Verboticisms

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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NNNNNNNNNNNiiiiiiiiiiiiiiccccccccceeeeeeeee WWWWWWWWWWooooooooooorrrrdddddd. - Stevenson0, 2007-03-02: 18:01:00

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

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

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: drone + stop + uh + bull

Sentence: Oh man, don't get Al Gore going on global warming - he's dronestoppable.

Etymology: Drone + unstoppable. (This isn't really one of my best.)

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Created by: rickki

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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: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: puuuuuuuh-tur-paaaaaaaaa-tur

Sentence: The patient had the misfortune to get an EMT who was a putterpatterer; by the time his rescuer could utter the phrase "Are you choking?", he had already passed out.

Etymology: putter, patter

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: nah-da-yah-da-yah-da

Sentence: we all wanted him to summarise the story but he was a well known nadayadadyada so we had to hear the whole damn thing

Etymology: nada [none], yada yada [used to summarise stories]

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COMMENTS:

a bit long - but he idea is brilliant and the sound of the word is nice. here's my vote. - w5lf9s, 2007-03-02: 11:43:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: draul ful

Sentence: W h e n F r e d t o l d a j o k e i t w a s s l o w a n d d r a w l f u l .

Etymology: Drawl (a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels; lengthen and slow down or draw out) & Awful (not nice)

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Created by: toralora

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Paul is a typical jabbler. He told a short and unimportant story in 2 hours.

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Created by: crazymuso

Pronunciation:

Sentence: He was a multisyllabadroner - it took him 3 hours to tell me what the time was, whilst I was looking at his watch.

Etymology: Multi + syllable + drone

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