Verboticisms

Created by: amysmiles2000

Pronunciation: me-mi-am-bo-sis

Sentence: He constant thoughts of his own genius, wittiness, without regard to another, is a classic case of memyambosys

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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: porsche

Pronunciation: self-amews

Sentence: His selfamuse was so far gone, he cracked himself up.

Etymology: self abuse + amuse

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Created by: sarahizhott

Pronunciation: bl-ah-bl-ah-bl-ah-niss

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: pomp/bas/tic

Sentence: Peerless pretty petty pushy pathetic pompbastic Paul was perfectly proud of his pernicious pun.

Etymology: pompus + bombastic

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COMMENTS:

Pomp that bass. - Clayton, 2007-07-06: 07:31:00

Poignantly played at the Pompidou Centre. - petaj, 2007-07-06: 08:59:00

I would say that is a pompadour he's sporting in the cartoon - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-06: 10:59:00

Now that you mention it, it DOES look like Conan O'Brien with a bleach job. - Kyoti, 2007-07-06: 11:12:00

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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: petaj

Pronunciation: auto-struck

Sentence: Kenny was a cleverclogs to the nth degree and had spent so long in his own feedback loop of how astonishingly brilliant he was that he was now awetostruck and could not get words from his mouth before he was struck speechless by the wonder of the acuity, acumen, agility, alertness, aptitude and downright perspicacity of his own thoughts.

Etymology: awestruck (showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread) + auto (self)

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COMMENTS:

awetoshucks - you figured it out - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-06: 08:45:00

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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: cassandra1315

Pronunciation: Full-o-your-self

Sentence: He was too fullaurself that everyone hated him.

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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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