Verboticisms

Created by: FreakyDeak

Pronunciation: Dayoos-ex-mock-ee-na

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Etymology: Deus Ex Machina + mock

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: MEH-tuh-goh-jee

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Etymology: meta- ("beyond") + [peda]gogy ("the study of teaching")

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: fail tall ism

Sentence: Mary was hit by a feeling of failtalism when she realized that yet again she was not going to be Cinderella at the ball.

Etymology: from fail and faitalism

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: karm/os/ity

Sentence: I'm filled with karmosity when I drop a coin and it rolls into the sewer, the bread lands peanut butter side down, or the milk I just bought is sour.

Etymology: karma + animosity

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COMMENTS:

try to keep karm. - galwaywegian, 2007-03-08: 04:46:00

Be careful not to slip on the peanut butter bread and end up karmatose - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-08: 13:32:00

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Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: SHLUMP-chump'd

Sentence: Just my luck, thought Irving, as his car key broke off in the door lock. Schlumpchumped again! Thanks God!

Etymology: schlump + chump

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Created by: tommyboy

Pronunciation: kar-muh-lize-duh

Sentence: after a day of repeated jinxes, my fortune was kharmalized with a slip in the shower.

Etymology: play on words/hominym

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: shlep-rokd

Sentence: After waking up late, tripping over the dog, burning her toast, getting a flat tire, spilling hot coffee in her lap, and being fired for being late to work, Amy was feeling quite schleprocked and decided to go back to bed. At noon.

Etymology: Schleprock - if you know who Schleprock is, you'll get it.

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COMMENTS:

I'm a big Flintstone fan. Good one! - toadstool57, 2007-03-08: 07:42:00

YABBA-DABBA-...(you know) - Alchemist, 2007-03-08: 14:42:00

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Created by: mana1066

Pronunciation: ri'po'lin'der

Sentence: I was completely repolindered at the sight of the mess, causing a dramatic outbreak

Etymology: repo as in reposession of sanity + 'inder as in reminder

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kar mar jar een

Sentence: Destiny just knew when her perfect new husband's ex showed up at their wedding reception, it was not only as a guest, but as a date for him. Once again, Destiny's karmargarine was at work. Buttered toast side down on a dirty carpet...the fuzzy end of the lollipop...what's a four letter word starting with an "F"...oh yeah, FATE!

Etymology: Karma (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation)& Margarine (a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter)

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Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: mør-fy-dent

Sentence: And just as he raced in to the finish-line ahead of the other's, he had a horrible murphydent; a flock of seagulls attacked his car and made him spin.

Etymology: Murphy's Law - everything that can go wrong, will go wrong. Accident - unintended error.

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COMMENTS:

Isee now that I read the definition a little wrong... Oh well, a slight murphydent. - allwise, 2007-03-08: 02:05:00

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