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DEFINITION: n. A personality quirk or habit, which at first blush seems "cute", but which can quickly become so annoying that it undermines personal relationships. v. To be habitually irksome.
Teeheedious
Top verboticism of the day created by Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: tee-hee-dee-us
Sentence: At first it was charming when the new intern tee heed after every remark the Director said - now it is just teeheedious.
Etymology: Tee Hee + tedious
Created by: Jabberwocky.
Comments:
hee-larious - Nosila, 2011-02-10: 23:56:00
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(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Thornication: /θôrnikāshən/ Charlie is very good at getting under the skin of his co-workers. He doesn’t mean to be annoying but his habitual activities amount to thornication. Etymology: thorn (a thorn in someone’s side - a source of continual annoyance or trouble) + fornication (two people not married to each other having sex) Created by: artr.
Comments:
love it...so prickly! - Nosila, 2011-02-10: 23:55:00
Ewsik: /EEeeeeeeewwwwww SICK!/ Julie's ewsik has gotten to the point that every time she clears her throat I wanna grab her by the hair and smash her face in. "I think it's cute." You would. She's all yours. Etymology: My xgf used to say eww sick all the time. Created by: idavecook.
Comments:
ew rock! - Nosila, 2009-09-10: 01:50:00
Peccadilly: /peh-ca-DIL-ee/ Gloria was appalled when Glenn's public nose picking was revealed as yet another peccadilly to be added to his collection of socially unacceptable faults. Etymology: Blend of PECCADILLO (Spanish pecadillo, diminutive of pecado sin < Latin peccātum transgression, noun use of neuter of past participle of peccāre to err, offend) and DILLY (something or someone regarded as remarkable, unusual) Created by: Mustang.
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Comments:
wordmeister - 2007-02-15: 23:50:00
It was tricky to come up with right word for this one...
ErWenn - 2007-02-16: 10:44:00
Lots of good words for annoying habits today. It seems to be much harder to come up with a good word for an annoying habit that starts out as endearing.