Verboticisms

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: ko-ma-THROWS

Sentence: When Roxie went into spazombic hyper-attentive focusing whilst creating a verboticism, Bob was worried that her condition might turn into svitustrance. Friends thought that she might be marcelvish. But, as her comathroes continued unabated, all agreed that some sort of cerebrawl was going on in her mind.

Etymology: Coma: profound insensibilty, stupor & throes:spasm, convulsion.(with the "math" needed for hyper-attentive focusing.) Svitustrance- pun on St Vitus Dance. Marcelvish: uniname that combines elements of Marcel(Marceau) & Elvis.

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COMMENTS:

so many good words!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-13: 11:59:00

Great sentence and etymology! Really unique word! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-13: 21:04:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: fray/stay/shun

Sentence: The squeels and the jumping meant that he had entered the dangerous zone of fraystation

Etymology: fray (frazzle) + station (sphere) + playstation

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COMMENTS:

Has a great ring to it! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-13: 07:14:00

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Created by: staggolee

Pronunciation: HAF-o-woh-bih-TIE-g'v'l

Sentence: OMG--I'M HAFOWHOBYTYGEVEL!!!

Etymology: adj. origin unk.

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COMMENTS:

Unsubstantiated rumors accredit this as a Bushism. - staggolee, 2007-09-13: 00:33:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: wee/ig/gle

Sentence: He transforms completely and falls into the state of wiiggle when he plays his video games.

Etymology: wii + wiggle

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Created by: trioptimum

Pronunciation: ob-WEE-vee-uhs-ness

Sentence: Wil had to be jolted out of his obwiiviousness by a friend, who grabbed him and politely pointed out the piercing sound of the fire alarm.

Etymology: obliviousness + wii (I hate every single one of the thousands of 'wii' puns that have plagued the games industry for the past few months, so please make me pay for my hypocrisy by not voting for me)

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COMMENTS:

I had to look up what Wii was. So your Wii-ism seems pretty fresh to me! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-13: 07:59:00

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Created by: leomar

Pronunciation: watas-adik

Sentence: a word that shows a "state of hyper-attentive focus = ADIK" with the "IEE (Ignores Everything Else)= WATAS"

Etymology: the watas adik

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: pack-MANner-ism

Sentence: Colby's pacmannerism had worsened considerably since the 1980s. It had evolved into captaincomicalysis, but it seemed he always had a frogger in his throat.

Etymology: Pacman + mannerism

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COMMENTS:

I'm old enough to remember Pacman but I had to look up what Wii was! lol - Scrumpy, 2007-09-13: 07:53:00

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Created by: doig1394

Pronunciation: ka-leen-ew-ul-eech

Sentence: that kid at the park was totally kaliualeach

Etymology: ....

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Created by: FreeToys

Pronunciation: no - ten' - shul

Sentence: I'm sorry Mrs. Jones, since Bobby has been unable to grasp anything but joystick skills, we're afraid he has notential.

Etymology: no / potential

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: vid-geym-ur-steyt

Sentence: Ritalin was the only medication that curbed his vidgamerstating behaviour and allowed him to sleep the night. It also halted his evening ritual of tearing apart his bed and using its wooden pieces to beat holes in the wall.

Etymology: vid (short for video)+ gamer + state (as in a particular condition of mind or feeling)

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