Verboticism: Gobbledygush
DEFINITION: v. To demonstrate your superior knowledge and intellect by using complex, confusing and mind-numbingly stupid jargon. n. A person who uses big words to inflate their unusually small ideas.
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Verbiagedimwiting
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Vir-be-ag-dim-wit-ing
Sentence: Nancy Noesnutting was always posting notes all over the office using her verbiagedimwiting skills.
Etymology: Verbiage - speech or writing that uses too many words or excessively technical expressions. Dimwit - A stupid person
Pedanthick
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ped ann thik
Sentence: Solly was getting bored with Pamela's incessent pedanthick regurgitation of the latest buzzwords. She did however, have a wonderful ass.
Etymology: pedantic, thick
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COMMENTS:
He's a pedantfile, maybe? - Nosila, 2010-05-17: 09:48:00
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Argotrate
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: (är'gĭ-trāt')
Sentence: "It's a clear case of res ipsa loquiter," Perry argotrated to the stunned group of assembled clients. "Ipso facto, we'll cut them off at their prima facie case."
Etymology: argot, A specialized vocabulary or set of idioms used by a particular group (from Fr. argot, "the jargon of Paris rogues and thieves," earlier "the company of beggars," from M.Fr., "group of beggars," , + -ate, used in english as a verb suffix.
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COMMENTS:
Your sentence and etymology shows you are great at argotrate! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-06: 11:07:00
sounds lilke a real word - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-06: 13:15:00
if only I could spell like - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-06: 13:16:00
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Gabyrinth
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: GAB-uh-rinth
Sentence: Bob thought that his gabyrinth, a form of English, but with a strange admixture of words gleaned from Old English and Yiddish, made him sound super intelligence. Happy New Year to all.
Etymology: Blend of GAB: loquaciousness, prattle, chatter & LABYRINTH: Any confusing, bewildering, complex state of affairs
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COMMENTS:
A-maze-ing. Excellent verbotimism... - Mustang, 2008-12-31: 07:00:00
clever and funny. - mweinmann, 2008-12-31: 09:02:00
Oy Vey! Who Knew? What light through yonder window breaks??? - Nosila, 2008-12-31: 23:13:00
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Totalitoiletry
Created by: CannonFire
Pronunciation: toe - tahl - it - toy - let - tree
Sentence: The new boss is out of control! This totalitoiletry MUST stop!
Etymology:
Blusterblather
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bləstərbleðər
Sentence: After years as a spokesperson for the utility company, Jill is so versed in blusterblather that she has trouble understanding her own twaddle.
Etymology: bluster (talk in a loud, aggressive, or indignant way with little effect) + blather (talk long-windedly without making very much sense)
Patroisnize
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: pa/traw/nize
Sentence: Please don't patroisnize me - I don't have my PHD in linguistics.
Etymology: patronize + patios
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COMMENTS:
Whew! Strong creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-06: 11:29:00
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Blowphisticrat
Created by: twocent
Pronunciation: blow-fist-e&-krat
Sentence: Whenever he spoke with authority he came across with all the polish of a D.M.V. blowphisticrat.
Etymology: n. Compound of sophisticated: overly complicated, blow-hard: braggart and bureaucrat: a rigid official lacking intelligent judgment v. blowphisticate
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COMMENTS:
Very nice - OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-01: 00:04:00
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Communigreation
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: Kuh-mewn-i-gray-shun
Sentence: Andy loved communigreation. It always confused his friends when talking about his pet rock collection when he used words like "gargantuan" or "crystalization".
Etymology: Communication + great (big)
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COMMENTS:
Nice one! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-06: 11:01:00
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Patteronise
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: pat err owe n aye z
Sentence: She constantly patteronised Patty, despite doubts being brought forward about the verissimilitude of her verbosity.
Etymology: patronise, patter.
