Verboticisms

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: tooz-cump-un-eez

Sentence: as he went to the cupboard to get me a pillow and a blanket, she disappeared into their bedroom carrying what looked like whipped cream, handcuffs and a videocamera, leaving me with a growing sense of twoscompunease

Etymology: two's company [three's a crowd], unease

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COMMENTS:

Wow! Good one! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-31: 04:39:00

freezeoutcrowd - petaj, 2007-05-31: 04:47:00

you get my vote on this rikboyee - very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-31: 12:01:00

now you have me googling song lyrics for cheesy 70's sitcoms! that, my friend, is the true mark of success. also, 70s sitcom lyrics are like kevin bacon, every topic eventually lands on them. - jadenguy, 2007-05-31: 17:17:00

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Created by: stormyknight

Pronunciation: AWKWA VOY AHH ZIA

Sentence: Sam experienced a distinct feeling of awkavoyausia while Jane was otherwise occupied.

Etymology: A combination of awkwardness, Voyeurism, and Nausia.

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: wej-hawg

Sentence: Joe couldn't completely understand why his friend Rob's mother had invited him over for dinner when she and her husband were planning a night at the movies. After they left and Rob's girlfriend showed up he understood his role as a wedgehog.

Etymology: wedge (something that serves to part, split, divide) + hedgehog ( an obstructive device consisting of steel bars, angle irons, etc., usually embedded in concrete, designed to damage and impede the boats and tanks of a landing force on a beach)

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: in - TROOZ - eya

Sentence: Their protestations notwithstanding, Imogene felt a huge sense of intrusia when it was so obvious that Merril and Beryl intended to continue their intimate behavior while insisting that she was welcome to stay.

Etymology: A play on the word intrusion, noting the possible frame of mind of an intruder.

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COMMENTS:

Short & sweet. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-22: 06:03:00

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Created by: bubbos

Pronunciation: Affec-tion-al-icky

Sentence: This public display of affectionalicky makes me feel uneasy.

Etymology: Affection + icky

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: men ass a twa

Sentence: It was difficult for Joe to have his mother-in-law come for one of her long, unannounced visits. She would sit between them on the couch and nooky was out of the question as the walls were paper-thin. Their relationship always grew strained when she visited, as it was a menaceatrois.

Etymology: Menace (threat) & Menage A Trois (French: a threesome;household for three; an arrangement where a married couple and a lover of one of them live together while sharing sexual relations)

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: shag rahn

Sentence: Her shagrin was multiplied by the rhythmic splashing of the tea on her lap as the other end of the couch rose and fell.

Etymology: chagrin, shag

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: kum in too interr up tus

Sentence: It was one of those comintointerruptus moments, not only acutely embarassing, but as his glasses were steamed up already, not particularly educational either. He made his excuses and left.

Etymology: come in , coitus interruptus

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COMMENTS:

it always takes me a while to get the full meaning of your humour galwaywegian - very funny! - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-31: 12:07:00

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: THREET

Sentence: His two friend had told Alex it was fine that he stay for the movie, but as they grew more amorous, he realised he was more a threet than a treat.

Etymology: three + threat

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Created by: lauramy

Pronunciation: awk-weerd

Sentence: When the couple's hands and inhibitions disappeared, they said, "Don't mind us!" But I just felt awkweird.

Etymology: awkward + weird

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