Verboticisms

Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation: select-skill

Sentence: Nnot being able to take out the garbage do to lack of knowledge is a selct skill

Etymology: Like selective hearing.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sir kum eev ent

Sentence: Brad was able to make garbage day a circumevent until he discovered one day that the new Waste Engineer was a cute chick. While she worked all summer taking away refuse, he volunteered to take out the family's garbage. But once September came around, he was back to his old tricks. She had gone back to school and there was no longer any eye candy removing his trash.

Etymology: Circumvent ( avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) & Event ( something that happens at a given place and time;a special set of circumstances)

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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: ShaggE

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I used my imbeskill to avoid cleaning the kitchen.

Etymology: Imbecile+ Skill

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COMMENTS:

Good thinking! - wordmeister, 2007-03-31: 17:31:00

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: slak-err-eez

Sentence: Anthony out did his slackereasiness this time, he asked his mom to help him wipe his butt.

Etymology: slacker + ease (as in convenient)

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: slack-ti-tude

Sentence: Donny's slacktitude for chores never manifested itself until he became a teenager. It became too difficult to do common tasks when clearly his true area of expertise was skateboarding.

Etymology: aptitude: possessing the ability or talent to accomplish a task + slacker: malingerer; one who shirks responsibility;

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COMMENTS:

Donny is clearly a slackidude. - artr, 2009-10-13: 10:19:00

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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: erasmus

Pronunciation: ink on poop

Sentence: James always avoided work by making up things that made him look like an incompoop.

Etymology: i've no idea. I've forgotten already. nincompoop and incompetence I think

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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: In-com-pree-tense

Sentence: Jack's incompretence fooled everyone except his mother, who was not convinced by his excuse that he could play tennis left-handed instead of taking out the trash.

Etymology: Incompetence + pretence

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COMMENTS:

Very good!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-29: 10:25:00

I like it. - ErWenn, 2007-03-29: 15:24:00

excellent - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-29: 16:03:00

Very clever! - jedijawa, 2007-03-30: 05:51:00

Love it! I've been incomptretent many a time! - simplysimon, 2007-04-02: 10:10:00

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