Verboticism: Soupcantata
DEFINITION: n. A pop culture entertainment property, which has transcended itself and become a de facto religion with legions of devotees, prescribed rituals and sacred texts. v. To follow a pop culture icon with unquestioning devotion.
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Soupcantata
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: soup-can-ta-ta
Sentence: Tom Arta, the Soupentologist, was puree of heart and sang with consommate skill when he performed the soupcantata. The whole cangregation were inspired by the word of Warhol and bowled out the church wishing everyone good laksa.
Etymology: Soup can (as in Campbell's) + cantata (musical setting of a religious text)
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COMMENTS:
makes me hungry for lunch -mm mm good - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-19: 11:42:00
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Nerdsect
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: nurd-seckt
Sentence: Joining the Star Trek nerdsect meant never having to apologise for wearing tight fitting polyester to work again.
Etymology: nerd (geek, dweeb, neb) + sect (cult)
Jedification
Created by: pungineer
Pronunciation: Jed/i/fi/cation
Sentence: Mmm mused Mr. Yoda, what with the house prices and all the roomy interstellar 2 craft parking spaces round here, undergoing quite the jedification, this area is.
Etymology: Blend of : jedi (star wars religion)+ gentrification (middle classification of an area)
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COMMENTS:
I was leaning towards the Jedi....good fusion, Punge! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-12: 14:33:00
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-12: 15:43:00
Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-13: 08:14:00
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Lennonite
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: len - un - eyt
Sentence: In 1965, Julia became a Lennonite. She listened to the Beatles endelessly and became so obsessed with John Lennon that she worshipped him as if he were a God.
Etymology: Lennon (John Lennon), Mennonite ( a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations )
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COMMENTS:
Lennonite this is a fab word, I am suprised there wasn't a mass cult dedicated to Lennon anyway. - sanssouci, 2010-01-13: 18:50:00
Imagine... - Nosila, 2010-01-13: 21:21:00
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Ratsma
Created by: giveaphuk
Pronunciation: Rat Sma
Sentence:
Etymology: dogma (backwards) = am god ratsma (backwards) - am star
Scifidolatry
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sigh fye doll a tree
Sentence: the sheer vulcanicity of his scifidolatry kept him klinging on to the slightest enterprising young stardate like a windblown roofer hanging tightly to the wainscottying.
Etymology: sci fi, idolatry
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COMMENTS:
You've picard a good theme for your sentence. I nearly Shatner myself chuckling. - petaj, 2007-06-19: 07:18:00
Stellar sentence! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-19: 08:02:00
Love it. - Clayton, 2007-06-19: 12:35:00
was his name Roger Dolatry? - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-19: 14:56:00
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Spockism
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: Spahk-ism
Sentence: The trekkies exhibited spockism as they stood in line for the convention for 5 days.
Etymology: Spock - distinctive character in Star Trek ism - makes it a noun
Fadhallowness
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: FAD-hal-LOW-ness
Sentence: Bob's fadhallowness change so often that people started describing him, and his ways, as "headfallow."
Etymology: Blend of FAD: craze, trend; HALLOW: holy & -ness: state of. Cognate: Fadhallow, Fadhallower.
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COMMENTS:
trendy bendy mellow fellow? - metrohumanx, 2008-08-12: 14:40:00
encompasses everything - very nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-12: 15:42:00
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Phenomination
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: fi-nom-uh-NEY-shuhn
Sentence: Fans of science fiction may be divided into countless phenominations. Of these, Trekkies may be divided into several hundred thousand subphenominations. Thus concludes my example paragraph.
Etymology: phenomenon + denomination
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COMMENTS:
This may be Number One! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-19: 08:31:00
Make it so! - jadenguy, 2007-06-19: 09:04:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-19: 11:32:00
Thanks, guys! - Clayton, 2007-06-19: 12:17:00
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