Verboticisms

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ber/bl/gum

Sentence: She developed an acute case of burblegum every time the office stud walked by. Her gums were flapping but only inarticulate sounds were escaping.

Etymology: bubble gum + burble

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Created by: ahwinters

Pronunciation: fum + bull + struk

Sentence: Florence was so fumblestruck when she spoke to her that she was barely comprehensible.

Etymology: fumble + struck

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COMMENTS:

Nice one! Rolls nicely on the tounge. Now voted on. - allwise, 2007-02-12: 09:00:00

Any connection to 'thunderstruck'? - Discoveria, 2007-02-12: 17:38:00

haha, great word - babel, 2007-02-12: 20:05:00

welcome back Babel - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-13: 10:59:00

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: mum blust

Sentence: Caroline was finding it difficult to even mumblust through a sentence when talking to Joe

Etymology: from mumbling and lust

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Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: voul-spiik

Sentence: She couldn't believe it, Dick was standing in front of her, and all she could do was to volespeak -"H-hey Cock, who are you doing?"

Etymology: vole - obfuscation of love speak - something most people do.

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Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: Gahhh-gahhh-drewl-er

Sentence: Miss Doyawanna Drool says to Becky, "Oh muhhhh goshhhhh I have become a gahgahdrooler when Antonio looks my way! I turn into a puddle of Doyawanna drool...I'm so gaga over him!" :)~

Etymology: Gahgah: taken from the word-Gaga; French, from gaga fool, of imitative origin Date: 1917 : crazy, foolish : marked by wild enthusiasm : infatuated, doting Drooler; One who drools ; to secrete saliva in anticipation of... :drivel : to make an effusive show of pleasure or often envious or covetous appreciation : to talk nonsense transitive verb : to express sentimentally or effusively

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: swew nurrr isim

Sentence: Her swoonerism raised eyebrows and temperatures among other things

Etymology: spoonerism, swoon

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COMMENTS:

welcome back! - mrskellyscl, 2009-09-14: 09:27:00

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Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation: amore-thick

Sentence: The dentist's finger probed her mouth and she could moan with pleasure in a rather sad and amorthick way.

Etymology: amor - love. thick - not the most clever.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: in flap yu ayted

Sentence: Missy Whitetoast was so excited to meet her Bollywood Idol, Mr. Ovthee I. Singh, that her tongue tripped over her teeth and lips. She was so inflapuated with Mr. Singh, she Mumbaied her words. By her own Calcuttalations, her ardor at meeting him exceeded everyone else's. She would have to Goa long way to curry his favor and become his next romantic heroine in one of his films. It was her AGRAvation to be so close to her idol and not be able to pakora-up. In consolation, she would put on her Madras Jodhpurs and go down to the New Delhi and treat herself to a Darjeeling Tea. Naan is so blind as they who cannot see...

Etymology: Infatuated (marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness) & Flap(an excited state of agitation;make a fuss; be agitated;pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds)

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: hip/no/hush

Sentence: Hypnohush overtook her when she ran into the new manager, unable to stop staring, or mumble a word.

Etymology: hypnotic + hush

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Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: st-am-en-ahhm-erd

Sentence: Is she flighty or is she actually that unintelligent? Oh no, shes just stamenamoured. Oh.

Etymology: from stammer + enamoured

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