Verboticisms

Created by: loofarama

Pronunciation: re-gurge-im-it-ay-shun

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Etymology: regurgitation + imitation

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Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Kahr-may-dee-ate

Sentence: Billy knocked on the door, and when Jennifer opened it, she looked right at him and said, "I suppose you think this fixes everything!", then ran off and locked herself into the bathroom for an hour. While he waited impatiently on the couch, her Saint Bernard, "Mr. Tidwell", began to take a more than friendly interest in nuzzling Billy's sensitive areas. Before he caught himself, Billy glanced at Mr. Tidwell and karmadiated involuntarily, "I suppose you think this fixes everything".

Etymology: Karma + radiate

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COMMENTS:

Hey Kyoti - keep going with your story - it's good but you still haven't used your word in a sentence - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-20: 11:09:00

I always forget that part. I'm too busy ducking from my boxlexia. This place is full of trap doors, you know? - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 11:14:00

much better - funny story - maybe you should have named the dog Monica - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-20: 11:20:00

Mr. Tidwell did my verbotomy - snuffleupaguest. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-20: 13:27:00

Well, see... Tidwell is a verbotomy too. Sobbbbb.... - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 14:56:00

Or was that an anagram? Hmmm.... - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 14:57:00

A subliminal mnemonic device? I dunno. - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 14:58:00

And LOL @ snuffleupaguest. :)) - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 14:58:00

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Created by: ZZ123

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Created by: kimmy

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Created by: dzhessi

Pronunciation: emPUGnayt

Sentence: Laura empugnates her friends after she goes to one of her special meetings.

Etymology: en (in) + pug (

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COMMENTS:

Cool - Nolina, 2007-07-22: 16:51:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: sahy/kuh/port

Sentence: My inability to deal with the immediate situation causes me to psychoport my feelings and emotions to the next person I run into.

Etymology: psychological + transport

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COMMENTS:

I keep getting the feeling that I like it. I think I'm being psychoported! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-07-20: 19:03:00

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Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Tranz-furr-vent

Sentence: I was pretty sure she was feeling transfervent when she replied my "hello" with "WHAT DO YOU MEAN, I PAID MY TAXES!"

Etymology: Transfer (to move from one thing to another) + fervent (having emotion or passion)

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: dum-pah-thee

Sentence: After her cat, Fidon't, rejected her plea for companionship, she went to work and immediately began to dumpathy on her boss, which ultimately landed her a nice, nonsocial position in the mail room.

Etymology: dump, empathy

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COMMENTS:

was that position in the paper recycling dump bin? - petaj, 2007-07-20: 05:16:00

Pity she didn't study harder. She could be a dumpatologist by now. - galwaywegian, 2007-07-20: 07:15:00

Either way, she'd be down in the dumps. - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 10:43:00

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Created by: irminem

Pronunciation: com-pa-tri-bute

Sentence: People who are not independent thinkers, always compatribute with thise they encounter on a daily basis.

Etymology: "comp" from "compile"; "pa" from "passion" and "tribute" from "distribute"

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Created by: scrawlspacer

Pronunciation: DEH fur kayt

Sentence: I really need to quit my job. My boss is so bitchy I wind up defercating on my boyfriend.* You have to watch out for the silent types. Sometimes they do nothing but defercate.* I wish I weren't the first person Mary sees every day when she comes in. Why can't she find someone else to listen to her defercate?

Etymology: defer + defecate (in the figurative sense, as in "to dump" (intr.) or "to dump something [on someone]" (tr.)

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