Verboticisms

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ôkwərds

Sentence: Having been asked to say a few words at his best friend\'s wedding, they all turned out to be awkwords.

Etymology: awkward (uncomfortable or abnormal) + words (something that someone says or writes)

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COMMENTS:

awksidentally good word... - Nosila, 2009-07-23: 01:40:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: an/uh/bar/uhs

Sentence: Give Jenny a wedding, a microphone and three drinks and she can anabarrass anyone she knows in the room, especially the bride.

Etymology: ANABARRASS - verb - from ANA (a collection of miscellaneous information about a particular person) + EMBARRASS (to make uncomfortably self-conscious)

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: kon - fe - duns

Sentence: Lisa took the podium at Margie's retirement party and proved to be a confidunce. In her speech, she regaled the attendees with Margie's true opinions of the people she had worked with, how she really hated the company and how many things she had stolen from inventory over the years. Because she told her stories in a "comical" way, she was ignorant of the fact that she had humiliated Margie.

Etymology: confidence(a secret that is confided or entrusted to another), dunce (a stupid person)

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COMMENTS:

Good thing Margie was retiring anyway... - Nosila, 2009-07-23: 01:38:00

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: truth in mouth

Sentence: With blissful ignorance, Marylou continued to spout one truthinmouth after the other, before her sister stabbed her with the cake knife.

Etymology: foot in mouth + truth

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Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: Stab-a-truth

Sentence: Jealousgina finally had her opportunity to spew a long winded stabbatruth at Kay's wedding toast.

Etymology: Stab- to jab or a sudden sharp feeling. A truth- a judgment, proposition, or idea that is true or accepted as true.

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: tat-tel-snake

Sentence: The maid of honor turned into a tattlesnake the minute she got a microphone in her hand and completely mortified the bride and everyone else at the wedding.

Etymology: tattle: to reveal through gossip + snake: describes a back-stabber or treacherous person

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COMMENTS:

clever - mweinmann, 2009-07-22: 19:53:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: an/uh/bar/uhs

Sentence: Give Jenny a wedding, a microphone and three drinks and can anabarrass anyone she knows in the room, especially the bride.

Etymology: ANABARRASS - verb - from ANA (a collection of miscellaneous information about a particular person) + EMBARRASS (to make uncomfortably self-conscious)

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COMMENTS:

I like it. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-04: 18:22:00

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Created by: skeeterzirra

Pronunciation: hyue mill ee owt

Sentence: Chastity concluded her roast by humiliouting Hillary's torrid affairs.

Etymology: humiliation and outing

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: jin ser it ee

Sentence: During the wedding, the liquor flowed and so did the bride's lurid history. Her best friend and maid of honour, Stacy, felt compelled by gincerity to disclose the bride's annals of one night stands to the groom and everyone else in the large reception hall.

Etymology: Gin (strong liquor flavored with juniper berries)& Sincerity (moral soundness;honesty)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: tat tel snayk

Sentence: At Betsy's wedding, Monica was a real tattlesnake, when after 6 or 7 gins, her speech was about the bride's past conquests.

Etymology: Tattle (gossip;divulge confidential information or secrets) & WordPlay on Rattlesnake (sidewinder;desert snake which sneaks up on you and then rattles it's tail before striking)

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