Verboticisms

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: fla-tur-gas-ted

Sentence: Jill was flattergasted when she saw the number one video of the day, "Jill Does Dallas."

Etymology: flattered, flabbergasted

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COMMENTS:

gas! - galwaywegian, 2007-04-25: 05:18:00

You've really captured pythinahabernos' original idea: "The sensation of combined flattery and horror engendered when..." - wordmeister, 2007-04-25: 10:21:00

Yep. This one gets my stamp of approval. :) - PythianHabenero, 2007-04-25: 11:37:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: koh-dak-ah-tack

Sentence: Sue had a major kodakattack when she discovered Bob's bedroom shrine of her half-clad images.

Etymology: Kodak, heart attack

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Created by: americanogig

Pronunciation: Bee-ware-ness

Sentence: Buddy was excited to show his best friend Alice all the pictures he had Photoshopped her into. At first she found it amusing. Then she saw his collection of dirty underwear last seen in HER laundry hamper. Alice felt suddenly uncomfortable around her “friend” as bewareness dawned on her. Her convictions were only strengthened when Buddy sniffed her neck and said, “My, my we’re smelling fresh today.”

Etymology: From be wary and awareness.

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: es/pee/oh/maj

Sentence: Espyhomage is the discovery of a secret infatuation.

Etymology: espy + homage + espionage

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COMMENTS:

I spy with my little eye: a great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-04: 06:22:00

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: tok/sic/stok/sin/drome

Sentence: Jill had to be rushed to the hospital with toxicstalksyndrome after visiting Jack

Etymology: toxic shock syndrome + stalk

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Created by: heb319

Pronunciation: voy-er-a-staw-ker

Sentence: One who has been watching and photographing a "friend" and then spends time at home obsessed with looking through and creating art with photographs of the person about whom he obsesses.

Etymology: Derived from voyeur, "one who likes to watch" and stalker, "one who obsessively follows, terrorizes, or harrasses another"

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Created by: verysimplegame

Pronunciation: In-fa-tu-am-bushed

Sentence: After seeing Doyle's collection of oh-so-creepy snapshots, Jenny felt infatuambushed.

Etymology: Infatuation + ambushed

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: true man tie zd

Sentence: she was severely trumantised by joe's very misguided and very public affection.

Etymology: truman show, traumatised

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COMMENTS:

No doubt Joe was just trying to be trumantic. - petaj, 2007-04-25: 05:24:00

how true, man - galwaywegian, 2007-04-25: 05:39:00

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: voy-yer-rat-tzo

Sentence: Frieda was shocked to discover that Brad was a voyeuratzzo the day that someone sent her a photo on herself on her cell phone that he had sexted to all their friends. When she went to confront him she found more photos and videos of herself in private moments. "How could you do this"? she cried, "do you know how much we could get for these online?"

Etymology: voyeur: one who secretly watches others in their private moments for gratification + rat: a despicable person who betrays or informs on an friend + paparazzo: a photographer who takes candid and compromising photos of celebrities to sell to supermarket rags and magazines

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COMMENTS:

fantatzzo word - Nosila, 2009-11-11: 17:29:00

Great twist! - splendiction, 2009-11-11: 21:03:00

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: tear + ih + foal + ee + oh

Sentence: She's got a terrifolio of me? Oh my gosh, I need to move to a new city!

Etymology: terrify + portfolio

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