Verboticisms

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: loop-ah-toe-mee

Sentence: I was trying to do the crossword today, and had a bad case of loopotomy. All I could hear in my head was "Tie me kangaroo down, sport" over and over and over...

Etymology: loop (endless repeating bit of audio) + lobotomy (Surgical incision into the frontal lobe of the brain to sever one or more nerve tracts)

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COMMENTS:

Aw geez, now that song is stuck in my head. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-20: 06:40:00

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Created by: iwasatripwire

Pronunciation: re-dum-dun-see

Sentence: "Tubthumping" caused such a severe case of redumbdancy that Karen was unable to study for over a week

Etymology: dumb + redundancy

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: LIR-ik-zorbd

Sentence: After hearing a favorite song, Alice would often become absolutely lyricsorbed and finding herself becoming increasingly annoyed to not be able to stop repeating the song over and over in her mind thru the day.

Etymology: Blend of lyrics (the words of a song) and absorbed (engrossed; deeply interested)

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Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: leer/ic/loop

Sentence: The doctor diagnosed it as "Lyricloop Syndrome" which could only be cured by beta-brain blockers and a week's holiday in a warm spot without access to an iPod, steel drums, or a karaoke machine.

Etymology: lyric (song) + loop (something that continues endlessly)

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Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I'm completely poploopy with this darn song in my head!

Etymology: Pop: Pop song, Loopy: crazy & the song is on a loop

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Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: eer-wermd

Sentence: She was so earwormed she didn't even notice she had filed the tips off her fingers.

Etymology: ear + worm (wiggling through your brain)

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COMMENTS:

bzooom... that was my word ;) whatever... in german that is a common saying "i got an earworm"... in german "ohrwurm" - jonobo, 2007-05-12: 11:44:00

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: re pet ee pop

Sentence: colin had been stuck in the lift and could not get that repetipop song out of his head, in the end he started singing "I know a song that will get on your nerves" to try and forget it.

Etymology: from repetition and pop

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Created by: emd2k3

Pronunciation: toon-a-see

Sentence: Thanks to Gwen Stefani, I'm mired in my own state of tunacy.

Etymology: Tune, Lunacy

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Created by: BMott

Pronunciation: song - uh - ton -ya

Sentence: My brother made me listen to N-Sync today, and I've been suffering with terrible songatonia ever since.

Etymology: Song - Music, ditty atonia - From catatonia, a state of stupor.

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Created by: dovey1

Pronunciation: rE pet ti tune Itis

Sentence: I have been suffering all day with a very bad case of repetitunitis.

Etymology: repeti for repetitive -pertaining to or characterized by repetition. tun for tune- to put a musical instrument in tune (often fol. by up). to give forth a musical sound. to be in harmony or accord; become responsive. itis for itis-a suffix used in pathological terms that denote inflammation of an organ (bronchitis; gastritis; neuritis) and hence, in extended senses, nouns denoting abnormal states or conditions, excesses, tendencies, obsessions, etc. (telephonitis; baseballitis).

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COMMENTS:

Excellent first attempt,dovey1, welcome aboard! - Nosila, 2009-09-11: 23:35:00

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