Verboticisms

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: con-flahg-rah-VAY-shun

Sentence: Though his colleagues tried to convince Professor Larson that his fears of a nuclear holocaust were unreasonable, the professor nevertheless suffered an almost constant state of conflaggravation.

Etymology: Blend of 'conflagration' (A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning) and 'aggravation' (A source of continuing, increasing irritation or trouble)

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Created by: splendiction

Pronunciation: nu clear harms race

Sentence: At the suggestion that a large number of nuclear weapons exist globally, the group, strangely didn’t admit the need for a nuclearharmsrace that many others did.

Etymology: This word is a combination of "nuclear arms race" and harm. Nuclear weapons are extremely harmful to the human race.

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COMMENTS:

Wonderful sentence! Well-crafted verbotomy! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-04: 22:46:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: al ahrm ah gedd ohn

Sentence: alarmageddon, when vocalised, is usually met with armagedouttahere

Etymology: armageddon, alarm

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COMMENTS:

astute observation, readily apparent meaning, right on the definition, great originality. Exceptional verbotomy. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-04: 09:32:00

can always count on you to diffuse a scary concept - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-04: 12:41:00

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: new-cle-angst

Sentence: To see Grandma now, you'd never know that she once was a hippie anti-war protester whose nucleangst gave her the courage to face lines of National Guardsman putting flowers in the barrels of their rifles.

Etymology: nuclear: of, using or posessing atomic bomba + angst: a feeling of anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression

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Created by: amberlily

Pronunciation: nu-feer-ik-al

Sentence: "We're gonna get nuked!", said Ed, his eyes wide. "Calm down!", said Jane. "You're completely nufearical."

Etymology: fear of nuclear activity, paired with hysterical behavior

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: fyoo-shun (like fusion)

Sentence: A frission of anxiety ran through Amanda as she read the magazine article on the H bombs. She did not know that is was a publication of the conspiracy theorists, and was soon in a complete state of fussion.

Etymology: fusion (a type of nuclear reaction) + fuss (worry) Frisson (a shudder of emotion) + fission (another type of nuclear reaction)

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Created by: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: WER ee WART MONG ger

Sentence: Joe is such a worrywartmonger. He thinks everyone is out to start a war. He has his whole basement lined with canned goods, and he swears his next door neighbour is having seances with Hitler.

Etymology: WORRYWART: Someone who worries about a lot of things WARMONGER: a person who tries to start wars and encourage others to start wars

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: the/big/bang/feer/ee

Sentence: Stu equated thebigbangfeary to all the nations on the planet giving ultimatums and counting to ten. It was inevitable that someone would push the button. Even balloons bursting caused him to break out in a cold sweat.

Etymology: The Big Bang Theory + fear

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COMMENTS:

Clever! - TJayzz, 2009-02-04: 07:30:00

terrific choices in your etymology for captures the feeling that sometimes the end of one thing is the beginning of another, even though we don't know what or if that may be. Your verbotomy will live forever in my memory along with hope. Super in the nth degree! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-04: 09:47:00

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Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Newk-fee-er-bun-gel

Sentence: Tony would often lie awake at night stricken with the thought of nukefearbungle. All sorts of questions ran through his mind, what if someone accidentally pushed THE button resulting in the destruction of our planet. What would happen? Would there be any survivors? How long would they be able to survive? He finally decided to start building a nuclear bunker in his garden and stock it with enough food and supplies to last for at least three years.

Etymology: Nuke(short for nuclear) + Fear)a state of high anxiety) + Bungle(a istake, or be incompetent) = Nukefearbungle) See Nuclear bunker

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great combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-04: 12:42:00

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: feer - oo - sheem - ah

Sentence: Nester constantly watched documentaries and read dozens of books about the cold war, World War II, nuclear capabilities and armaments. Although he had learned a great deal of history and could expound on scientific theories, knowing more about these topics also resulted in a great deal of fearoshima for Nester. He began to fret more and more that the end could be near.

Etymology: Fear + Hiroshima >>>Fear (be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event) Hiroshima (a port city on the southwestern coast of Honshu in Japan; on August 6, 1945 Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb)

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COMMENTS:

Powerful verbotomy - silveryaspen, 2009-02-04: 09:25:00

hehehe - galwaywegian, 2009-02-04: 10:48:00

excellent - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-04: 12:44:00

I agree...excellent! - kateinkorea, 2009-02-06: 02:21:00

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