Verboticisms

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈlaʊd ˈʃoʊldɚ/

Sentence: I was trying to explain the trainee's new duties, but he gave me the loud shoulder, repeatedly making doody puns.

Etymology: As in "cold shoulder," only with "loud" instead of "cold"

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: savy/drohl

Sentence: I am so savidroll that people hang on my every word and imitate me shamelessly. I'm so pretty - I'm so witty....

Etymology: savvy + droll + savile row

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COMMENTS:

and GAAAAYYY!! what a strange coincidence that that song was already in my head before I read your word. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-06: 08:13:00

And sartorially elegant. - petaj, 2007-07-06: 09:08:00

And mercurially resonant. ;D - Kyoti, 2007-07-06: 11:08:00

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Created by: moonroof

Pronunciation: snod EFF er us

Sentence: We tried to tell Bill that what he was saying was ridiculous, but he was being too snodeaferous.

Etymology: fr. 'snob' (a stuck-up person) + 'deaf' (being unable to hear)

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Created by: carolzinnov

Pronunciation: No-ears-maniac

Sentence: My manager is a braggart, and is proud of his witty one-liners that he does not listen to anyone else. He is such a noearsmaniac

Etymology: When a person is all ears, he/she is listening to you. No-ears-maniac is a person who is obsessed with his own ideas that he does not listen to what others have to say.

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Created by: Starzie

Pronunciation: Comprend-a-loof

Sentence: Kyoti was so comprendaloof during our in-depth conversation that by the time it ended, I was irritated that he didn't hear a word I said!

Etymology: Comprend (version of Comprehend- comprende si?) and Aloof, not paying attention, arrogant, head in the clouds.

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COMMENTS:

This Kyoti guy sounds like a a real dingwad. Want me to rough him up for ya? ;D - Kyoti, 2007-07-06: 11:05:00

Yeah I know what you mean, Kyoti never listens to me either. Like talking to a brick wall. - MisUndrstd, 2007-07-06: 13:12:00

Who is this Kyoti? think i might know him? - realnutty01, 2007-07-06: 17:21:00

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Created by: sxckittenstephi

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Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Oh-see-diss-ree-guard

Sentence: He gets so full of himself and OCDisregards everyone around him, which isn't always the best thing, he being the brain surgeon and all.

Etymology: OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder... the "C" stands for "cleverness" in this case) + disregard (ignore)

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COMMENTS:

we used to have a self-centred cat like that. A real OCDopuss - galwaywegian, 2007-07-06: 05:05:00

After treatment was the cat OCDogone? - petaj, 2007-07-06: 08:51:00

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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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Created by: blondibabi121692

Pronunciation: ee go def

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: ee-go-ig-norr

Sentence: Lately, Karl egoignored so much so that we named him egoignoramus of the month.

Etymology: ego + ignore

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