Verboticism: Palingo

'OMG YGLT Shakespeare'

DEFINITION: To unconsciously adopt the vocal mannerisms and linguistic stylings of the people with whom you are speaking.

Create | Read

Voted For: Palingo

Successfully added your vote For "Palingo".

You still have one vote left...

Parrotism

Created by: StigAllan

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Please stop that parrotism. I cannot help talking like that.

Etymology:

| Comments and Points

Automimic

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: awe-toe-mim-ick

Sentence: why this car is automimic, systemimic, hyyyyyydrooomimic..why it could be greased lightning!

Etymology: automatic, mimic

| Comments and Points

Linguaclone

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: lin-GWA-klone

Sentence: When Bob found himself marooned on a tiny desert island with a group of survivors, whose mother tongue was Esperanto, and uttered the palindrome "Sane volema kara rara kamelo venas" (a healthily wishful dear rare camel is coming), he realized that he had fully linguacloned with them.

Etymology: Lingua(l):tongue,speech, language & Clone:identical copy. And let's not forget the rhyme with the self-study language course: Linguaphone

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

and if you happen to like run on sentences you would be a linguaclonedrone - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-12: 11:18:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Adapterpretation

Created by: loofarama

Pronunciation: a-dapped-terr-prett-ashun

Sentence: his adapterpretation was going too far. it was like he was that little voice in my head: saying what i wanted to, but couldn't

Etymology: adapt + interpretation

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

COLON: - loofarama, 2007-09-12: 16:25:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Vernachameleon

Created by: cmcesq

Pronunciation: Ver-nack-a-meel-eon

Sentence: No matter where she travelled, she spoke like a native -- a true vernachameleon.

Etymology: Vernacular + chameleon

| Comments and Points

Simitation

Created by: Nettle

Pronunciation: sim-i-tay-shun

Sentence: Austin found himself simitating a Northumbrian accent while touring the area, attempting to sell vacuum cleaners to people who already own one.

Etymology: imitation + simulation with a dash of simian, because it's an instinctive behaviour and a little monkey-like.

| Comments and Points

Articulape

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: are/ti/ku/lape

Sentence: It didn't take long for her to articulape the preschool children she was teaching. The whining and foot stamping was a bit over the top though.

Etymology: articulate + ape (mimic)

| Comments and Points

Lolerize

Created by: graypenguin

Pronunciation: lawl-er-ize

Sentence: He became so lolerized that nobody knows what he's saying except 16 year old girls.

Etymology: lol + ized (as in "to become")

| Comments and Points

Akolangpede

Created by: leomar

Pronunciation: ako-lang-pede

Sentence: ako=me, lang=only, pede=allow, thats me only allow, akolangpede..

Etymology: ako, lang, pede

| Comments and Points

Haccent

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: hack + sent

Sentence: I found myself speaking in a brogue when I visited Ireland, luckily nobody beat me up for having such a painfully obvious haccent.

Etymology: Hack + accent

| Comments and Points

Show All or More...