Verboticisms

Created by: maxxy

Pronunciation: TYME-wosh

Sentence: Jim found it easier to cope with his history of failed relationships after he timewashed his memory of how short-lived each one was.

Etymology: time + brainwash

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: re cal end riff ick ay shun

Sentence: Peter hoped his quick recalendrification would work just long enough for him to step out of range of the ceremonial sword they had bought on their prerecalendrificated honeymoon.

Etymology: recalibrate+Calendar

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Created by: smokey

Pronunciation: kro-nip-you-la-shun

Sentence: I'm sure Tom is lying when he says he passed the bar exam before starting to practice law - he is very chronipulative.

Etymology: Chronology + manipulate

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Created by: w5lf9s

Pronunciation: cal-o-warp

Sentence: She has been reprimanded several times for callowarping

Etymology: from calender + warp

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Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: ree-vent-iz-im

Sentence: "Ugh, Doug is pulling his usual reventism. He now says he took the cat to the vet on Thursday, but the vet is closed on Thursdays"

Etymology: revise + event

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ree kahl end err ib rayt

Sentence: Due to the size of the bump and the duration of her husband's tour of duty, she was forced to recalendaribrate the pregnancy, her son was four and a half years in the womb before he appeared.

Etymology: calendar, recalibrate

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:-) - CharlieB, 2011-01-19: 13:08:00

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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: remistram

Pronunciation: man-ip-yu-spayce

Sentence: Millicent manipuspaced every story to the point where the group were left scratching their heads in complete disarray.

Etymology: manipulate + space (as in time)

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Created by: adbern

Pronunciation: tim-wisss

Sentence: No problem to change that date, just call the timwizz, he's there for all your changes whatever you want

Etymology: tim from time wizz from wizzard

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Created by: zappalove

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Winstonsmithing came naturally to her, from an instinctive grasp of Orwell's remark "Who controls the past controls the future"...and the present.

Etymology: From "Winston Smith", the protagonist of George Orwell's novel "1984" (1949). Winston Smith works for the so-called Ministry of Truth and his duties include altering or erasing historical records following the ever-changing dictates of his totalitarian ma

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