Verboticism: Mycreditation

DEFINITION: v. To create an impression that you have made a positive contribution, especially when related to career activities. n. A personal mark or imprint which proves that you have done something that matters.
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Pimpression
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: pimp-pression
Sentence: Johnny wanted to make a good pimpression on his new boss. So he primped his hair, and then pimped up resume with some of his most pimpressive achievements -- like sorting all of his email, or attending and several meetings in the last month and remaining conscious during most of them!
Etymology: pimp+primp+impression
Colophiti
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: kol/uh/fiti
Sentence: John placed his distinctive colophiti on all office collaborative work and memos to demonstrate to his boss that he had personally read and digested all the important information.
Etymology: colophon (printer's distinctive emblem, used as an identifying device on its books and other works) + graffiti (markings, tags, or initials)
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COMMENTS:
Lovely word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-06: 18:05:00
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Egosnark
Created by: pieceof314
Pronunciation: ee-go-snark
Sentence: Evan was an egosnark. Everywhere he went he would interject what his imput to the project he gave, what he would have done if he was team leader and what others did wrong. He would put his initials on everything he did or owned and often would whisper under his breath.
Etymology: ego, self + snark, snide remark
Prattoo
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: praht oooooooo
Sentence: His prattoo was everywhere from the desk in his first schoolroom to the bedhead where he finally popped his clogs. It was said that the hooker who dispatched him to the next world even bore the mark, but that might just have been loose talk.
Etymology: tattoo prat
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COMMENTS:
love the sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-05: 16:14:00
Unique word and sentence. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-06: 17:59:00
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Signifiprint
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /səgˈnɪfəˌpɹɪnt/
Sentence: In a desperate, but ultimately confused attempt to leave a signifiprint and make sure his chores did not go unnoticed around the house, he began initialing every bag of trash he took out to the curb.
Etymology: from signifi(cant) + -print (as in footprint, fingerprint, and imprint)
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COMMENTS:
Lie it! - Nosila, 2008-05-05: 21:32:00
Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-06: 17:56:00
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Winpression
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: win press shun
Sentence: Freddy wanted to make his mark at the Moonlight Auto Body Shop. He knew he was smarter and more personable than the other guys and way more ambitious. He knew that someday he would run the company. The surest way to make a winpression was the easiest and none of the others had even thought of it. He courted and married the boss' very homely daughter and made a great winpression on his boss that secured his future permanently.
Etymology: Win (win something through one's efforts) & Impression (a clear and telling mental image or a vague idea in which some confidence is placed)
Marksallot
Created by: d1420
Pronunciation: mahrks uh-lot
Sentence: Looking to also leave a genetic marksallot on the National Basketball Association, Wilt "The Big Dipper" Chamberlain scored with 20,000 women during his basketball career in hopes that a small fraction of the potential offspring would bounce into the NBA.
Etymology: mark(s) = evidence of the influence or involvement of somebody or something + allot = to appropriate for a special purpose *also see Marks-A-Lot to gain further clarity
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COMMENTS:
Verey nice. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-06: 17:57:00
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Colophiti
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: kol/uh/fiti
Sentence: John placed his distinctive colophiti on all office collaborative work and memos to demonstrate to his boss that he had personally read and digested all the important information.
Etymology: colophon (printer's distinctive emblem, used as an identifying device on its books and other works) + graffiti (markings, tags, or initials)
Intatuate
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: ĭn-tāt'yōō-āt'
Sentence: Dr. Gore's technique for the DNA alteration that caused birthmarks in the perfect shape of the university logo intatuated him with the Board of Regents, assured him instant tenure and got his name on a valuable patent.
Etymology: in tat(too) you 8
Taggression
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: tag/gresh/shun
Sentence: Tommy couldn't control his taggression and tagged everything in sight.
Etymology: tag + aggression + expression
