Verboticisms

Created by: cinta1

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Created by: Lapper

Pronunciation: SLAC-en-COPE

Sentence: James went slackyncope when Mary wanted him to help clean out the litter boxes; he's been this way for so long that he's never even laid eyes on them before.

Etymology: Slack and syncope (fainting)

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Created by: MisUndrstd

Pronunciation: Ch-ore-voi-dance

Sentence: My cousin Vinnie (you know the one from Bronx) was a master at Chorevoidance when his wife Mary Theresa asked him to do something.

Etymology: Chore+ Avoidance= Chorevoidance.

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Created by: loofarama

Pronunciation: pro-crasti-constipation

Sentence: As soon as i asked him to do the laundry he ran to the bathroom, maybe he's just procrasticonstipated

Etymology: procrastination + constipation

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COMMENTS:

Love the sing-song sound of this one. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-12: 10:47:00

Sounds like a good title for a Styx album. - Kyoti, 2007-07-12: 13:23:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: help eew noo maa

Sentence: his helpyounoma always flared up just before and just after meal times, and his mother just didn't understand.

Etymology: help you? no ma!

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COMMENTS:

If he's not careful, he'll develop chronic helpatitis but I think there are big needles for that - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-12: 12:31:00

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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: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Poss-tuh-tie-tuhss

Sentence: Gary stuck his hand into the job jar and was instantly overcome with a bout of posstititis.

Etymology: Possum(playing dead)+PostIts(sticky notes found on desks and refrigerators)+itis(medical ailment suffix)

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COMMENTS:

It's a good thing Gary doesn't work in a Postit Office - or does he?? - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-12: 12:40:00

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Created by: fyaishar

Pronunciation: COMA poss efie

Sentence: Johnathan Frackeiss the hobocaveman wanted to watch the Sunday Night Football game on Pay-per-view, but his wife/sister wanted him to fix the dented trash can in their alley. (What would the neighbors think?) In order to avoid work, he comapossified himself right next to a dead squirrel. Thinking that Johnathan was doing business with the squirrel she allowed him not to do the work and then commited suicide the end.

Etymology: coma(tose)+(play)poss(um)+ify

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COMMENTS:

A filigliberotsmatation is the unsimplification of a simple word. - fyaishar, 2007-07-12: 20:18:00

Ignore the above. I just figured out the rules of the game. - fyaishar, 2007-07-12: 20:36:00

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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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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: grime-reept

Sentence: Gemma felt she had become a grimereaper when her fourth husband dropped dead after she asked him to clear the table. Eerily, her previous three husbands had also fallen gravely ill and died when confronted with simple household chores.

Etymology: From old Aleutian "grymereept" used to describe lazy men who'd spend all day reading crime novels ignoring the litter, dirty crockery and food scraps piling up around them. It is completely coincidental that it is reminiscent of the "Grim Reaper".

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