Verboticisms

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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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: men-sa-twit-a

Sentence: Hearing impaired members of the intelligent society often complain that the mensatwitter at their meetings makes it hard to follow proceedings. But nevertheless they cannot help twittering to themselves as they engage in intellectual exercises.

Etymology: Mensa (qualification for membership of which was a high IQ) + twitter (sound of birds chirping)

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COMMENTS:

Funny! Also sounds like something that "men", rather than women, do. - wordmeister, 2007-01-24: 07:48:00

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Created by: TONYCCIA

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Created by: ahwinters

Pronunciation: skweek-thin-king

Sentence: While doing his calculus problem set, John's squeekthinking annoyed his wife.

Etymology: Squeek + Thinking

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: shrel/storm

Sentence: When the pressure is on to produce at work, he sits in a corner and shrillstorms ideas to the annoyance of his colleagues.

Etymology: shrill + brainstorm

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Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: tchir-pon-dur

Sentence: While trying to come up with a good word for today's Verbotomy, I found myself chirpondering.

Etymology: chirp + ponder

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Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: screech/u/late

Sentence: His ability to screechulate while seated in front of his computer, impressed neither his co-workers nor his boss.

Etymology: screech + speculate

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Created by: BMott

Pronunciation: skwall - o

Sentence: Lucy's intense concentration made her squallow as her co-workers looked at her in annoyance.

Etymology: squall - cry out - ow making it happen

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COMMENTS:

Good word! - wordmeister, 2007-02-01: 04:29:00

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Created by: paperhoard

Pronunciation: Vocal cranium-ism

Sentence: Curly, of the Three Stooges fame, was the first documented case suffering from vocalcraniumism. At that time in history it was silenced by stuffing cheese into the mouth of the afflicted.

Etymology: Vocal + Cranium

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COMMENTS:

Hey - my first word! - paperhoard, 2007-01-24: 07:02:00

your sentence is hysterical - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-24: 13:21:00

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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: awe-toe-jib-burr

Sentence: Daniel had a habit of autogibbering loudly when stumped by difficult questions.

Etymology: auto+gibber, from Greek auto- (self) and gibberish (nonsense).

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My first verboticism. Enjoy. - Discoveria, 2007-01-24: 20:39:00

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: brA-nEE-yak

Sentence: Jill listened in on her brainiyak boyfriend as he conversed to himself, figuring the solution to an astrophysics formula.

Etymology: brain, smart person/maniac, strange or eccentric/ yak, to talk

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good one toadstool! - wordmeister, 2007-01-24: 07:45:00

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: smart - ee - kants

Sentence: When Edward Eisen started thinking, we heard the unique and often soprano pitched sounds of his smartycants emerging from the quiet of the classroom, library or whatever room he happened to be using for his study.

Etymology: smarty, cants (musical singing sounds,the jargon of a particular class or subgroup), play on "smarty pants)

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Tee hee! Bravo Cantore! - mrskellyscl, 2009-08-24: 07:46:00

cants for the memories... - Nosila, 2009-08-24: 20:57:00

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Created by: egonschiela

Pronunciation: mow-dus-oper-an-tie

Sentence: Clive's secretary, with finger to her lips, whispered "He's in modusoperanti again ... the publishers are waiting for the final pages and he's been up all night."

Etymology: from modus operandi (procedural method) + opera (vocal piece) + rant (talk excitedly)

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Created by: adbern

Pronunciation: cret-ama-phoe

Sentence: he's still working on his cratamopu

Etymology: crazy talk mouth percussion

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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: Osomatic

Pronunciation: freak squeak

Sentence: She was trying to figure out how many pairs of shoes she could afford and started freaksqueaking right there in the store.

Etymology: Um, freak + squeak.

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: squ eeeeeeeeee ling

Sentence: Frank was squeeling at his screen so loud even Dave came out of his office to tell him to pipe down.

Etymology: from squeal squeak and all those sorts of noises.

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Created by: Carla

Pronunciation: con-tem-plah-lah-late

Sentence: Fed up with his children's complaints whenever he indulged in noisy cogitation, he installed sound-proofing insulation in his study. At last, he could contemplalalate as much as he tralaliked.

Etymology: contemplate + 'la la la'

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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.

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

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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: TrJoshB

Pronunciation: sper king

Sentence: He sat there spirking over the puzzle he couldn't solve.

Etymology: speak + thinking + urk

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COMMENTS:

hey i made my first word. - TrJoshB, 2007-01-24: 16:42:00

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Created by: josje

Pronunciation: mental damage

Sentence: I am not an idiot, i am suffering from mentaldamage

Etymology: mental and damage.

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Created by: lauramy

Pronunciation: roh-dent-uh-lize

Sentence: He will rodentalyze the problem until it is solved or until you give him some cardboard to chew.

Etymology: rodent + analyze

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: shrill-it-er-ate

Sentence: When lost in deep concentration, Rollie would involuntarily begin to shrillerate, repeating the same borderline incoherent mumbling in a high pitched childlike voice.

Etymology: Combination of Shrill (high-pitched, harsh in sound) and iterate (to say or do again; repeat)

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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: Alchemist

Pronunciation: kawg-noh-tweet-ur-LALE-yah

Sentence: Connie was used to my cognotweeterlalia, but it annoyed the heck out of the dog, who thought it was a rodent or something...

