Verboticisms

Created by: santasassassin

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /&-'na-kr&-"ne-dit/

Sentence: Isaac Newton had trouble resisting the urge to anachronedit his publications on the calculus even though it might help him in his dispute with Leibnitz.

Etymology: From ana- + chrono- (as in "anachronism") + edit

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Created by: gabngar

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: dimemwär

Sentence: Despite the fact that his dementia means he can\'t remember many of the events he was writing about the retired politician is busy crafting his dememoir. If history makes him look bad he merely changes the dates or sequence of events to put himself in a better light. If you were to add up his account of experience in various offices, he started his career in public service at the age of seven.

Etymology: dementia (a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning) + memoir (a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources)

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Created by: mbacon

Pronunciation: Krono mawr fox

Sentence: Betty chronomorphosed her birthdate so she could get the senior's discount

Etymology: Chrono meaning time, and morphose, from metamorphose meaning to transform

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Created by: BMott

Pronunciation: Ro-zy Time

Sentence: He indulged in a bit of rosytime when filling out his resume, indicating that he was employed steadily.

Etymology: rosy - looking through rose colored glasses to see only the good. time - well, that one is obvious.

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Created by: paperhoard

Pronunciation: re-proto-kron-i-kuhl

Sentence: Jim tried to reprotochronicle his life experiences in an effort to locate all the children he fathered.

Etymology: proto - First in time: prototype chronicle - a chronological record of events; a history.

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COMMENTS:

Jim is such a calendork. - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-31: 07:21:00

I'm going to try an tie all my words to Jimbo, they all seem to fit.... - paperhoard, 2007-01-31: 07:25:00

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: Kron-ill-logic

Sentence: When Dave found tickets to the opera in Jill's purse, he quickly ran out and puchased cheap, nosebleed seat tickets, to a football game, telling Jill he had his tickets first. Dave got out of going to the opera due to the chronillogic order that the tickets were purchased.

Etymology: chronologic/illogic

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good! - wordmeister, 2007-01-31: 09:49:00

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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Kro-norr-well

Sentence: How could Peter explain missing his essay deadline? He didn't have to - he simply chronorwelled, and no-one guessed the truth.

Etymology: Chronos+Orwell+well. Chronos - Greek for "time". Orwell - the author of '1984' in which the IngSoc party employs people to rewrite history for the Party's benefit.

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Created by: chris

Pronunciation: tem-poh-vair-ee

Sentence: Nigel's amazing ability to tempovary without so much as a trace of guilt enabled him to keep his conscience clear even when his hands were dirty

Etymology: tempo (time) + vary + link with temporary

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