Verboticisms

Created by: DSwell

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: preen/aw/ku/pyed

Sentence: Sally was so preenoccupied that she brought her whole makeup kit with her wherever she went. She sometimes used the reflection from a fellow passenger's glasses to adjust her lipstick.

Etymology: preen + preoccupied

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COMMENTS:

Maybe Sally was lipstick, but not lippy! Very good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-09: 16:02:00

Right on ... from the way it pops off the tongue to the way it hits the brain - silveryaspen, 2007-12-13: 15:06:00

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: foh-PAHL-ihsh

Sentence: Alex's girlfriend of six months was on thin ice when she fauxpolished her make-up in the middle of his great-great-auntie's funeral.

Etymology: faux pas + polish (to polish one's appearance, or nail polish)

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COMMENTS:

Yup, waaaaay off my game. - mplsbohemian, 2007-12-09: 12:01:00

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: in-un-proh-preen

Sentence: While she ate her yogurt on the subway, and to her horror she heard the disturbing sound of "click, click" behind her. As her stomach flipped, she saw someone inappropreening behind her, she quickly covered her yogurt so the shards of toenails wouldn't contaminate it.

Etymology: inappropriate + preen

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COMMENTS:

Love the word -- the sentence makes me nauseous. Great job!! - Tigger, 2007-12-07: 22:48:00

Great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-09: 15:52:00

love the onomatopoeia of the p's in that word ... and you know what it means without looking it up! - silveryaspen, 2007-12-13: 15:00:00

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Created by: Nuwanda

Pronunciation: skan-key-clip-per

Sentence: Natalie was a true skankeeclipper and got in the habit of tearing off her fingernails while driving. She would open the window an inch and try to push them out, but all too often they would fall back inside and land on the door edge or scatter across the floor mats. And Tom, though he loved Natalie a lot, loved his car even more. He dumped the skankeeclipper for a woman with OCD and fake nails.

Etymology: Yankee clipper altered to incorporate skanky--highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust;

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: eksəbījenik

Sentence: Maybe it is because she was raised in a commune where everything was done in a group setting, maybe because she is an only-child, but Sunshine*s employer didn*t seem to appreciate her exhibygienic ways. For some strange reason they chastised her for applying deodorant and brushing her teeth while she did her work as a receptionist.

Etymology: exhibitionist (extravagant behavior that is intended to attract attention to oneself) + hygienic (being clean; sanitary)

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: hor/i/jen/niks

Sentence: Unaware he was performing a series of horrigienics in front of the passengers on the south-bound 7:52 AM crowded Yonge Street subway train, Joe proceeded to remove his socks and shoes and clip his toe nails and finger nails, brush a layer of dandruff from his head to his lap, clean the wax out of both ears and snip a dozen, or so nose hairs in preparation for his 9:00 AM job interview downtown.

Etymology: HORRIGIENICS - noun - from HORRID (shockingly dreadful; abominable; extremely unpleasant, or disagreeable) + HYGIENICS (the practice and promotion of one's health)

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COMMENTS:

Sounds like Joe was way overdue for some personal 'sanitation' - Mustang, 2008-10-31: 05:20:00

As my hug's brother, now about 48 used to say at age 5, "That's grossp." Yeah, with a P. *ha* - lumina, 2008-10-31: 13:12:00

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Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: slaw-BLOO-shunz

Sentence: TrimTim had many revolting habits which had a tendency to sicken, nauseate and repel even even the most uncultured buffoons. He would perform the grossest SLOBLUTIONS in public places, spitting with abandon like a professional baseball player, even though he never had a profession to speak of. Even the homeless people gave him a wide berth lest they be caught in his radius of repugnance and have their precarious social standing reduced even further......ugh!

Etymology: SLOB+abLUTIONS=SLOBLUTIONS.....SLOB:a slovenly or boorish person;Irish slab mud, ooze, slovenly person.....ABLUTIONS:the washing of one's body or part of it;Middle English, from Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin ablution-, ablutio, from Latin abluere to wash away, from ab- + lavere to wash.

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COMMENTS:

This one was difficult to even ponder. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-31: 00:53:00

Do you think a priest would give him Slobsolution? - Nosila, 2008-10-31: 02:02:00

Tim is the kind of guy who spreads cheer and joy wherever he doesnt go. - Mustang, 2008-10-31: 05:25:00

nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-31: 13:47:00

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Created by: psychicbard

Pronunciation: so*see*oh*skow*wer

Sentence: Ryan always cleaned his ears at church which earned hime the title of the neighborhood socioscour.

Etymology: Latin "socius"-companion+"ex-"-intens.+"cura"-care

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Primp + pimp

Sentence: Elwood regarded himself as a suave and debonair stud and would pass up no opportunity to primpimp, no matter where he was or who may be watching

Etymology: Primp + pimp

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COMMENTS:

Good one! - Stevenson0, 2007-12-07: 15:16:00

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