Verboticism: Euphemeism
DEFINITION: v. To adopt other people's words, phrases and linguistic stylings, and then try to make them your own by subtlety altering the syntax. n. A borrowed and butchered phrase
Euphemeism
Created by: Rutilus
Pronunciation: You-for-me-isum
Sentence: Clarissa knew that she could always rely on her rivals' phrases to give her the inspiration to steal them and their thunder by turning them into her own euphemeisms.
Etymology: Combination of 'euphemism' + 'me'
Points: 1274
Comments: Euphemeism
Jabberwocky - 2008-04-25: 09:28:00
neat
Tigger - 2008-04-26: 13:20:00
Just teaphetwoism and twopheteaism, mepheyouism and euphemeism alone...