Verboticism: Autodislovation
DEFINITION: n. Something, or someone, that/who always seems to break or fall apart, just when you need it/them the most. v. To fall apart just when you need to get it together.
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Reliabull
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: ree-lie-ah-bull
Sentence: "Sure, I'll be there for you whenever you need me, anytime, anyplace I promise." At that, she stealthily slipped out the door. He knew at this moment he was being fed a hefty dose of reliabull.
Etymology: reliable (trustworthy, dependable) + bull (as in bullcrap, lies, nonsense)
Iphoneular
Created by: BeauKnows
Pronunciation: I-Phone-U-Lar
Sentence:
Etymology: Iphone + Failure
Nojokingitisallbroken
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: No-joke-ing-it-is-all-broken
Sentence: Bob Dylan tells the world, Nojokingitisallbroken,including you and me.
Etymology: No:Used to express denial, no way! an expression of emphatic refusal or denial [Old English nān none] disagreement, or refusal. Joking: To not be real to make things appear as not real a joke,an amusing or ludicrous incident or situation. It: Used to refer to a general condition or state of affairs... Is: Third person singular present indicative of "be". All: The entire or total number, amount,quantity or totality. Broken: Being in a state of disarray; disordered,to be torn apart and unable to pull it together,subdued totally; humbled: a broken spirit,a broken promise weakened,crushed by grief,financially ruined,not functioning; out of order... (Unable to keep their word)
Emergencyalater
Created by: dekra
Pronunciation: emergence-see-u-later
Sentence: Dan always disappeared when it came down to crunch time, definitely an emergencyalater kind of guy.
Etymology: Emergency + See you later
Vexamate
Created by: dochanne
Pronunciation: Vecks-a-mate
Sentence: Dave did his best to avoid looking self-absorbed by offering his help where he could, but when the time came he always had a good excuse to renege. He prided himself on being just retreatimate enough with his female friends that they would be left wanting more, never realising that the VXM he saw in texts was a referral to him, the ultimate vexamate.
Etymology: Vex - annoy; mate - friend, buddy, chum or partner; vaccinate - unpleasant treatment required before people become immune to nasty things.
Phondrome
Created by: Krixwell
Pronunciation: fon-drowm
Sentence: He would be there for her at all times, except when she really needed him to. He kept phondroming her. He was a real phondromist.
Etymology: Phone (telephone) + syndrome (disease), shortened from idea "broken phone syndrome".
Quitessential
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kwit-uh-sen-shuhl
Sentence: Marsha assumed that the owner's manual had a typo when it described her new computer as quitessential. Not so. All too often, when she was at a crucial juncture in a tabulation, it would just quit. She wouldn't even get the dreaded blue screen, just a few Chinese-looking Kanji characters and a shutdown. When she had the characters translated, they said "I have a headache, goodnight". So much for buying a cheap PC from the back of a van.
Etymology: quit (of the pure and essential essence of something) + essential (absolutely necessary; indispensable)
Herohoh
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: hee row ow
Sentence: cometh the hour, goeth the herohoh
Etymology: hero oh oh
Vacellate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: va sel layt
Sentence: Mona's phone was often on the fritz. It never happened when robocall election polls came through, heavy breathers or debt consolidation recordings happened. It would only vacellate when Mona needed it for emergencies, work calls, making important appointments or talking to cute guys on the 1-900 numbers.
Etymology: Vacillate (to be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action)& Cell (Cellular telephone)