Verboticisms

Created by: Abraxised

Pronunciation: pop-uet-end

Sentence: Are you poputending right now?

Etymology: populace (the people living in a particular country or area), tend (to prepare physically

| Comments and Points

Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: grossogroomer: grohs - oh - groom - her

Sentence: Mary clipped her nails, including her toe nails by biting them ... what a grossogroomer.

Etymology: grossogroomer: gross for disgusting ... groomer ... for the disgusting inappropriate grooming action.

| Comments and Points

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /vuhl'-groom-ər/

Sentence: Every time I looked over at Ted during the meeting, he was vulgrooming himself -- first, picking food out of his teeth, then with a finger stuck in his ear, digging around for earwax, which he later scraped off on the edge of the table -- as if the conference room were his personal bathroom, and the rest of us were simply intruding, and subject to witness his rather uncouth hygienic habits.

Etymology: vulgar (Latin, vulgāris - equiv. to vulg[us] the general public) + groom (possibly from Old French, grommet - "servant"); Vulgroom, -er, -ing

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

groomsome! - galwaywegian, 2007-12-07: 07:01:00

"Nice" word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-09: 15:55:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: preen/awk/yu/pied

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

| Comments and Points

Created by: bzav1

Pronunciation: why-gene

Sentence: Instead of personal hygeine, stanley seemed to focus on public whygeine. Do you think my toenails are too long? he would ask. No one seemed willing to respond.

Etymology: why + hygiene

| Comments and Points

Created by: xirtam

Pronunciation: mal-ap-ruh-prĭmp

Sentence: Gina's malaproprimp act was not a good idea. She never saw the deer she at 65 mph. She was busy applying her mascara.

Etymology: malapropos: Inappropriate; out of place; inopportune. + primp: To dress or groom (oneself) with meticulous or excessive attention to detail.

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-07: 14:08:00

Very good word! - Mustang, 2007-12-07: 17:41:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Created by: Mindy1955

Pronunciation: ex-hi-bi-tion-al-gru-mer

Sentence: The exhibitionalgrommer got great pleasure out of forcing others to watch him clean and maintain his appearance. The more disgusting the greater the pleasure.

Etymology: Middle English, this phenomenon has been present since the begining of man.

| Comments and Points

Created by: chaiandallthatjazz

Pronunciation: sounds like mushroom with a short i and g thrown in there

Sentence: v) He had the nerve to go mushigrooming around...how completely disrespectful, not to mention disgusting. n) He's a mushigroom; expect to see something gross.

Etymology:

| Comments and Points

Created by: ReputedTart

Pronunciation: o-bliv-uh-primp

Sentence: Forensics made a quick determination that the car accident had been caused by an obliviprimp when they saw the tray of makeup attached to the dashboard.

Etymology: Oblivious + primp

| Comments and Points

Created by: tbAG84

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology:

| Comments and Points