Verboticisms

Created by: onetwothree

Pronunciation: bay-lawl-is

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Created by: mysti

Pronunciation: Azz-liz-em

Sentence: I think daddy is suffering from azlism again!

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Created by: jadenguy

Pronunciation: ma lay zee

Sentence: Dad always said he had a bad case of the malaisy. His tincture was 1182 ccs of Olde English, coupled with an extra large bag of Funyuns and four hours of game shows. It wasn’t often that he’d make his stalignant restitis the focus of his day, though. He run to the restroom quite often.

Etymology: malignant + malaise + lazy

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COMMENTS:

great combo - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-12: 12:16:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: job-bulled

Sentence: Her husband would have loved to help, but the mere thought of grasping the toilet brush made him jobbled.

Etymology: job, hobbled

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-12: 12:20:00

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Created by: weareallbeautiful

Pronunciation: p-ruh-t-eh-d

Sentence: Every time he was asked to take out the garbage Zack was pretead.

Etymology: pretend+dead

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: dee-werk-i-bill-i-tate

Sentence: Ed's constant deworkibilitation practices started rubbing off on the kids. For example, the horrified neighbours thought that Timmy had collasped on the front lawn, and called 911. Little did they know that his Mum had just asked him to mow the lawn.

Etymology: debilitate + work

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: work/o/lep/sy

Sentence: When things need to be done you can count on his workolepsy disorder to kick in.

Etymology: work + narcolepsy

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COMMENTS:

like it! - galwaywegian, 2007-07-12: 08:02:00

Now that's a word I can use. - ChristopherAndersen, 2007-07-31: 17:49:00

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Created by: r0b0tj0n3z

Pronunciation: whurr-cali-sis

Sentence: Scott was overcome with workalysis when his mom asked him to take out the trash.

Etymology: work, paralysis

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Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Dis-chore-dur

Sentence: All of my kids suffer from frequent dischorders when asked to do household tasks, my wife and I notice the symptoms right away: crying, tantrums, and the occasional "talkback." If this occurs we allow a low allowance.

Etymology: Disorder (a disruption of normal physical functions) + chore (a task or errand)

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COMMENTS:

allowalowallow - nice resonance - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-12: 12:18:00

I was hoping someone would catch it. - ziggy41, 2007-07-12: 13:34:00

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Created by: HALibut

Pronunciation: Di-thril-i-weyt-shuhn

Sentence: Larry's eyes opened and slowly came into focus on the calendar faintly illuminated through the shades. Realizing it was employee review day he was stricken with a sudden and paralyzing dethrilliwation, fortunately he was able to move his arm just far enough to once again hit the snooze button.

Etymology: De(reduced) + thrill + wait + ion(condition)

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