Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: dish id ens

Sentence: When Jake's Mom asked him to tidy up and load the dishwasher after the 6 meals he ate at home each day, he reacted with dishidence. His mother, fed up with his laziness and failure to contribute financially to all these meals, placed an embargo on his activities by putting a padlock on the fridge and pantry cupboards. They could only be unlocked in exchange for chores performed around the house and getting out of bed before the crack of noon.

Etymology: Dishes (chore of washing crockery after each meal) & Dissidence (resistance/disagreement with existing rules/government;express opposition through action or words)

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Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: antiskill

Sentence: I have the antiskill to work.

Etymology: anti + skill = antiskill. ........ ............... .............. the ant is killed.

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: chor/ee/no/grafee

Sentence: With the proper chorenography he skirted every chore in the house

Etymology: choreography + chore + NO

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: hannn dee kap

Sentence: No matter what the situation, he always managed to have a handycap handy

Etymology: handicap, handy

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COMMENTS:

Does he get a special parking spot? Good Word. - Nosila, 2009-10-13: 10:15:00

love it!! - mweinmann, 2009-10-13: 23:34:00

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: in-com-pre-tense

Sentence: Marcus expended more effort on his displays of incompretence than he would have done on actually finishing off his chores. He was a real laboor.

Etymology: incompetence (lack of ability) + pretence (the act of pretending; a false claim)

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Created by: josje

Pronunciation: my kid

Sentence: this is not a moron, it is my kid.

Etymology: my kid.

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: SHIRK-mast-e-ree

Sentence: Neville Nogood's shirkmastery was his inability to stop gagging when the prospect of cleaning the toilet became likely.

Etymology: shirk (evade responsibility) + mastery (consumate skill)

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COMMENTS:

Is that Upta's brother? - Alchemist, 2007-03-29: 07:11:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ig-ner-uhnt

Sentence: When Mom asks for someone to take out the trash Tommy is suddenly struck dumb, not having the knowledge or strength to handle the task seeing how he is the youngest. He is the ignorunt.

Etymology: ignorant (lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned) + runt (the smallest or weakest of a litter)

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: OF-UHL-doj

Sentence: At the first sign of any worthless rubbish, two-minute-old trash, household garbage or scraps of meat not worth getting upset about, offaldodging Bob would turn a whiter shade of pale. Ready to do all sorts of things and make numerous excuses to avoid any task he thought even a little unpleasant, this offaldodger thought that he fooled others. However, everyone quickly saw it as nothing more than an obvious offaldodge.

Etymology: OFFAL:waste parts,refuse,rubbish, garbage; inedible parts of a butchered animal DODGE: evade obligation by cunning, trickery.

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COMMENTS:

Well that's just awful. - Mustang, 2008-06-18: 08:10:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: proh/task/tuh/ney/shun

Sentence: Protaskination always overtakes me when it is time to clean the toilet and change the cat litter.

Etymology: procrastination + task

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COMMENTS:

great word!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-29: 08:49:00

Nice one! - jedijawa, 2007-03-30: 05:53:00

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