Verboticism: Idiotsyncrasy
DEFINITION: A personality quirk or habit, which at first blush seems "cute", but which can quickly become so annoying that it undermines personal relationships.
Idiotsyncrasy
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: ihd-ee-uht-SIHNGK-ruh-see
Sentence: Alex's idiotsyncrasy of ending every sentence with "um, but, yeah..." drove his date off very fast.
Etymology: idiot + idiosyncrasy
Points: 986
Comments: Idiotsyncrasy
OZZIEBOB - 2007-08-15: 09:04:00
Good word- pretty much the one I was looking for! I used "hideosyncrasy" in my sentence but also consider odiosyncrasy, whimsiosyncrasy, insidiocrasy.