Verboticisms

Created by: deanmoses

Pronunciation: plow-mouth

Sentence: I kept trying to say "I got it" but that ploughmouth ploughed right over me.

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: dal/ly/gab/ber

Sentence: It took Frank, a classic dallygabber, three minutes to say what most people could in thirty seconds. It became so frustrating that everyone was finishing his sentences for him.

Etymology: dally + gab + gabber

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COMMENTS:

Is the Dalai Lama a dallygabber? - porsche, 2007-03-02: 10:30:00

I suspect the Dalai Lama is a dilly dallying dallgabber. - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-02: 10:33:00

oops I meant a dilly dallying dallygabber - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-02: 10:34:00

A dillying dallygabber? I guess he would go on, and on, and on... Which might be good, unless it was all talk and no action. - wordmeister, 2007-03-02: 10:50:00

I think this has become a silly dilly dallying dallygabber discourse. - Stevenson0, 2007-03-02: 17:54:00

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: mon-O-tone-as-city

Sentence: Jill spoke to David with monotonacity, determined to make her point, droning on and on till David finally fell asleep.

Etymology: monotone/tenacity,persistant determination

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COMMENTS:

This is the defining characteristic of Ben Stein's character in Ferris Beuller's Day Off. - ErWenn, 2007-03-03: 08:25:00

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Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: de-bill-er-ate

Sentence: Doug suffered from debilitating deliberation. He was dibilerate.

Etymology: debilitating deliberation

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Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: drone/prone

Sentence: Pierre Pantperhog was known among family, friends, and foes alike as a dithering "droneprone" dude.

Etymology: drone + prone

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: slow-spoke (said very slowly with long drawn out syllables - OK you figured it out long ago)

Sentence: Colin was a renowned slowspoke, and could never work out why his conversants kept toe-tapping or clock-watching or finger-drumming.

Etymology: slow poke (a dawdler) + spoke (past tense of speak) + slow (not quick witted esp. not realising that the audience already understands)

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COMMENTS:

you even have to say this word slowly - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-02: 09:14:00

good... one... - wordmeister, 2007-03-02: 10:41:00

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thaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnk yooooooooooooooooo so muuuuuuuch - petaj, 2007-03-02: 19:57:00

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Created by: buck180

Pronunciation: Mo 'lass' a ver say shun

Sentence: As soon as he opened his mouth I knew the conversation was going to be a molassaversation. I was already on the next topic before he finished his first sentence.

Etymology: A combining of molasses and conversation.

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Created by: catgrin

Pronunciation: shprek-en-lah-ger

Sentence: I'm sorry I'm late! Some sprechenlager at the DMV kept me there for two hours while he explained why it's bad to run a red light!

Etymology: Take off on the German for "speak"="sprechen" + "lag" meaning "to delay" + "er" which is the ending for changing a verb into a personal noun in German

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ow ray tor

Sentence: Father Murphy's houratory style had a very wholesome effect on anyone thinking sinful thoughts. After one of his sermons no one could remember what sins they were thinking of committing, not even the ones who remained awake

Etymology: orator, hour

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COMMENTS:

Houray for you! - Nosila, 2009-09-22: 10:57:00

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Created by: kateh

Pronunciation: muh NOT uh log

Sentence: Once Peter starts on one of his monotologues, you had better be prepared with some strong coffee to keep yourself awake.

Etymology: monotony and monologue

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