Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: nar sis stat tis tik

Sentence: No wonder there are so many distracted driving laws and lawsuits against people too stupid to concentrate on what they are doing and act safely. Take Penny, who merrily walked into the path of a car on the street, oblivious due to her wearing her earpads, listening to fluffy pop music. The driver of the car lost control to avoid her, flipped over and went to Heaven. Penny herself narrowly avoided becoming another narcisstatistic and still doesn't know it!

Etymology: Narcississtic (characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance) & Statistic (a datum that can be represented numerically)

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Created by: EonaFrae

Pronunciation: in-two-nent

Sentence: With the music blaring and her arms shaking, Rebecca's intunent energy was contagious.

Etymology: In [prefix: in, into] + Tune [a succession of musical sounds forming a melody] + Ent [suffix: full of]

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Created by: durananrananran

Pronunciation: Din-SOO-late

Sentence: So she could focus on her yoga, Jane dinsulated herself from the traffic accident outside with a bit of Bon Jovi. Jane never joins in the conversation, she's always dinsulating.

Etymology: portmanteau of din and insulate

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: əblisvēəs

Sentence: Mary seems to always have her earbuds stuck in her ears. She goes through life completely oblissvious to what is going around her. Co-workers are amused to see her dancing down the hall whisper-singing her favorite tune. The scary part is that her iPod hasn't worked for weeks. All the music she hears comes from her head.

Etymology: oblivious (not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one) + bliss (perfect happiness; great joy)

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Created by: Carla

Pronunciation: Verb: ob-mUs-i-kait Noun: ob-mUs-i-kuht

Sentence: Verb: Travellers on the London Underground frequently obmusicate. Noun: (Usually teenager) "Please turn off your music at the dinner table - you're such an obmusicate".

Etymology: From 'ob' (against).

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Created by: IHeartKiwiTarts

Pronunciation: "eye-poe-tune-is-im"

Sentence: I find my personal zen in the practice of ipotunism.

Etymology: from IPod, Tune and the buddhist "ism"

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Created by: Flamechick911

Pronunciation: In-the-zone

Sentence: Later on they told me she'd been screaming my name for an hour, but I can't help it if I'm inthezone.

Etymology: from zoning out

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Created by: soundbabyyy

Pronunciation: ex tear arise ing

Sentence: i am exteriorizing with my ipod

Etymology:

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: dittie-dunce

Sentence: She was acused of being a dittydunce when her tone-deaf humming made all the neighbourhood dogs run for cover.

Etymology: ditty (song, tune) + dunce (idiot, simpleton)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: nob liv ee us

Sentence: Isadora was noblivious when she zoned in on her music and dialed away the world. She missed seeing so many accidents that she caused due to her inattention.

Etymology: Nob (variant spelling of KNOB,a button on a dial to adjust sound on a radio) & Oblivious (failing to keep in mind)

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