Verboticisms

Created by: emdeejay

Pronunciation: ab scent mind ed

Sentence: Nobody doubted the sweat Jim was putting into his new health kick. Indeed, they could smell it from one end of the office to the other. He was an abscentminded sole

Etymology: absentminded, punned as scent. I've forgotten precisely what it means

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I love what you've done with this... um oh, never mind. - petaj, 2010-02-02: 07:13:00

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Created by: Batavier

Pronunciation: Smell-fident

Sentence: Jim was a smellfident guy. You could smell him from miles away, but he was very self-assured

Etymology: Smell + Confident

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Ol-facta-salt

Sentence: The hideous odors emanating from Horace following his workouts amounted to an olfactassault on his co-workers

Etymology: Olfactory + assault

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: dis stink shun

Sentence: Des had an air of distinkshun about him.His Dad had started the manufacturing plant and gave it to Des. He reeked of old money and the stench of entitlement. He knew he would be a great catch and acted like he was a scentsation and coming up roses. In fact, he was coming up noses and his lack of personal hygiene coupled with his lunchtime run made others fume. His abundant money did not make him scentsible...he just made the olfactory smell!

Etymology: Distinction (high status importance owing to marked superiority;a distinguishing quality) & Stink (reek, bad smell) & Shun (avoid, censure)

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Created by: khiller32

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: in/senz/i/tiv

Sentence: Chris was completely incensetive to his reek due to a crushing blow in a high school rugby game that knocked out his sense of smell.

Etymology: incense (aroma) + insensitive

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At least Chris wouldn't be able to smell those fetid formulas trainers stick under one's nose when knocked senseless during a match! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-02: 18:40:00

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈfɪləˌstɪŋk/

Sentence: The culture in the U.S. is such that we've become quite sensitive to body odors, so it takes a true philistink to blissfully remain odorous in the face of wrinkled noses, backpedaling, and flat-out insults.

Etymology: From philistine (a person who is lacking in or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc.) + stink (a strong, offensive smell)

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I'm not actually sure how many people are familiar with the word "philistine," and it's just not as funny if you have to look up the definition. - ErWenn, 2007-10-02: 01:40:00

I got it straight off. Good one. - petaj, 2007-10-02: 08:29:00

great word ErWenn - it conveys the appropriate attitude as well - gets my vote - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-02: 12:48:00

There's a strong sense about it. Sentence so true. Excellent - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-02: 18:45:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: oh/der/dey/shuhs

Sentence: Her odordacious boss shows up for work every day direct from the gym and doesn't change his workout clothes all day. This odordaciousness exudes not only a strong business sense, but an employee nonsense.

Etymology: odor + audacious (extremely bold, or daring)

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: hi-rank-ing

Sentence: Harvey's highranking led him to believe that his acquaintances were totally in awe of his stature, when in fact they were just rendered speechless by his aughastliness (august + ghastly) that lingered unpleasantly on the olfactory nerve.

Etymology: high (on the nose) + rank (stinky) + high-ranking (a VIP)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: bee o b livee us

Sentence: Marco Territorio always worked out at lunch time and came back, on time, daily without having had a shower. He was beeoblivious (B.O.-blivious more like) to the pong he left for his co-workers. They had many names for him: The Aroma from Roma;Smell Gibson;Pong de Leon;Rudy Stench;Acridability Gap;Malodour in the Middle; Scratch & Sniff;and Ghengis Garbage Khan. He could reek havoc on afternoon meetings and caused scentsations among the Ranks. Instinked made people avoid him and the Olfactory was elated when he took vacation. So it was whiff pungent irony that he was snuffed out by the Cosa Nose-tra. I smell a rat...

Etymology: BO (Body Odor; uncleaned, not sanitary or healthful area;not cleaned nor kept up) & oblivious (totally unaware of what happens and unmindful of others)

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COMMENTS:

You are a creative phenomenon....but we knew that already, didn't we? - metrohumanx, 2008-09-02: 12:21:00

Love it! - hooterbug, 2008-09-02: 14:38:00

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