Verboticism: Ticstinct
DEFINITION: n. An ingrained habit which is so entrenched in individual's personality that they practically have an identity crisis if anyone tries to change it. v. To try to modify a person's instinctive behavior and/or unconscious habits.
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Mehavior
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: mee - hae - vur
Sentence: Our mehavior is what defines who we are....it is a combination of our thoughts, habits, actions and reactions to the world around us. It is what makes us unique; what defines you and me and sets us apart....I will get very upset if someone tries to change my mehavior because I might not know who I am anymore.
Etymology: me (referring to the person him/herself), behavior
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COMMENTS:
good word! - splendiction, 2009-07-01: 15:20:00
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Intrinsick
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: in-trin-sick - I defy you to pronounce it any other way
Sentence: Gordon collapsed to the floor with a seizure every time his girlfriend tried to work on his intrinsicks. There was no way she would ever be able to get him to have a back, sac and crack wax.
Etymology: intrinsic (inherent, elemental, innate) + sick (unwell, suffering from a malaise)
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COMMENTS:
He's intrinsically no good! - daniellegeorge, 2008-05-21: 15:50:00
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Alterigor
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: al-ter-EE-gor
Sentence: Natasha wanted her fiancé, Rudy, to be more upbeat and have a more pleasant nature so she embarked on a campaign she called alerigor, hoping in time to make him over to match her idea of the perfect husband.
Etymology: Blend of alter and Igor
Bodyfy
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: bod if fye
Sentence: He had looked so cute and cuddly hanging upside down from that tree in the Amazon. She brought him home as part of her anthropological study. She called him Seth the Sloth. But now, she was trying to bodify him. Too late, she realized that without the 3 toes on each foot and the ability to climb trees, Seth was just like her ex, Marvin. Except Marvin was never awake this much and his eyes were not as intelligent.
Etymology: Body (the entire physical structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being) & Modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Ticstinct
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: tĭk'stĭngkt'
Sentence: Lucinda tried putting her hand on his in a gentle way, the same in a harsher, more abrupt way, requesting, cadjoling, hosing with cold water, offers of sex, and brutal beatings but through none of her efforts was she able to break Fatima's ticstinct to scratch with her fingernails on the wooden arm of the futon they shared in the sitting room of their apartment.
Etymology: tic, a nervous or unconscious action or habit; instinct, an inborn pattern of activity
Idiction
Created by: melodydrama
Pronunciation: eye-dick-shun
Sentence: Time and time again she tried to break his idiction to singing, but he was so tone deaf it had become a part of his daily routine.
Etymology: identity+addiction
Habitch
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: ha-bitch
Sentence: Tommy habitch of making ordinary words sound like swearing turds was very annoying, but he wouldn't give it up because it was fart of his freaking identity.
Etymology: habit + bitch
Tundramentalist
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: tuhn-druh-MEN-tuhl-ist
Sentence: Bob was a tundramentalist, impervious to, and suspicious of, change, with his mind and manner of living permanently frozen in extreme beliefs and practices.
Etymology: TUNDRA: A vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the sub-soil is "permanently frozen" (like our friend's mind) and supporting low growing "vegetation" (like our friend's head) and "stunted"(like his personality) shrubs. Altho his body covering seems to show an adaptation to his environment. & FUNDAMENTALIST: Extreme conservatism in ones beliefs and practices. 2, One an (IST) with a TUNDRA (permanently frozen); MENT(al) (mind).
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COMMENTS:
As one who lives near the tundra, I have met many like him above...Good Word, OB Wan Kenobe! - Nosila, 2008-05-21: 21:33:00
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Contragene
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: CONTRAry+GENEtic
Sentence: Try as she might, she could never contragene my obnoxious habits.
Etymology: CONTRAry+GENEtic
Impulsonality
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: Im pulse SON a li tee
Sentence: His impulsonality remained constant through his adulthood. At any social gathering he’d end up laughing hysterically, uncontrollably, at the funny mistakes of others. His laughing spasms were so unique and funny in themselves, friends and family would deliberately set them going by telling one of the well-known stories. Attempts to calm and quiet his raucous laughing fits were all unsuccessful as his laughs would turn into angry roars. His roars were as loud as his laughs, but frightening. It was best to keep him happy.
Etymology: From: IMPULSE and PERSONALITY.
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COMMENTS:
good word - Nosila, 2009-07-02: 02:43:00
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