Verboticism: Tickleme

'It didn't use to bug you'

DEFINITION: n. A personality quirk or habit, which at first blush seems "cute", but which can quickly become so annoying that it undermines personal relationships. v. To be habitually irksome.

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Idiotsyncrasy

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: id eeeot sin kras ee

Sentence: she was amazed at how quickly his idiosyncrasies became idiotsyncrasies in the morning light,

Etymology: idiot + syncrasy

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Jiltrait

Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: jill-trate (rhymes with filtrate)

Sentence: Hogan wondered why his relationships never lasted; finally a friend told him about all of his bad jiltraits.

Etymology: jilt + trait

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Vexclination

Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: vex-clin-a-ashun

Sentence: His vexclinations make him near insufferable.

Etymology: from vex + inclination

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Relationbug

Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: re-lei-sjon- bug

Sentence: Sandra was in debug-mode; It was time to remove Jack's relationbug's or terminate the program!

Etymology: relationship - a strange interface between java.human.man() and java.human.woman() ************ bug - undocumented feature in a microsoft-application.

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COMMENTS:

I like it. It even works without the CS reference, as in "to bug someone." It'd be better as two words, but we don't really have that option here. Gets my vote anyway. - ErWenn, 2007-02-16: 10:46:00

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Annoyhilate

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ənoiəlāt

Sentence: Genny really didn*t know how break up with Peter, so she set out to annoyhilate their relationship. He was able to tolerate the **dainties** hanging in the shower and the load of laundry where she **accidently** washed all his whites with her new red blouse. He could even grin and bear it when she picked her teeth in public. What finally put it over the edge and sent him packing was her laugh/snort. And she hadn*t even planned that one.

Etymology: annoy [irritate (someone); make (someone) a little angry] + annihilate [destroy utterly; obliterate]

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COMMENTS:

good word...well describes all those annoyhellations! - Nosila, 2009-09-09: 14:39:00

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Endearmental

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: enn deeer ment ahl

Sentence: his enderment finally drove her endearmental. She put the bear trap in her (large)Armani bag, before heading out to the disco. "Tonight will be the last time he grabs his crotch when they play Michael Jackson" she promised herself,

Etymology: endearment mental

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Peccadilly

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: peh-ca-DIL-ee

Sentence: Gloria was appalled when Glenn's public nose picking was revealed as yet another peccadilly to be added to his collection of socially unacceptable faults.

Etymology: Blend of PECCADILLO (Spanish pecadillo, diminutive of pecado sin < Latin peccātum transgression, noun use of neuter of past participle of peccāre to err, offend) and DILLY (something or someone regarded as remarkable, unusual)

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Dearthquirk

Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation: derth-kwirk

Sentence: I really will have to leave him, she thought, as he scratchd his arse for the third time in as many minutes

Etymology: dearth = lack of appeal (my definition, so there!) and quirk.

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COMMENTS:

ummm, could you use it in a sentence? - Alchemist, 2007-02-15: 22:41:00

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Pennykilla

Created by: shrimp

Pronunciation: penni-killa

Sentence: a times of a romantic evening, the dirty looks of the girl will pennykilla my heart

Etymology: first thing I thought of when I read the description :-)

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Irritrait

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: ear-ee-trayt

Sentence: his babytalk was the irritrait that drove a wedge between them

Etymology: irritate, trait

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COMMENTS:

This perfectly describes the actions of the guy who sits in front of me who argues to an unseen somethingorother all day; a very annoying irritrait. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-15: 18:56:00

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