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DEFINITION: To pose, or posture, in a distinctive manner in order to express one's cultural affinities -- may be accompanied by awkward gestures.
Verboticisms
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Jaggerstagger
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: JAG-er-stag-er
Sentence: Jim jaggerstaggered into the room, screaming "Are we ready to rock?" at the top of his lungs. His daughter was mortified, and her mother-in-law-to-be dropped her Bible.
Etymology: Mick Jagger + stagger
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COMMENTS:
and ... and ... what happened next?!!! - egonschiela, 2007-01-29: 15:32:00
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Flintstonerisms
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: Flint/stohn/er/isms
Sentence: The group of young people dancing, prancing and gesticulating could only be described as an exhibition of their Flintstonerisms.
Etymology: Flintstones + stoners + mannerisms
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COMMENTS:
yabadabado - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-29: 10:36:00
But dinosaurs can do the flintstonerisms too... - wordmeister, 2007-01-29: 10:41:00
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Phogue
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /fOg/
Sentence: Some sociologists have likened the human urge to phogue at one another to the mating rituals of certain animals, like the peacock.
Etymology: It's like "vogue," only it sounds more phony.
Bogue
Created by: urbanwookie
Pronunciation: boge
Sentence: Chaz and Shazzer totlaly bogued up some down an' wikkid pics for their myspace, innit?
Etymology: Bo! (pop cultural exclamation, m'lud!) + Vogue (Fashion journal and niche dance craze consisting of adopting a succession of poses akin to those of photographic models in the aforementioned journal)
Befrontery
Created by: smokey
Pronunciation: bee + FRUNT + urh + ee
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
- smokey, 2007-01-29: 11:58:00
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Poseturing
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: pohs-chur-eng
Sentence: All of the poseturing by upper-middle class white males at the rap concert made William sick.
Etymology: pose + posturing
Classture
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: Klars-chur
Sentence: Harry's classture consisted of displaying copious amounts of bling, making West-side hand movements, and lamenting his social environment. He was, of course, the typical British "chav" (NB I'm not an authority on chavs).
Etymology: Class+gesture, but also a mutation of "culture" to suggest 'culture derived from social class'.
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COMMENTS:
Good one Discoveria! Also like the way it rhymes with posture... - wordmeister, 2007-01-29: 19:08:00
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Oddel
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: awd-uhl
Sentence: The Kevin Federline wannabes stood oddeling their skinny white bodies outside the 7-eleven.
Etymology: odd + model
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COMMENTS:
Very Good! It's also like yodelling with making a sound... - wordmeister, 2007-01-29: 10:40:00
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Pusstillate
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: pus-sti-late
Sentence: I pusstillate so you can see what I'm saying.
Etymology: puss+ postulate
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