Verboticism: Jaggerstagger
DEFINITION: To pose, or posture, in a distinctive manner in order to express one's cultural affinities -- may be accompanied by awkward gestures.
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Goofinity
Created by: pandafever
Pronunciation: goo-fen-ity
Sentence: My goofinity was immortalized in my yearbook picture.
Etymology:
Classture
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: Klars-chur
Sentence: Harry's classture consisted of displaying copious amounts of bling, making West-side hand movements, and lamenting his social environment. He was, of course, the typical British "chav" (NB I'm not an authority on chavs).
Etymology: Class+gesture, but also a mutation of "culture" to suggest 'culture derived from social class'.
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COMMENTS:
Good one Discoveria! Also like the way it rhymes with posture... - wordmeister, 2007-01-29: 19:08:00
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Rocquerade
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: rock-er-aid
Sentence: Wayne's babe was rocquerading round in her clubbing gear while they were queueing for the gig, mainly to keep warm.
Etymology: rock (as in rock'n'roll) masquerade (pose)
Turkeystrut
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation:
Sentence: they turkeystrutted their way around the mall, recieving much attention and comment.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
better turkeys than chickens, I suppose... - wordmeister, 2007-01-29: 23:44:00
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Jerksticulate
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: jerk stick u late
Sentence: The sideline announcer was virtually invisible as posing fans jerksticulated before the camera.
Etymology: Jerk (noun and verb) + gesticulate
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COMMENTS:
Oooh. I hadn't seen this one when I made mine ("gesdickulate"). Sorry. - Osomatic, 2007-01-29: 13:46:00
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Strikeaposse
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: strike-ah-poss-ee
Sentence: strikeaposse, theres nothing to it..phogue
Etymology: strike a pose, posse
Ethnitude
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: Eth - ne - tood
Sentence: Tony was in my face with major ethnitude. He did nothing to help fight stereotyping. His expressions and extreme finger gestures guaranteed that he always stood out from the crowd.
Etymology: Ethnic: Belonging to or deriving from the cultural, religious, or linguistic traditions of a people or country. Attitude: Position or posture of the body appropriate to or expressive of an action or emotion.
Gesticultate
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: jess-TI-cul-tate
Sentence: Unfortunately, Sue's gesticultating her affiliation to Harvard was misinterpreted by the cannibals as their local gesture for "tender young meat."
Etymology: gesticulate (to gesture), cult
Bombastardate
Created by: shonco
Pronunciation: bom-bass-tard-ate
Sentence: In the absence of any real skills needed to win the fight, he felt that his only option was to bombastardate.
Etymology: from bombast (pompous ramblings); and bastard (a vicious, despicable, or thoroughly disliked person)
Poseturing
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: pohs-chur-eng
Sentence: All of the poseturing by upper-middle class white males at the rap concert made William sick.
Etymology: pose + posturing