Verboticisms

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: wiss-con-sin-ners

Sentence: In one particular state, men who were convicted of a crime and sent to the state penitentiary were made to shave their heads but grow their whiskers long to show that they were convicts. They were known as the Whiscons because of their distinctive beards and attire. Once day a Franciscan friar who was quite a gifted preacher came to convert the convicts. He was so persuasive that the entire jail repented of their sins and were baptized. They all shaved their beards into the form of a cross to show that they were "Whisconsinners" and spent the rest of their sentences doing fasting, penance and good works. The men who were sentenced to life with no parole began a Priory at the jail where they specialized in making delicious cheeses, jellies and license plates. They were called the Little Brothers of the Whiscon Cross which was eventually shortened to "Whiskers." The unfortunate brothers who were on death row were called Fryers.

Etymology: whiskers: facial hair + con: person imprisoned for a crime + sinner: one who commits a sin

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: lib/er/trim

Sentence: When entering the customs line at the airport, we always seek out the official with the most obvious libertrim who would be open to discussions about us helping him to help us.

Etymology: LIBERTRIM - noun - from LIBERTINE (a person who is free of moral restraint; dissolute; licentious) + TRIM (to put into a neat, or orderly condition by clipping, paring, or cutting)

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COMMENTS:

nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-16: 11:48:00

But he still makes us take our shoes off....know wat i mean? nudge nudge - metrohumanx, 2008-07-16: 20:20:00

Short & neat. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-17: 06:42:00

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Created by: petersn1

Pronunciation: fal-lick-le-for-ward

Sentence:

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Created by: texmom

Pronunciation: var' cill ate

Sentence: The big M on the back of his head varcillates his preference for the Mavericks.

Etymology: var - variance cillate - hair

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COMMENTS:

Hubbie made this one up. Not too bad I say. - texmom, 2007-05-09: 22:00:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: zhahn - ruh - primp

Sentence: Most all of Bernard's clique participated in genreprimp, wherein they trimmed their facial hair in a manner that identified them with their favorite rock band.

Etymology: Blend of 'genre' (genus; kind; sort; style) and 'primp' (to groom oneself carefully)

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COMMENTS:

nice blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-16: 12:00:00

VERY continental ! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-16: 20:13:00

Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-17: 06:53:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: eye dent uff tie

Sentence: she identuftied with the artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as.....where was I?

Etymology: identify, tuft.

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Created by: verysimplegame

Pronunciation: fall-i-tics

Sentence: She marveled at his ability to play follitics - she'd never seen a goatee shaped like a hand throwing the horns...

Etymology: follicles + politics

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: gātē

Sentence: After Billy came out of the closet he decided that he wanted to make a statement to that effect. What better place to show his orientation than on his face. This week he started sporting a rainbow-tinted gaytee. He may or may not opt for the same treatment to his guybrows.

Etymology: gay (homosexual) + goatee (a small pointed beard)

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Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: STUB eh long

Sentence: Her upper lip advertised that she stubbelonged to that group of women who stridently declare that they DON'T CARE how they look to others, particularly men, whom they claim they DON'T NEED OR WANT. But the real reason they don't have any men around is that they can't get any men to look at them without gagging a little bit.

Etymology: stubble + belong

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: bic-spress-shun

Sentence: Jill used bicspression to express her sexual oreintation as heterosexual. The bad thing is her excess body hair led people to believe she is indeed a gay man. Poor Jill is so misunderstood.

Etymology: bic, a type of razor/expression

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