Verboticisms

Created by: ShaggE

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Sentence: "I thought I saw Frank, but it was just a doppelstranger."

Etymology: Doppelganger+ Stranger.

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Created by: nikkii27

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Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: greet-slip

Sentence: Joana had a greetslip as she asked Fred up for tea; but now they are living together, so it all sorted itself out nicely.

Etymology: greeting - to welcome. + slipup - accident

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COMMENTS:

I like it! - jedijawa, 2007-03-15: 06:50:00

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Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation: rec-on-bare-ess-ed

Sentence: I'm so reconbaresed, I thought you were someone else.

Etymology: recognized+ embaressed

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: em-bar-as-men-tal

Sentence: Soon after Jill yelled across the dance floor, she realized the man she thought she recognized is a perfect stranger that thinks she is perfectly strange and the embarrassmental Jill races to find a dark spot in the bar to hide.

Etymology: embarressment/mental, as in mental case

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: how-dee-DOHNT

Sentence: Heavily jetlagged, I howdydonted half the airport before I finally found my pen pal.

Etymology: From "howdy-do", reconstruing "do" as "don't"

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Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: in-dis-greet

Sentence: I indisgreeted the old woman for my great aunt, and after hugging the stranger I stepped back to realize we both seemed very confused.

Etymology: from indiscreet + misgreet (which is also a made up word)

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I like how you rendered it as a verb. - mplsbohemian, 2007-03-14: 21:48:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: how-dee-du-dee

Sentence: Her howdydoodie of "Well, if it isn't old spandex Bob!" fetched her a cold glare from the stranger.

Etymology: howdy (a greeting), doodie (crap)

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Spandex Bob is legion - Alchemist, 2007-03-14: 05:03:00

Good one! - toadstool57, 2007-03-14: 10:00:00

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Created by: bettyann9

Pronunciation: doo-fuss-trayht

Sentence: I'm such a spaz! I totally thought that dude was Jim and I dufustrated him!

Etymology: dufus-an inept or stupid person

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Created by: chatty

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