Verboticisms

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: Rep-i-TRISH-uh n

Sentence: When Bob's lipzkrieg failed to silence Roxie's relexiration, he launched a rambling repetrition.

Etymology: REPETRITION: blend of REPETITION & ATTRITION: to wear down by repeating over and over. LIPZKRIEG: LIP:(To give lip) & KRIEG: war. RELEXIRATION: blend of lexi & reiteration.

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You astound me not only with your verboticism of the day, but with all the verboticisms you put in the sentence with them! Kudos to you as an expert wordsmith. - silveryaspen, 2008-01-22: 12:26:00

Good word! I can visualise a long line of battered lifeless bodies that have fallen in the arena of Bob's repetritious quest! - bananabender, 2008-01-22: 21:36:00

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /dwel'-eh-bus-ter/

Sentence: What's so frustrating about working with Klaus is that, if you happen to disagree with him, he'll stage a dwellibuster, repeating his point of view over and over until you just want to choke him, or else agree with him in order to shut him up.

Etymology: dwell - to dwell on; repeatedly emphasize a point (Old English, dwellan "to mislead, deceive") + filibuster - an obstructionist tactic in a legislative body, employed by making long and often irrelevant speeches (from Dutch, vrijbuiter "pirate")

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COMMENTS:

I like it! - ErWenn, 2008-01-22: 10:49:00

Good combo! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-22: 12:31:00

Something very nice about this word, Original, too. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-22: 21:58:00

I like the idea of stealing the show, time and the win (filibuster). Clever! - bananabender, 2008-01-22: 22:23:00

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Created by: scrabbelicious

Pronunciation: One-dim-ent-che-a

Sentence: Arnold never really left the play-ground. He had the negotiation skills of an eight year-old with a borderline syndrome who missed his mother. An annoying, prickly thing, he'd drive you mad with his onedimentia.

Etymology: One-dimensional + dementia

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COMMENTS:

Great combo! Clever Creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-22: 12:49:00

Clever mix! - bananabender, 2008-01-22: 22:26:00

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Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: ur-first-af-ter-mee

Sentence: Fred Dirsterworster was always a loud mouth urfirstaftermee type character. He thought he was well ahead of everyone else, though he chronically lagged behind and never quite caught on.

Etymology: You- Are- First- After- Me.

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: dee bat tur

Sentence: she was an excellet debatter who could sharpen her tone of voice until all dogs within a ten mile radius would run away.

Etymology: debate, batter

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COMMENTS:

debatter watch out, debatter not cry, debatter not shout..... - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-22: 08:48:00

Your word just hits the spot! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-22: 12:27:00

Beaten into submission... nice! - bananabender, 2008-01-22: 22:07:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: duhn-ney-shuhn

Sentence: The way the panhandler went after people seemed more like a dunation than a donation. He was so insistent that people crossed the street just to avoid him.

Etymology: dun (to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt) + donation (an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution)

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Created by: Jobanski

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Created by: scrink

Pronunciation: dee-fye-nih-late

Sentence: You should have heard her go on and on, he didn't stand a chance. Oh yeah girl, she went and defynihlated him.

Etymology: defy - to be argumentative and defiant annihilate - to eliminate

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: keh-jole-EEZ

Sentence: Hal was quite fluent in cajolese and through persistent and repetitive expressions of his ideas and beliefs, was usually able to win people over to his way of thinking.

Etymology: Blend of 'cajole' (to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance) and suffix '-ese' (speech, literary style, or diction peculiar to (a specified place, person, group, discipline, subject, or activity)

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Created by: Banky

Pronunciation: ah-lit-ter-cay-shun

Sentence: The mother had finally had enough of the allitercation with her stubborn child. The string of "NO!"s continued, and followed them to the back of the store where both hand and rear blushed upon meeting so abruptly.

Etymology: alliteration + altercation

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