because that's when he begins sputtering and spouting some REALLY verbusive language. Last time, it was, "Oh, I forgot, you're the 'good-looking' brother [he still hasn't forgotten THAT remark from Aunt Sophie, 35 years later], but that's okay, because I'm the SMART one!"

Etymology: verbose + verbal abuse

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

Very apt word...good one! - Nosila, 2009-10-15: 18:20:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: loo doe crus

Sentence: this scrabblesquabble was just another exdample of his ludocrous behaviour

Etymology: ludo, ludicrous,

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

two for the price of one! - galwaywegian, 2007-03-28: 03:35:00

haha...I almost went with scrabblesquabble! Mine! give it back!!! - Alchemist, 2007-03-28: 05:46:00

Also the notion of "cross" meaning angry? Three medals for me. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-28: 17:58:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Created by: azazn

Pronunciation: khan-tris-tear-ick-uhl-vouls-ee

Sentence: Mark and Bob, I am sick of this Contrystericalvowelsy!! I quit.

Etymology: Contr: from Controversy. ysterical: from hysterical. vowelsy: from vowel. sy to add a nice zing.

| Comments and Points

Created by: bingold

Pronunciation: fin-ster

Sentence: v- Why must you finster over every move?? n- Bruce is such a finster; he just takes all the fun out of the game.

Etymology:

| Comments and Points

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: gaym - bayn - grrr

Sentence: Freddy was behaving like a gamebanger while he angrily shouted out the clues in this round of password. He felt that Sherman had secretly slipped the secret word to Shirley during the lightening round and it had put his team behind.

Etymology: game, gangbanger, bang

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

Excellent! - splendiction, 2009-10-15: 23:09:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: par-cheese-off

Sentence: Bill, how often gets overly competitive in games, usually starts to parcheeseoff the other players within the first rounds of the game.

Etymology: Parcheesi (a game) + cheese off (annoy)

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

An above par word, and cheesy at the same time... - wordmeister, 2007-03-28: 10:31:00

A great sounding word! I'd verbattle anyone for cheese! - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-28: 14:13:00

LOL very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-29: 09:22:00

You guys sure are nice to each other around here. That's a nice touch! :-) - jedijawa, 2007-03-29: 23:24:00

Most people are except when it comes to a groom and a maid of honour and the the bride's marrage. - Stevenson0, 2007-03-30: 12:56:00

By the way a great word! You got my vote!! - Stevenson0, 2007-03-30: 12:57:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: skr ab qu obb le

Sentence: never get in to a game of scrabble with John, it will always end in a scrabquobble

Etymology: from quibble and scrabble and squabble.

| Comments and Points