Verboticisms

Created by: dochanne

Pronunciation: Clem-en-em-eh-sis

Sentence: Richard Snodgrass was a passive man. He was bland and meek and wore lots of beige. His clemenemesis was Judy, his secretary, who ran the office with an iron fist and steel capped stilettos. He was ok with that, even though it made him feel weak. It meant people hated her instead of him, and his little rebellions consisted of meekly implying a decision was in fact hers and there was little he could do. Often that was right. He practiced sharp shooting on the weekends and dreamt about being a Pythonesque ferocious killer bunny.

Etymology: Clement - gentle, forgiving, pleasant; Nemesis - one's most villainous enemy. Eminem - popular and has no doubt stepped on some toes to get there; Mennuhmennuh - part of the chorus of the Muppet song, sung best by Animal, who is both an animal and fluffy..

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: FREND-kwish

Sentence: Through unblinking, lucid eyes, The fickle gaze of friendquish, Aims its arrows at the soul Of a friendly, welcoming heart.

Etymology: Blend of FRIEND: one who is friendly towards others & QUISH (of vanquish):subdue, overcome,

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COMMENTS:

and how about squish for your etymology - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-02: 12:53:00

Agreed JBW, "squish" is much more powerful. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-02: 20:31:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: fōpô

Sentence: Buffy just can't seem to get things right. She doesn't quite understand the etiquette of the local dog park. She is always the one who creates the fauxpaw. All the others are having fun roughing around when she arrives. As soon as she tries to join in, the people there start screaming at her and pulling their dogs away. Its not her fault that the Pomeranian looks and sounds just like a squeaky toy. Such is the life of a pitbull.

Etymology: faux pas (an embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation) + paw (an animal's foot having claws and pads)

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COMMENTS:

It gives one paws... - wayoffcenter, 2009-05-21: 12:47:00

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: so-sha-bul-ly

Sentence: Janet,the sociabully vilified Mrs. Sweetly at the red hat ladies luncheon so nastily that even Mr. Rodgers would have imagined booting her out of the neighborhood.

Etymology: social:relating to human society and its members + bully: a person habitually cruel and overbearing (wordplay on "sociable")

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Created by: Kennecticut

Pronunciation: Si-kahh-tic unusual behaviour, as well as difficulty with social interaction and impairment of good judgement

Sentence: Sigh,..it`s chaotic enough without this sighchotic coming to these get togethers and adding even more chaos with his know-it-all mentality.

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

Very clever. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-02: 20:41:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: dred-beet

Sentence: Behind her back, all of Sandra's social circle called her the dreadbeat as they all dreaded the malicious and mean spirited attention she would give them at parties, on Facebook and even thru emails.

Etymology: Bleand of 'dread' (horrible, terrifying) and 'beat' (to sound, as on a drum) - also, a play on the word 'deadbeat'

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Created by: torontorc

Pronunciation: an-tay-cone-ee

Sentence: Antacony is the act of a bully picking on the weakest person.

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Created by: arrrteest

Pronunciation: beh seej ee us

Sentence: Gretta suffered from an ingrown sense of entitlement and superiority. Often she would join a group and try to quickly assess how to rise up in the ranks of coolness by selecting the weakest link. Her years in middle and high school prepared her with many opportunities to crush anyone who were not worthy of her attention and who would not be spineless followers of her entourage of cliquiness. However, this all came to a screeching halt when she decided to enter the workforce and had to make nice with all of the other employees. Her besiegious behavior was not tolerated and when she attacked the nicest person within the established office culture, she was immediately shown a different pecking order.

Etymology: besiege + egregious

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Created by: stache

Pronunciation: kä'mə-rä'də-rāp'tər

Sentence: After Georgette appended gushingly complimentary comments to every one of the submissions on the poetry blog, Flo just couldn't help herself. She was, by her very nature, a camaraderaptor. She posted a stinging limerick, the first line of which was, "A bunny rabbit named Georgette... ."

Etymology: 'camara,' var. of 'kamara,' soviet-era spy technology popular with kgb notable Boris Badinov; 'der,' German article; 'apt,' particularly appropriate, as this definition vis. doseydotes; 'or,' denoting approximately equally-weighted alternatives, as in 'defecate or vacate the porcelain receptacle.'

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COMMENTS:

Still laughing over the last line. Great! - Jamagra, 2008-04-02: 08:41:00

great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-02: 12:55:00

Excellent! - Mustang, 2008-04-02: 18:06:00

Nice! - purpleartichokes, 2008-04-02: 19:03:00

Stache, you are an etymologizing animal! Very funny; good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-02: 20:30:00

thanks, y'all. from giants among verbotomists such as yourselves these kind words mean much. - stache, 2008-04-02: 23:21:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: preema/bal/ur/een/a

Sentence: Natasha believed she was destined to become the prima ballerina in the troupe and would relentlessly crush the feet of aspiring dancers with awkward jumps. She became known as the primabullyrina.

Etymology: bully + prima ballerina

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COMMENTS:

Bully for you... - Nosila, 2009-05-21: 23:58:00

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