Verboticism: Fakeatron
DEFINITION: v., To pretend that you like something that you don't, in hopes that someone else will like your pretensions. n., A person who doesn't like what they actually like, and pretends to like what other people like.
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Prevarigreat
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: pree-var-eh-grate
Sentence: To stay in the boss's favor, I can prevarigreat like a pro.
Etymology: prevaricate, great
Philafeigning
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: phil-a-feign-ing
Sentence: Jeff was just philafeigning when he asked for the beef stew recipe.
Etymology: phil (like) & feign (fake)
Apeathetic
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: ape/ah/theh/tik
Sentence: He was totally apeathetic. Listening to him suck up to complete strangers was nauseating.
Etymology: ape + pathetic
Meemick
Created by: QuantumMechanic
Pronunciation: mee' mik
Sentence: He was a such a meemick, he ate one of my cucumber muffin sushi rice balls covered in honey.
Etymology: mee (
Loanakin
Created by: Ofelia
Pronunciation: loe-n-uh-kin
Sentence: (Noun): John's quite the loanakin. I don't think he's ever disliked anything that sarah likes. (Verb): I think I'll loanakin that sweater from you, said John, as he bought the same one the next day.
Etymology: Loan- To borrow something Akin- To be of a kind or kindred; equivalent to something in one category.
Fadtuous
Created by: hendrixius
Pronunciation: /fad-choo-wuhs/
Sentence: Don't be fadtuous, Jeffrey, we all know you don't really like Yoko Ono.
Etymology: "fad" and "fatuous"
Ficterian
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fiktərēən
Sentence: Barry is a full-fledged ficterian. He is a social chameleon. If someone is a vegetarian, so is he. If somebody loves a particular movie, so does he. Whichever way the wind blows is a lifestyle for him. Just the other day he was an MMA fighter, a rapper and a lesbian.
Etymology: fictitious (not real or true, being imaginary or having been fabricated) + vegetarian (a person who does not eat meat)
Feigngain
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fayn gayn
Sentence: Trevor's feigngain was pretending to be a vegetarian to impress Christy, when he really was a meat-for-every-meal kind of guy.
Etymology: feign (to pretend) & gain (to benefit from something)
Vieweraccordiss
Created by: TiaJay
Pronunciation: view-er-a-cor-diss
Sentence: She succumbed to vieweraccordiss when politely telling her co-worker she "adored" her new shoes.
Etymology: view= point of view / viewer= person / accord= agreeing / diss= as in 'dissing' that point of view and really not agreeing
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COMMENTS:
I think I got my v.intr. mixed up --? LOL - TiaJay, 2007-11-28: 05:02:00
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Fawndamentalist
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: fahn/duh/men/ta/list
Sentence: Stu was a flagrant fawndamentalist, famous for fakery.
Etymology: fawn (ingratiate) + fundamentalist (die-hard enthusiast)
