Verboticisms

Created by: eddie

Pronunciation: bor/a/toan

Sentence: Steve "The Slug" Jones speaks in such a boreatone manner that he has been known to talk people to sleep.

Etymology: boredom + monotone

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: bow ray tur

Sentence: She couldn't understand how such a borator had such a hot partner. Then she thought about it for a looooong time.

Etymology: bore orator

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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: 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: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Tree-cull-spee-curr

Sentence: The lecturer's voice was like honey: smooth, sweet, and thick. By the end of the hour the treaclespeaker had lulled half the class to sleep.

Etymology: Treacle + speak. Treacle is sort of a sugary substance that doesn't flow very well (viscous).

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COMMENTS:

I'm going to use this word - very clever Discoveria - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-02: 10:31:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: in/som/ni/yak

Sentence: Chris was a motivational speaker at sleep deprivation conferences - his sessions always sold out first

Etymology: insomnia + yack

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COMMENTS:

I likes this one. - erasmus, 2007-03-02: 10:39:00

thanks erasmus - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-02: 10:46:00

when i need to sleep its hard to decide between an imsomniyak and a saidative - rikboyee, 2007-03-02: 17:06:00

I've found tranquspielizers quite effective. - petaj, 2007-03-02: 20:19:00

Narcotalks work too! - Discoveria, 2007-03-02: 21:35:00

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Created by: subakamoo

Pronunciation: for-est-gump-itis

Sentence: Man, he's talking so slow, seems like he has FORESTGUMPITIS.

Etymology: The movie Forest Gump, coming from the way Forest talks.

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Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation: Blah-guy

Sentence: That blahguy is so slow.

Etymology: blah+ guy

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Created by: Ahmad

Pronunciation: sne nik

Sentence: He takes too much time in conveying a single idea , he is a real snainic.

Etymology: snail: an animal which moves very slowly. sonic: sound waves , relating to sound

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Created by: rickki

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