Verboticisms

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: rikboyee

Pronunciation: bee-gwiyld

Sentence: he'd become so begwilde he felt like even his burps were quoteable social satire

Etymology: beguiled, oscar wilde

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COMMENTS:

sounds a bit like Oscar's brother Tony! like it. - galwaywegian, 2007-07-06: 07:37:00

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Created by: debsro

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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

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Created by: blondibabi121692

Pronunciation: ee go def

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Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Nahr-siss-uh-kway-shuhs

Sentence: Gloria enjoyed the party immensely, mostly because it gave her the opportunity to trap people with her narcissiquacious stories about her very exciting life.

Etymology: Narcissist+Loquacious

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COMMENTS:

hey kyoti - welcome aboard - graet words this week - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-06: 23:43:00

Great word, kyo! - amysmiles2000, 2007-07-07: 07:12:00

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Created by: mattarosa

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: EYE-soh-flay-tuhd

Sentence: Alex was so isoflated that, when he got his paper back, he ignored his professor's red ink, especially with regard to apostrophe abuse, you're/your conflation, and 187 occurrences of the nonword "lookit".

Etymology: isolated + inflated

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COMMENTS:

I always thought "lookit" was a word until I found out "looky" was the proper word. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-06: 10:15:00

Bookum, Dano! ;D - Kyoti, 2007-07-06: 11:10:00

I only have to hear that nonword about a googolplex times a day. Makes me want to gouge out my eardrums. - mplsbohemian, 2007-07-08: 20:32:00

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Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: nae-SIS-suh-smug

Sentence: Irving was constantly trying to top his own wordplay. In fact, he was so Narcissismug, that when Alan yelled "Quick! Call 911" he glibly replied, "Here 911! Here boy!"

Etymology: narcissism, smug

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COMMENTS:

great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-06: 09:29:00

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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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