Verboticisms

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: purk - ooo - tray - tore

Sentence: Honey felt like a peerkotraitor. Ben bought her a gift bag of Starbucks coffee but each morning, she brewed a fresh pot of Folgers and poured it in the "Starbucks" mug. She didn't know how to tell him that she liked cheap coffee better.

Etymology: Perkolator - device used to brew coffee or a person who brews it + traitor - someone who is not loyal and betrays a cause or trust.

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: KAFF-flip-flop

Sentence: After Bob's cafflipflop, all that was left for him was isolatte.

Etymology: Blend of CAFF as in Caffiene; FLIP-FLOP: change of mind, reversal, apostasy

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: mess/presso

Sentence: Aria was so humiliated that she went ahead and banned herself from Le Cafe de Cafe. Having been spotted by "Lucky Pierre" the cafe's owner as she stood in line at Starbuck's...yeah, she was a real messpresso. She no longer felt worthy of his homemade croissants or his famous watered down Joe.

Etymology: mess esspresso

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Created by: Kooldaddy

Pronunciation: con-tra-bran ding

Sentence: Jane was embarrassed when her favorite Barrista from Starbucks caught her contrabranding at Java Jones.

Etymology: brand betrayal, branding, out-branding, contrary branding, and contraband

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Created by: astorey

Pronunciation: dis-roy-el-tee

Sentence: It was a elite club with just two members--Amber and her co-worker Karen--who knew where to still find Tab and were willing to walk over to the convenience store in the lobby three buildings down to get it. But when Amber discovered that Diet Coke with Lime was an acceptable--and more readily available--substitute, her disroyalty so offended Karen that she couldn't even look Amber in the eye as she charged past her cube with her pink can of Tab in hand.

Etymology: It's a play on disloyalty, but also incorporates the idea of "dissing" the royalty that branded products get.

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COMMENTS:

Great word. Super usage, too. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-28: 03:33:00

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Created by: wordslikevenom

Pronunciation: Brand-it'ute

Sentence: Zoe felt sure that, by swapping the lables, she could effectively mask the branditution.

Etymology: Brand - a type of product made by a particular company. Substitute - to use something instead of another thing.

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: venn err ay shun gap

Sentence: When Britney arrived at the pre-party cocktail thing wearing a Swatch with her valentino dress, she was quickly demoted to ex-soulmate.

Etymology: generation gap, veneration.

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Created by: Syzygy

Pronunciation: Bean-a-dict-arn-awld

Sentence: The cup of Average Joe Coffee (r) in Marie's hand revealed her to be a beanadict-arnold.

Etymology: From Benedict Arnold

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COMMENTS:

Creative! You should put in a sentence and recieve the rest of your points. - Scrumpy, 2007-09-20: 10:01:00

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Created by: Sarahbarah

Pronunciation: Deli-cheese-ting

Sentence: My mom was a Delicheeseting because she told her friend who worked at starbucks she would drink their coffee, but really she drank Bobs coffee.

Etymology: Deli-"Delight" joy, happyness chea- "cheat", "cheating" going against are behind someones back

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: dunk-in-cov-er

Sentence: Jenna used the dunkincover method of putting a wrapper around her coffee label so her friends wouldn't be able to tell she had switched to the less expensive brand. Unfortunately, they noticed and gave her funny looks all day. Now she she was forced to decide whether to give in to peer group pressure and drink the trendy stuff or continue saving money for her kidney transplant.

Etymology: Duck and Cover: a method of self-preservation during an attack or when everything comes down on you. Dunkin' Donuts: known for their coffee and the slogan "America runs on Dunkin" + Cover: to place something over to protect or conceal

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COMMENTS:

dunkeroo word! - Nosila, 2010-01-18: 23:08:00

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