Verboticisms

Created by: jrogan

Pronunciation: ver-bom-bard

Sentence: He clever verbombard, often quoting Shakespeare, but alas, he was trouble all the same...

Etymology: verb+bomb+bard

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: con-test-ee

Sentence: Jez was a REALLY competitive player. If he sensed his opponent wasn't paying sufficient attention he would get all contesty and yell, "This is NOT just a GAME!"

Etymology: contest (a formal game in which two or more players compete and attempt to win) + testy (irritably impatient, touchy)

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Created by: josje

Pronunciation: man cheater

Sentence: he is a man cheater

Etymology: man cheater.

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: in-struck-shun-book-let-ee-kut

Sentence: Every single games night ended with a protracted session of instructionbookletiquette... and then Gary would knock the board over and go home....we all hated Gary

Etymology: instruction booklet, etiquette

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COMMENTS:

well done! - galwaywegian, 2007-03-28: 03:37:00

You and a few thousand Scousers hate Gary. On any other day I'd tell you of my distaste for Steve, but the lad done good. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-28: 18:00:00

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Created by: sasgod

Pronunciation: as game and mania are pronounced with the 2 'M's rolled into 1

Sentence: Every time we sat down to a quite game of cards, the discussion of rules would end in a full-blown case of gamemania

Etymology: game and mania

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: play + cot + ick

Sentence: He got all playchotic over whether red moved first, or black, so I just let him win at checkers.

Etymology: psychotic + play

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ver bot oh sighed

Sentence: Her snide remarks and superior attitude caused him to commit verbotocide by literally making her eat her words

Etymology: verbotomy, genocide

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COMMENTS:

Words can kill... - Nosila, 2012-07-26: 22:42:00

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Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: ver-bah-toe-MAY-hem

Sentence: After Quentin challenged Sally's 8-letter word, last night's weekly Boggle game quickly descended into full blown verbotomayhem. I am still stepping on those little darn cubes.

Etymology: from the greek "verbomaehemnae", meaning to throw the pieces when mad...

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COMMENTS:

Is this the opposite of balderdashaster? Have you played Balderdash - it's the opposite of verbotomy - players make up definitions. - petaj, 2007-03-28: 05:48:00

there are some who say making up definitions is also part of verbotomy :-) - Alchemist, 2007-03-28: 07:42:00

I thought Balderdash was a Flemish head-shaving race. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-28: 08:06:00

I thought "balderdash" was a euphemism (think poppycock), or that old Nintendo game based on the joys of mining. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-28: 09:25:00

^^ That's probably why the make-up-definitions game is called Balderdash. - Discoveria, 2007-03-28: 13:05:00

Give the detective a medal. Two medals. Next we'll be told how "boulder" is the pun in the Nintendo game... - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-28: 17:56:00

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Created by: icktoofay

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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

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