Etymology: cogno (think) + tweeter + lalo (greek "I speak")

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Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: aw-dih-bab-bull

Sentence: People tend to audibabble when they are thinking really hard.

Etymology: audible+babble

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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: θingkəkäfənē

Sentence: Rob once watched a scientific special that showed a group of geniuses attending a symposium. He noted that a number of them made audible noises as they thought. In a misguided effort to boost his own mental abilities, he began what his friends have deemed thinkophony, grunting, squealing and snorting as he contemplated world issues. All it accomplished was expulsion from the library club.

Etymology: think (direct one*s mind toward someone or something) + cacophony (a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds)

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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: jedijawa

Pronunciation: brain-leak

Sentence: Bill had brainleak and would often talk to himself out loud while thinking.

Etymology: brain + leak

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: ser-i-bol

Sentence: She couldn't bare the sound of his cerebawlling whenever he got writer's block.

Etymology: cerebral (relating to the brain, intellectual) + bawl (to shout or cry loudly)

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Call a wah--mbulance! - Nosila, 2011-01-13: 21:37:00

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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: hoylus

Pronunciation: skitz oh rith mettic

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Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: skwing-king

Sentence: At work, Frank had a lovely time. Nobody would give him anything to do, because no one could stand his squinking!

Etymology: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++ squeek - sound of a mouse. ++++++++++ ++++++ thinking - to constructively use ones brain +++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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COMMENTS:

Leader of the squins! - Alchemist, 2007-01-25: 02:44:00

You beat me to it. Good word, IMHO. - petaj, 2007-01-24: 04:32:00

I love the sound of this one! - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-24: 13:37:00

Yeah, "squink" sounds funny... perfect! - wordmeister, 2007-01-24: 14:52:00

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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: EonaFrae

Pronunciation: suh-rone-eh-s

Sentence: We all knew that Betty had a lot on her plate, but her ceronas was starting to distract people in the nearby cubicles.

Etymology: Cerebrum [latin: brain, skull] + Sonas [latin: sound]

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /'ba-b&l-"Iz/

Sentence: The brain surgeon's tendency to babbalyze in the operating room often made the nurses uncomfortable.

Etymology: From babble + analyze

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Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: skwink

Sentence: I heard squinking in the room. My roommate is doing his homework for AP Home Economics.

Etymology: squeak + think

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Created by: dwingillinois

Pronunciation: MUT r waal'

Sentence: Occasionally, while I balance the checkbook, I have been known to mutterwaul and cause the dog to cover its ears.

Etymology: Mutter + (cater)waul

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Created by: ArsMajika

Pronunciation: VOH-cog-neh-TOH

Sentence: "Tod has the most annoying vocognetto... he sounds like a damn chipmunk whenever he's programming."

Etymology: Vocalization + Cognition + Falsetto

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Created by: fmgene

Pronunciation: bath-mat-ics

Sentence: .

Etymology: bat + math _ gymnastics

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Created by: Sed8ed

Pronunciation: sigh-cot-tick-ba-bell

Sentence: Ron used the pshychoticbabble technique when he was doing quantum physics problems.

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: sahy-koh-blath-er

Sentence: When Leo gets a tough programming problem he begins to talk to himself and his computer. His psychoblather has been known to send much of the office to an early lunch. Sometimes they will bring him lunch or a large bag of candies just to occupy his mouth for a while.

Etymology: psycho (mentally strange) + blather (chatter, talk a lot)

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: men tahl jim nas teeks

Sentence: They were not ordinary eeks. they were mentalgymnasteeks, but unfortunately the examiner had no sense of perspective.

Etymology: mental gymnastics, eek

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Created by: ele0811

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: koj skweek tay shun

Sentence: Shelley knew every time when Mortimer was trying to come up with a new Verbotomy word because she could hear his cogsqueaktation all the way from upstairs. It was like the sound of very rusty bedsprings being scraped down a blackboard and it made her wince.

Etymology: Cogitation (attentive consideration and meditation;a carefully considered thought about something)& Squeak (a high-pitched, screeching noise)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: thot tik yoo layt

Sentence: Kim could always tell when Sheldon was having a brainstorm. His process to thoughticulate involved making weird sounds, similar to dolphins calling to coyotes. His heretofore mental constipation would erupt into a noisy verbal diarrhea...That was why she panelled his office in sound-proof materials.

Etymology: Thought (the process of thinking, especially thinking carefully) & Articulate (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way;expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language)

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COMMENTS:

I wonder what the coyotes would think of dolphin talk? - artr, 2009-08-24: 11:21:00

They would probably wonder at the porpoise of it all... - Nosila, 2009-08-24: 20:54:00

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Created by: ubgrud

Pronunciation: why-nink-ing

Sentence: "When you add these search operators, then... hmmmmm" he whininkinged to himself, shattering the glass on the corner of his desk.

Etymology: whine-think

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: sah-ree-broll-set-oh

Sentence: he eventually lost his job because his cerebralsetto was too distracting for the other employees

Etymology: cerebral, falsetto

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That's the problem with being a brain surgeon and an opera star! - wordmeister, 2007-01-24: 07:51:00

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Created by: jonzerofourteen

Pronunciation: Skwin-king

Sentence: Bob faced Eliza and hurriedly searched his brain for a lie to explain the missing underwear. His squinking further fueled her suspicions.

Etymology: think + squeak (short high-pitched cry) + wink (close and open one eye quickly) - ing

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