Verboticism: Onusbonus
DEFINITION: v. To suddenly discover that your most troublesome personality defect, for which you have been taking medication and/or therapy, is actually your greatest asset. n. A perceived weakness which is actually a strength.
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Faultility
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: fawl-TIL-i-tee
Sentence: Madeline's faultility was her incessant nose-blowing. Her husband thought of divorcing her, but she was such an amazing duck call.
Etymology: fault + utility
Blurse
Created by: Msumida
Pronunciation: Replace the w in worse with bl.
Sentence:
Etymology: Combination of "blessing" and "curse" from the the saying, "It's a blessing and a curse."
Ticaccentuatom
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: tick ac cent you oh tom
Sentence: She found that the freak circus appreciated her shoulder twitch and the resulting ticaccentuatom delighted her.. with a new job.
Etymology: tic - nervous muscle movement accent - highlighted atom - sounds good
Disabenefit
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Diss-ah-ben-ah-fet
Sentence: I was surprised to realize that my "anger problem" is a disabenefit that could make me tons of money. Dressing up as made-up people for "The Jerry Springer Show" is easy!
Etymology: Disability (defect) + benefit (an asset)
Onusbonus
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: OH-nuhs-boh-nuhs
Sentence: Alex's utter lack of personality proved an onusbonus when he landed a job as an Abercrummie clerk.
Etymology: onus (burden) + bonus (benefit)
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COMMENTS:
She's a leftie, cool. -from an ambie - mplsbohemian, 2007-06-26: 01:47:00
Oops, I meant that for the main dealie. - mplsbohemian, 2007-06-26: 01:48:00
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Epiphaclick
Created by: bubbos
Pronunciation: e-pi-fa-click
Sentence: Tom acknowledges that Sally's stubbornness as an epifaclick for her career.
Etymology: epiphany + click, for it all to click in
Bencompovery
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: b-eh-n-kuh-m-puh-v-er-ee
Sentence: Julie made an astonishing bencompovery that her annoying compulsion of organizing everything had gotten her a high paying job as a secretary for the president of one of the most successful corporations in the country.
Etymology: benefit+compulsion+discovery
Prozactivity
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: Pro-zac-teh-vit-ie
Sentence: Positive discrimination my eye!, thought Julie during her job interview, what I need is some prozactivity, these pills do pay for themselves you know...it says so on the packet.
Etymology: Bonding of 1) Prozac, brand of antidepressant favoured by actor Tom Cruise. 2) Productivity, daily pursuit of the gainfully employed or 10% of actors. 3) activity, type of collective movement engaged in by groups that gather in flurries, as in "a flurry of activiy in the office"
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COMMENTS:
An excellent example of prozactive problem solving! - jrogan, 2009-07-31: 10:38:00
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