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DEFINITION: To be so obsessed with your own cleverness and wittiness that you don't listen to what anyone else is saying, let alone understand them.
Verboticisms
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Inappretension
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: in-ap-ri-TEN-shuhn
Sentence: Many think that Gloria's inappretension reached its apogee when she kept referring to Carl Sagan as Bob Saget.
Etymology: inapprehension + pretension
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COMMENTS:
In a pretence too. - petaj, 2007-07-06: 08:49:00
I'll pretense I didn't hear that. - Clayton, 2007-07-06: 12:49:00
now that would be pretenshush - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-06: 13:04:00
Guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, "Doc, ya gotta help me. I keep thinking that I'm going to tell you, 'I'm a wigwam, I'm a teepee,' and then you're gonna say..." Shrink cuts him off with a heaving sigh and says, "I've got you on a 9:30 next Wednesday. You're pre tents." - Clayton, 2007-07-06: 18:40:00
I think that would be clutching at straw huts - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-06: 23:37:00
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Llamabananapajamas
Created by: newspapertragedy
Pronunciation: llama-banana-pajamas
Sentence: "Look at her, her skirt is like soo llamabananapajamas!" "I know, its all confusing."
Etymology: llama+banana+pajamas=llamabananapajamas
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COMMENTS:
I comletely love this word. And I made it upone day walking home with my friend, and that exactly what we said! - newspapertragedy, 2007-07-06: 18:41:00
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Lonedeaf
Created by: Lapper
Pronunciation: LOAN-def
Sentence: Jake was so lonedeaf during his acceptance speech that he didn't even notice everyone in the audience was tittering about his arrogance.
Etymology: Lone and deaf
Egoaunderstanding
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: ee-go-ay-uhn-der-st-an-ding
Sentence: He was so egoaunderstanding that all his friends went to seek someone who would listen and perceive the meaning of what they were saying.
Etymology: From the word ego meaning conceit and self-importance and a meaning without and understanding meaning to perceive the meaning of
Rapiertwit
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ray-pee-uhr-twit
Sentence: I had just told Bob that his cat had died and expected him to be upset, but he was such a rapiertwit that he began making dead cat jokes.
Etymology: rapier wit, twit
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COMMENTS:
twit to who? - galwaywegian, 2007-07-06: 05:48:00
Say bah! Foiled again in my epeenion. - petaj, 2007-07-06: 08:47:00
I think Bob was a rapiershit to make dead cat jokes. That does say crap crap in the cartoon though - hmmm - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-06: 13:24:00
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Fullaurself
Created by: cassandra1315
Pronunciation: Full-o-your-self
Sentence: He was too fullaurself that everyone hated him.
Etymology:
Highlyminded
Created by: LMR1991
Pronunciation: High-lee-mind-ed
Sentence: You're so very highlyminded when it comes to your joking around.
Etymology: Seeing as how being obsessed with wits and cleverness, highly(as in queen, a person who is above all) and minded( state of being in thought), tahdah highlyminded.
Alactrine
Created by: eezycheez
Pronunciation: (uh-lac-trene)
Sentence: Uh! I hate that girl she is so alactrine. All she thinks about is her stupidly clever self.
Etymology: a+lac+trine= alactrine
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COMMENTS:
I just made it up one day lying on the floor. It just kinda made me laugh so I put it on here. - eezycheez, 2007-07-07: 15:51:00
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Boringfartism
Created by: realnutty01
Pronunciation: bor-ing-fart-izm
Sentence: That Gates guy is so broingfartism, all he goes on about is his windows.
Etymology: boring(samething over again and again) fart(noise made an ass) ism(jocular reference to any distinctive doctrine, theory or practice.)
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COMMENTS:
LOL this made me laugh! - MisUndrstd, 2007-07-06: 20:40:00
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Comments:
MisUndrstd - 2007-07-06: 20:40:00
Say it three times fast... go ahead... I dare ya!
Jabberwocky - 2007-07-06: 23:40:00
tried it - don't get it - but I think the cartoons this week have been excellent - way to go Franke James!!! and your essays are fabulous!