Verboticism: Telesumption
DEFINITION: n. A conclusion or an assumption developed after careful listening to, and analysis of one-half of a telephone conversation. v. To listen to one-half of a telephone conversation.
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Sherlocall
Created by: Acostell
Pronunciation: Sherlock-call
Sentence: Yeah, I played Sherlocall and found out she was getting me that club set for christmas afterall. Score!
Etymology: Sherlock (Holmes) + Call
Thankies
Created by: onceinabluemoon88
Pronunciation: thank - seas
Sentence: thankies for that pencil
Etymology:
Overlesson
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: ov-er-less-on
Sentence: "It's just so matted," she said, stroking the carpet with her foot. "She hates my hair," I overlessoned.
Etymology: overlisten, lesson
Assmaker
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: ass-may-kur
Sentence: Wendy, overhearing her mother on the phone, arrived at quite a gory assmaker.
Etymology: from "assume = make an ASS out of U and ME"
Partumption
Created by: hamburgerman
Pronunciation: par - tump - shin
Sentence: the man created a partumption based on half of his mothers phone conversation.
Etymology: part + assumption = partumption
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Disphonection
Created by: danboaz
Pronunciation: dis-fOn-kshun
Sentence: She was crippled by disphonection, always thinking peolpe were talking about her.
Etymology: disfunction + phone
Cellfaware
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: self-a-ware
Sentence: Bill became cellfaware while listening to his girlfriend's half of her conversation with her other boyfriend.
Etymology: cell + self-aware
Semicryptology
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: sem-eye-cript-AHL-oh-gee
Sentence: Jim looked up as his wife hung up the phone. "What time," he sighed semicryptologically, "is your mother coming for dinner?"
Etymology: semi + cryptology
Stufaconc
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: Stu-fa-conc
Sentence: I think it's a stufaconc, I made
Etymology: STUpid FAst CONClusion
Phonetasm
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: fone/tasm
Sentence: A recent attack of phonetasm left him wondering whether his friend had just made a date with the Fickle Finger of Fate or perhaps the local Drag Queen.
Etymology: Variation of phantasm - false impression
