Verboticisms

Created by: carolzinnov

Pronunciation: No-ears-maniac

Sentence: My manager is a braggart, and is proud of his witty one-liners that he does not listen to anyone else. He is such a noearsmaniac

Etymology: When a person is all ears, he/she is listening to you. No-ears-maniac is a person who is obsessed with his own ideas that he does not listen to what others have to say.

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: EYE-soh-flay-tuhd

Sentence: Alex was so isoflated that, when he got his paper back, he ignored his professor's red ink, especially with regard to apostrophe abuse, you're/your conflation, and 187 occurrences of the nonword "lookit".

Etymology: isolated + inflated

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COMMENTS:

I always thought "lookit" was a word until I found out "looky" was the proper word. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-06: 10:15:00

Bookum, Dano! ;D - Kyoti, 2007-07-06: 11:10:00

I only have to hear that nonword about a googolplex times a day. Makes me want to gouge out my eardrums. - mplsbohemian, 2007-07-08: 20:32:00

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Created by: Firrehawk99

Pronunciation: Con-self-i-fide

Sentence: YOUR CONSELFIFIED!!

Etymology: conceded + self and ified at the end....

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Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Oh-see-diss-ree-guard

Sentence: He gets so full of himself and OCDisregards everyone around him, which isn't always the best thing, he being the brain surgeon and all.

Etymology: OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder... the "C" stands for "cleverness" in this case) + disregard (ignore)

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COMMENTS:

we used to have a self-centred cat like that. A real OCDopuss - galwaywegian, 2007-07-06: 05:05:00

After treatment was the cat OCDogone? - petaj, 2007-07-06: 08:51:00

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Created by: sarahizhott

Pronunciation: bl-ah-bl-ah-bl-ah-niss

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Created by: imurbabygirl

Pronunciation: ub-se-con

Sentence: matt is very obsecon

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this word is conceided mixed with ubsesed - imurbabygirl, 2007-07-06: 10:38:00

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Created by: onlyjoe

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Created by: cheeky18

Pronunciation: sssh ii z e r

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Created by: fefefeha7

Pronunciation: Clock-on-me

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Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: nae-SIS-suh-smug

Sentence: Irving was constantly trying to top his own wordplay. In fact, he was so Narcissismug, that when Alan yelled "Quick! Call 911" he glibly replied, "Here 911! Here boy!"

Etymology: narcissism, smug

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COMMENTS:

great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-06: 09:29:00

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