Verboticisms

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: flāgrəns

Sentence: Tim has decided to take a stand against the chemicals used in personal grooming products. His flagrance can make a statement for him before he enters a room.

Etymology: flagrant (conspicuously or obviously offensive) + fragrance (a pleasant, sweet smell)

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Created by: readerwriter

Pronunciation: bore-pong-er

Sentence: In her daily visits to the gym, Feclicia found nothing harder than to be polite in the presence of a boreponger. These ones, so dull in their enthusiasm for themselves and all they were doing to improve their lives...these ones who left such a foul stench in the midst of their comings and goings, left her no recourse, but to turn up the treadmill and walk faster. On the upside, she was reaching her weight loss goals ahead of time.

Etymology: from bore, an uninspiring person + pong, a stench Rhymes with "whoremonger" so it has that tone of low-life, twisted values, etc

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COMMENTS:

Scathingly realistic. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-03: 09:05:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: CON-fi-stench

Sentence: Co-workers' eyes watered. Dogs ran away. Nothing seemed to deter Wesley from one-man effort to show the world that people don't need to shower more than once a week. His confistench was overwelming. Even though he claimed that he was being "green", Wesley's friends were finding him less than eco-friendly.

Etymology: confidence: the state of feeling certain about the truth of something + Stench: a strong and very unpleasant smell

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Created by: logarithm

Pronunciation: faul-faek-shEn

Sentence:

Etymology: Foul - offensively malodorous. Olfaction - the faculty of smell

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: nohz-zee-ey-ting

Sentence: Harry doesn't believe in deodorant. He says that people should smell like people. People around him tend to disagree. Unless he has just come from a shower, his mere presence can be noseating.

Etymology: nose (the organ of smell) + nauseating (causing sickness of the stomach)

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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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COMMENTS:

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: DrWebsterIII

Pronunciation: ee go rank

Sentence: Larry's egorank was a growing problem wafting around the office. His colleagues would make a stink when he approached the water cooler, which they developed a sense for his proximity to, and surreptitiously say, "quick, scatter, here comes Larry with his pridefunk".

Etymology: EGO: self-conceit, pride, self-love + RANK:, offensive, foul, ripe, malodorous

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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: 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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COMMENTS:

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: 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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