Verboticisms

Created by: kimmarie

Pronunciation: fame-ish-d

Sentence: No sooner had she read this weeks tabloid, she was positively fameished and went online in the hunt for more celebrity gossip.

Etymology: fame - any and all things having to do with being famous and -ished from the word famished. Never satisfied, always hungry for more.

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Created by: picabomama

Pronunciation: /fame/fat/u/ate/

Sentence: Despite hunger pangs, eye fatigue and loss of circulation to her legs, Deb could bring herself to do nothing but sit and FAMEFATUATE over her latest copies of trashy tabloid magazines all the while tuned in to E Entertainment Television.

Etymology: fame + infatuate

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COMMENTS:

Nice alliteration! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 11:35:00

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Created by: loxhobabl

Pronunciation: star-lay-zur

Sentence: Kids nowadays are such starlazers because they emulate lives of celebs when they should set their own paths.

Etymology: star: a celebrity or famous person lazy: shiftless; low ambition in life

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Created by: Biscotti

Pronunciation: sel-eb-ra-sized

Sentence: She was so celebrecized with the Britney Spears drama, she didn't sleep until Britney got the kids back from K-Fed.

Etymology: I don't know, this one just sort of came to me without thought...

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: fa-nat-sik

Sentence: Brittney was so fanatsick over the late Princess Di that she started speaking with a British accent and failed to notice that someone had taken her children away.

Etymology: fanatic, sick

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COMMENTS:

Like the way your verbot makes it sound like they have a disease! Good one! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 09:58:00

we're obviously influenced by the same hype - great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-15: 10:53:00

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Created by: claphappy

Pronunciation: \sə-ˈle-brī-təs\

Sentence: Child Protective Services took away my daughter, because of my celebritis.

Etymology: Late 14c; New Latin

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Created by: novaspectyr

Pronunciation: thruh-dol-uh-trize

Sentence: I became thradolatrized by the account of Ms. Hilton's latest video publication. n. thradolater

Etymology: thrall (slave) + idolatrize (to make into an idol)

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COMMENTS:

Very original angle in your sentence and etymology. Very interesting! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 20:46:00

Thrad: such a strong word element! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-17: 16:49:00

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Created by: ttdlxgreg

Pronunciation: bran-jina

Sentence: Sarah has a severe case of Brangina - I suggest she adopt a baby from Africa.

Etymology: Branjelina + angina

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: seh-leb-reh-TOSE-is

Sentence: It was often said by Marilyn's friends that she had a bad case of celebritosis as she was so obsessed with trying to identify with celebrities that she often overlooked social obligations as well as personal affairs, including grooming.

Etymology: Blend of 'celebrity' (a famous or celebrated person) and 'osis' (suffix meaning abnormal or diseased condition)

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: star/sess/ed

Sentence: Jennifer is so starsessed that she knows who every major Hollywood actor is dating, which night clubs they frequent, their favourite designers and the amount of money they make each year, but forgot her daughter's birthday. This celebnatic behaviour is the reason she's a single mother.

Etymology: star + obsessed

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COMMENTS:

Starsesses causing brain absesses (holes where important things fall through) ? ! The power of those 4 words 'forgot her daughter's birthday' overwhelmed me. Excellent strength in your sentence ... and your verboticism! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 11:25:00

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