Verboticism: Brocclick

DEFINITION: v., To pretend that you like something that you don't, in hopes that someone else will like your pretensions. n., A person who doesn't like what they actually like, and pretends to like what other people like.
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Brocclick
Created by: MissJones
Pronunciation: Brocc - as in 'broccolli Lick - as in 'lick'
Sentence: I brocclicked my way through that meal. Tofu? Argh!
Etymology:
Canuluvmeleon
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: Can you love me leon
Sentence: Tim couldn't understand why none of the girls at the gym would date him, he did all the exercises they loved to do.. yoga, bust strengthening, petite self defense... he was the saddest of all the canuluvmeleons.
Etymology: Can you love me? - Chameleon
Meemick
Created by: QuantumMechanic
Pronunciation: mee' mik
Sentence: He was a such a meemick, he ate one of my cucumber muffin sushi rice balls covered in honey.
Etymology: mee (
Fauxnatic
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: fow nah tik
Sentence: He professed to be vegan, then sneaked big macs into the bathroom. From fauxnatic to loonatic.
Etymology: faux fanatic
Metoometoo
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: mētoōmētoō
Sentence: Sheldon is a confirmed metoometoo. He has no opinions to call his own. Maybe it is his Swiss upbringing but he steadfastly remains neutral on every topic you could mention. He is great at collecting facts but somehow never gets to the point of deciding what he thinks. In a clear case of "whichever way the wind blows" any opinion expressed gets an immediate concurrence and cascade of supporting facts.
Etymology: me (used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself as the object of a verb or preposition) + too (in addition; also) slightly derived from Star Wars droid R2D2.
Ficterian
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fiktərēən
Sentence: Barry is a full-fledged ficterian. He is a social chameleon. If someone is a vegetarian, so is he. If somebody loves a particular movie, so does he. Whichever way the wind blows is a lifestyle for him. Just the other day he was an MMA fighter, a rapper and a lesbian.
Etymology: fictitious (not real or true, being imaginary or having been fabricated) + vegetarian (a person who does not eat meat)
Feignglorious
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fayn glor ee us
Sentence: Frederico Blanco thought himself a real gourmand. He claimed a 5 Star French cooking degree and many other terribly impressive credentials. He became a restaurant critic and was regularly quoted when naming new food trends. He was feignglorious, because his real name was Freddy White from the neighbourhood, who had barely scraped by into Grade 10 and could not boil water or make toast to save his life.
Etymology: Feign (pretend) & Vainglorious (feeling self-importance)
Gourmenteur
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: goor mon terr
Sentence: Jacques was a notorious gourmenteur,whose professed aesthetic and culinary preferences changed with the regularity of the weather in Ireland or Posh Spice's attire. It was apparent, however, to those who knew him, that his preferences bagan and ended with the taste of his superior's ass
Etymology: gourmet, menteur (liar)
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COMMENTS:
I know a few gourmenteurs - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-28: 15:51:00
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Morfiend
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: more-feend
Sentence: Julia was intoxicated by the feeling of power she got when she morfiend into various social circles merely taking on their interests. After a while, she morfiend so often that she became an actual morfiend, unable to distinguish her own likes and dislikes any more.
Etymology: morph--to change + fiend--an evil person, combined to sound like morphine.
