Verboticisms

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: hām'-nə-stē

Sentence: "It sure is getting cold lately. Oh hey, if you're not going to finish that meat, I'll have the rest of it," said Margaret, adjusting her waistband, "and please pass the mashed potatoes and gravy," she stated, with hamnesty. She had been putting on quite a few pounds of insulard over the last few weeks.

Etymology: ham (Middle English, hamme "meat from the leg of a hog") + (Greek, amnéstía - oblivion, "a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment")

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COMMENTS:

Hilarious!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-21: 04:29:00

yes - very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-21: 10:54:00

It seems with Margaret that it's all going to waist! Great sentence & word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-21: 16:34:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: flab it tat

Sentence: Living so close to the Arctic Circle, all species here gain extra weight to keep them warm through the cold winter nights and hibernation. Besides polar bears, seals, walrus, humans too gain extra body weight for this season. We like to call it flabitat. Those extra calories, from rich food and antifreeze (booze),that's what keeps us warm through bizzards, snowplows and Hockey Night in Canada.

Etymology: Flab (fat, excess poundage) & Habitat (the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs)

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Created by: MrDave2176

Pronunciation: IN-swell-ate

Sentence: Peter's inswellation meant that his winter clothes were at least a size larger than his summer wardrobe meaning he often looked baggy in fall and pinched in the spring.

Etymology: in(sul)ate + swell

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COMMENTS:

love it - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-21: 10:52:00

Yep, great word ! But Peter should remember that 'clothes maketh not the man' - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-21: 16:45:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: insəlflāt

Sentence: As soon as the days started shortening, Chet knew it was time to insulflate. He would shamelessly start packing on the pounds to be sure he would get through the winter in good shape. To him round seemed like a good shape. This year he was especially proud that he had used the internet to find a mail-order source of muktuk.

Etymology: insulate (protect by interposing material that prevents the loss of heat) + inflate (increase by a large or excessive amount)

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COMMENTS:

Shortening....hahaha. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-20: 09:47:00

what an inspired combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-20: 10:51:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sno fols ter ee

Sentence: Anna always ate a lot more as winter grew near. She knew she'd need some snowpholstery to get through the long winter and keep warm.

Etymology: Snow (winter's precipitation) & Upholstery (padding; extra comfort)

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Created by: mvsmyth

Pronunciation: glay-zen

Sentence: Despite his wife Janet's protestations about his rising cholesterol level, Alex glazenly went back for seconds from the decadent holiday buffet.

Etymology: From "glazed", describing the overly-rich holiday fare, both sweet and savory, that is so often covered in sauces, gravies, icings, and syrups; along with ""brazen", meaning marked with flagrant and insolent audacity.

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Created by: andbot37

Pronunciation: skarf

Sentence: I was really cold last winter, so I thought that I should start to skaarf up early this year.

Etymology: scarf:n, a piece of cloth worn around the neck for warmth. scarf:v, the act of eating quickly or vigorously.

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Created by: thebaron

Pronunciation: per-ma-lard

Sentence: Jeff piled on those potatoes, knowing a layer of permalard was required for the long arctic winter.

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: lar-das-sim-i-late

Sentence: Coming from L.A., Sue thought she would need to assimilate a lot of calories to survive a Minnesota winter so she ate a lot of French Fries, Burgers and Twinkies. These enabled her to lardassimilate herself into the culture.

Etymology: lard: rendered fat often used for frying foods = lardass: word for obese, particularly in one's backyard + assimilate: to absorb nutrients into the body after digestion; to become absorbed into a culture or society

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: bul/ker/nate

Sentence: With winter just around the corner, Janice instinctively knew it was time to bulkernate for the coldness to come by eating five meals a day in an effort to pack on twenty five pounds to thwart off that minus 18 degree northerly wind.

Etymology: bulk + hibernate

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