Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: thot dit toree

Sentence: Cousin Eddy's thoughtditory process was to squeak, honk and make animal noises while compiling his April returns. April herself found it all very taxing...

Etymology: Thought(the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about) & Auditory (of or relating to the process of hearing)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: roōmənoiz

Sentence: Roy isn’t normally one to ponder deep subjects very often. When he does the ruminoise can be deafening.

Etymology: ruminate (think deeply about something) + noise (a sound, esp. one that is loud or unpleasant or that causes disturbance)

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: far-TIC-u-late

Sentence: Bob's farticulating every time he worked on a project that required a little thought was only made more annoying by the wild hand gestures that accompanied it.

Etymology: fart - an adverse sound best made out of earshot of others. articulate - to speak

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COMMENTS:

Sounds like Bob was blowing a lot of hot air... - wordmeister, 2007-01-24: 10:03:00

Most definitely! I actually work next to this guy - flailing hand gestures and all. Quite annoying! - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-24: 13:36:00

Are you flailing to clear the air? Or is he flailing to punctuate the point? - wordmeister, 2007-01-24: 14:55:00

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Created by: chofu67

Pronunciation: al vin trait

Sentence: When there are lots of distractions, I find that my ability to alvintrate helps me solve problems.

Etymology: based upon the voice qualities of Alvin the Chipmunk + concentration

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Created by: maxxy

Pronunciation: MIN-ee-think

Sentence: "And then if Mario jumps over this barrel," Jim minniethought, "he should be able to reach the magic pill ..."

Etymology: Minnie, as in Mouse, + think

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Created by: kyotonils

Pronunciation: oh'-ver-skwa-king

Sentence: I caught myself oversquawking as I went through my new stereo's setup instructions for the third time.

Etymology: overclocking (computer term for super-high-speed processing) + squawking (screeching)

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: scat-tic-u-late

Sentence: Jan could tell by the grinding and squeaking noises coming from the study that Paul had begun to scaticulate about the budget.

Etymology: scat: in jazz-- a vocal style where the singer shows vocal dexterity by improvising a melody over the chords or rhythm using sounds or meaningless syllables a la Bobby McFerrin, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway or Popeye + tic: involuntary movements or vocalizations (often seen in persons with tourette syndrome) + speculate: to meditate or reflect on a subject

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COMMENTS:

scategorically good word! - Nosila, 2009-08-24: 20:56:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: inter mensa coo stick ate

Sentence: Albert Einstein while at work, could while away hours twiddling his hb pencil, occasionally intermensacousticating out of the corner of his mouth.

Etymology:

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Created by: GreatRandew

Pronunciation: squa-k-think-ing

Sentence: he had such a habit of squawkthinking that he had to work in a soundproof cubicle.

Etymology: squawk-thinking

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: cak/l/cu/layt

Sentence: He would cackleculate so loudly when he was thinking up words for verbotomy that his girlfriend recorded it for Halloween and got him a cauldron to sit on

Etymology: cackle + calculate

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COMMENTS:

The kids must been scared! But how did his girlfriend cope? - wordmeister, 2007-01-24: 14:51:00

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