Verboticisms

Created by: sonic101

Pronunciation: di-a-laud-ler

Sentence: Rebecca just goes on and on, always being a dialaudler

Etymology: dialog+daudle=dialaudler

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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: snay lo kew shun

Sentence: Sheldon Sluggdon spoke very slowly, in fact his snailocution was famous. As a result, people avoided him, because it took him so long to talk about anything. People were astounded when he got his job as a lecturer at the college. If you were unlucky enough to end up in his class, your education would take much longer, but you would be able to catch up on your sleep!

Etymology: Snail (very slow-moving gastropod) & Elocution (a manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture)

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COMMENTS:

up to your usual standard :) - galwaywegian, 2009-09-22: 10:22:00

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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: jedijawa

Pronunciation: slow-lane-speak-er

Sentence: John is a slowlanespeaker who just putters along talking at his own pace no matter how fast the world around him is zipping by.

Etymology: slowlane (i.e. traffic lane) + speaker

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Created by: BMott

Pronunciation: verb-uh-snail

Sentence: She itched trying to resist helping the verbasnail seated across from her finish his sentence.

Etymology: Verba: of or pertaining to language. -- Snail: critter known for being incredibly slow.

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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: swallowedbyafish

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Unbeknownst to Billy-Bob, he was a notorious monotorator, which explained why everybody always seemed to space out when he spoke.

Etymology: monotonous/monotone + orator

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Created by: JoePeacock

Pronunciation:

Sentence: The lazy oaf blungled on about how it had become increasingly difficult to catch sheep for his supper.

Etymology:

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Created by: w5lf9s

Pronunciation: cum.ber.cone

Sentence: Hubert is such a flucking cumbercone! By the time he has told everyone at the office about ... about ... about ... his weekend it's Monday night.

Etymology: cumbersome + cone (as in the shape of a loudspeaker or other orifices put to a similar use)

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