Verboticisms

Created by: VersaVice

Pronunciation: hip/noht/ahyzd

Sentence: Hep me! Hep me! I been HYPNOTEIZED!

Etymology: hypnotize, note

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Created by: Durotriges

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Sentence: Penelope was overcome by pafflement as she struggled to remember the purpose for her existence but was unable to find a meaningful answer in the multitude of notes crowding around her.

Etymology: pap/paper+baffle+cement

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Created by: wordslikevenom

Pronunciation: Prod-not-icate

Sentence: Carol drooled as the waiter read back her order: "Garlic bread with cheese ... Gnocchi with pesto ... a side order of prodnotication with pencil shavings. 6H or HB?"

Etymology: Prod - To poke; remind. Note - to make particular mention of in writing. Suffix

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: noh/tuh/veyt

Sentence: Her yellow stickies posted everywhere keep her notivated and on track to accomplish every deed and detail of the day.

Etymology: note + motivated

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COMMENTS:

Excellent! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-24: 09:26:00

Great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-24: 18:54:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: stikēdikshən

Sentence: Phyllis has been a fan of sticky notes for years. She realized it had become a stickydiction when she found herself writing a note and trying to stick it on her husband reminding herself that he had a doctor’s appointment.

Etymology: sticky (A Post-it note is a piece of stationery with a re-adherable strip of adhesive on the back, designed for temporarily attaching notes to documents and other surfaces) addiction (the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity)

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Created by: administraitor

Pronunciation: fix-a-tiv-ation

Sentence: After Steve was fired, his fixativation with "Notes to self" became apparent when a leaf blower was brought in to clear his office.

Etymology: fixative + fixation

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Created by: Scrumpy

Pronunciation: chit-stik

Sentence: Dave was such a chitstick that he hung post-its to remind himself to be an obsessive sticky note hanger.

Etymology: chit - (a small or informal note) + stick

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Created by: tizher

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Sentence: She would be stuck with the stickma for the rest of her life.

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Created by: kachungis

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Sentence: shes so girgula

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: Note area ryot tee

Sentence: To plot her, well, plot, Minerva, added ideas on sticky notes to her story board. This was her first attempt at writing a book and she found that the notes jarred her memory and helped her to focus on the progression of her writing. By the time she got to Chapter 20, her entire work cubicle area was covered in multi-colored sticky papers. Everyone laughed at her decorating skills. One day she came in to find that all the little papers had fallen to the floor in a colorful blizzard. Minerva's notearearioty came to the attention of the entire office. Her screams were heard all over the building. The book she was working on was tentatively called "Sticky Tickets -How to Keep From Becoming Unglued in Today's Business Climate".

Etymology: Note (Remnder, post-it note;memory jogger)& Area (a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function;the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary;a subject of study) & Riot (a state of disorder;a joke that seems extremely funny) & Notoriety (the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality)

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