Verboticism: Embullish
DEFINITION: v. To obsessively work on, shine and polish something which has no intrinsic value. n. A item which has lots of imagined shine in the eyes of the owner, but no real value for anyone else.
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Flunktionality
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: flunk shun al itee
Sentence: Nick Zogute lived in a lively neighbourhood. His neighbours celebrated every known holiday with lots of lights, decorations and often fell into a competitve rivalry to out-do each other and provide the best display on the street. Nick was no different and applied the scientific skills he used at work as an aerospace designer to improve the displays and add pizzazz to the neighborhood. His kids thought his displays were all flunktionality when his Halloween Display played "Do you hear what I hear?" and his Christmas displays played "We wish you a scary Christmas and a Hapless New Year!"
Etymology: Functionality (capable of serving a purpose well) & flunk (fail to get a passing grade; not work out; not pass standards)
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COMMENTS:
flunktastic! - galwaywegian, 2009-03-10: 06:57:00
You never FLAIL to amuse us, Nosila! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:15:00
great last line! great word! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-10: 14:40:00
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Glosstentatious
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: gloss/ten/tay/shsh
Sentence: Most people were repulsed by his necklace of his own baby teeth and felt it was glosstentacious when he polished it during meetings.
Etymology: gloss + ostentacious
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COMMENTS:
VERY crafty combo,Steverino! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:17:00
love it - galwaywegian, 2009-03-10: 17:20:00
Good word. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-10: 21:01:00
Very clever! - Mustang, 2009-03-10: 23:59:00
A big thumbs up on this word! very good :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-14: 22:59:00
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Misapprehenshine
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: miss ap ree hench eye nn
Sentence: The ornamental 300 pound cast iron weathervane which Jane's late demented husband had sculpted into a very rough image of Mount Rushmore and bolted to the chimney, gave way under the force of her polishing and fell into the Jones' garden, killing Mr Jones as he lovingly tended his asparagus. How upset she was to see her neighbour under a misapprehenshine.
Etymology: misapprehension, shine
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-10: 12:20:00
I love this sentence- it has drama, tragedy, and guffaws, too! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:29:00
great word, too! - splendiction, 2009-03-10: 16:52:00
I laughed, I cried... - Nosila, 2009-03-10: 22:00:00
hahahaha....fun - mweinmann, 2009-03-11: 07:59:00
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Drekenrich
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: drekenrich
Sentence: Marcie's friends wish she had never seen the TV show, Trash to Treasures where they show techniques for transforming refuse into decorative items. She will now drekenrich just about anything she finds. They are each the not-so-proud owners of some of her creations. John has a wreath constructed out of used twist ties and pull tabs from soda cans. Eunice has a broach made from an old belt buckle with shards of broken glass glued to it. But it is Betty who has the greatest "prize" of all, the sculpture of a duck (we think it's a duck) made of clumping cat litter. Every time the weather is humid it gets a little larger.
Etymology: drek (rubbish; trash) + enrich (improve or enhance the quality or value of)
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COMMENTS:
Always loved the word drek! - wayoffcenter, 2009-03-10: 06:03:00
Disturbingly beautiful sentence, and a top-notch word, too! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:13:00
...Sounds like a little hamlet in Bavaria! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:14:00
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Finetoon
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fyne toon
Sentence: No matter what Naomi did to her resume, it always looked like someone had had to finetoon it. How else would her work history look like such a piece of fiction?
Etymology: Fine-tune (polish and perfect) & Toon (cartoon;imaginery, humourous drawing;caricature)
Curriculumwitty
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kuri kyulum wittee
Sentence: Una M. Ploid was working on her resume for the nine hundredth time, to the consternation of her hubby Phil Lee M. Ploid. She had never worked a day in her life, so finding things to fill in the gaps in her work history was a challenge. She decided to list hobbies and achievements instead. She called this work her curriculumwitty, because among her hobbies she knits hats for bald eagles and feeds the squirrels (to larger carnivores). She still cannot figure out why no one ever calls her back...
Etymology: Currculum Vitae (resume;a summary of your academic and work history) & Witty (combining clever conception and facetious expression)
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COMMENTS:
Great idea c= - RightOnTheWin, 2010-09-21: 09:21:00
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Op
Created by: Udrihel
Pronunciation: Op
Sentence: Nakk' ngub Gurk op nah! = She is beautiful like her! Op = Means = Like[noun]
Etymology: op
Preciouscosious
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: pre/shush/coe/shush
Sentence: Gollum would be considered preciouscosious in his obsession with the ring.
Etymology: precious + precosious
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COMMENTS:
Wow.Looks intimidating, but once you pronounce it, you can get into the hobbit of using it. - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:26:00
Great word! - Mustang, 2009-03-11: 00:00:00
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Rubburnish
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: RUB-urn-ish
Sentence: Not only was Accretia a terrible hoarder, she even employed a poor student to come in on the weekends to help rubburnish her collection of tinsel.
Etymology: rubbish (low value) + burnish (polish)
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COMMENTS:
A perfectly hilarious sentence. Accretia cracks me up! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:22:00
super petaj - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-10: 12:22:00
rubs right into the definition, too! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-10: 14:44:00
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Perfectioneering
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: per-fek-shun-EER-ing
Sentence: Something of a drama queen and one with a notable lack of self esteem Miranda would work incessantly to improve any and all manner of things from her written essays to her doll collection to her flatware, believing that her perfectioneering would somehow transform mundane things into works of art.
Etymology: Blend of perfection and engineering (engineer - To plan, manage, and put through by skillful acts or contrivance; maneuver)
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COMMENTS:
Well done. Good sentence. Good word. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-10: 08:42:00
A true classic! A real keeper! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:18:00
very nice - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-10: 12:22:00
Great word and sentence, mustang,I may well borrow that word to pepper in conversations! - Nosila, 2009-03-10: 21:59:00
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