Verboticisms

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: skill/dug/ury

Sentence: Whenever a chore required his attention Bob took advantage of the masterful art of skillduggery.

Etymology: skullduggery (Crafty deception or trickery) + skill (as in pretending he doesn't have any)

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COMMENTS:

Huggery, duggery, dock... the lout went off the clock. ;)) - Kyoti, 2007-07-12: 13:21:00

the clock struck "done" and off he'd run - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-12: 13:41:00

to the bar at the end of the block. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-12: 14:29:00

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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: Eeliza

Pronunciation: Lucy-Oh-Si-Can-A-Me

Sentence: "My mother yelled at me yesterday to Lusioscanamy...she was so angry!"

Etymology: Definition- Meaning to exit ones living quarters or face viloent consequences.

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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: KristinA

Pronunciation: sloth-E-uh

Sentence: She named her family's slothia as her reason for hiring a maid service.

Etymology: "sloth" for 1) the slow, if not motionless, characteristics of the animal and 2) the adjective meaning messy + "ia" for the condition thereof

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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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