Verboticisms

Created by: ChristopherAndersen

Pronunciation: skwerk

Sentence: He didn't have a pen to figure out the tip; so he clenched his eyes shut, drew figures in the air, and squirked out his calculations.

Etymology: Squeak and Work (with a dose of "squeeze" because we use this voice to squeeze out the result)

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COMMENTS:

And it's a quirk, as well! - mplsbohemian, 2007-08-02: 02:56:00

And a dose of squirt too. - petaj, 2007-08-02: 03:21:00

Perhaps he was an exsquirt on the topic. - petaj, 2007-08-02: 03:21:00

Expert: "X" meaning unknown, and "spurt" being a drip under pressure. It's enough to make a person more than a tiny bit squirky. - Kyoti, 2007-08-02: 15:26:00

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Created by: tatterdemalion

Pronunciation: gym-in-y-KOJ-i-teyt

Sentence: You can just see the gears turning in some people's heads when they think, but for Bart, you could actually HEAR him jiminicogitate.

Etymology: jimini- (from Jiminy Cricket, the squeaky- voiced Disney character associated with the conscience) + cogitate (L. "to think hard")

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COMMENTS:

Great word, love the sound of it! - purpleartichokes, 2007-08-02: 14:48:00

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Created by: laurenhiya21

Pronunciation:

Sentence: He then started to squeakapeekoo in the middle of his exam.

Etymology:

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: skreech-urm-eyes

Sentence: When Nat heard him screechurmising she figured she'd better fake an illness and go home, he'll be carrying on for at least 5 hours like that.

Etymology: screech + surmise

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: shril/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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COMMENTS:

Apt & pithy. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-02: 19:22:00

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: skw-ore-t

Sentence: Quite clearly I was distracted by my own squoughting when I tried to create this word in the comments box.

Etymology: squawk + thought

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: curly/an/toe

Sentence: Whenever he worked on his laptop he lapsed into curlyanto, a side effect of watching too many Three Stooges movies

Etymology: curly + esperanto

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: Alvin!!

Sentence: To the total distraction of the rest of the office, Chip would chipthunk his way through all his daily tasks.

Etymology: chipmonk, thunk

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Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: PAHM-uhl-hurts

Sentence: Sabrina thought Randy was watching old Felix the Cat cartoons on YouTube again, but discovered that he was actually pommelhertzing his way through an online "matchmaker" quiz.

Etymology: Pommel horse (gymnastics equipment) + hertz (a unit of frequency that defines the pitch of sound waves)

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COMMENTS:

and that would be appropriate since he was Randy - Jabberwocky, 2007-08-02: 13:32:00

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Created by: KristinA

Pronunciation: squeak-geek

Sentence: There are a certain set of rules one must abide by in the office cube-farm: knock before entering anyone's cube, cell phones must be set to vibrate, and absolutely no squeakgeeking (no matter how complex your project may be). Evidently Harold was as unaware of the squeekgeeking rule as he was to hair gel and a comb.

Etymology: squeak + geek (what others may consider the offender)

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