Verboticisms

Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: ri-bi-ter-rate

Sentence: Kramitt Rah-ba-ba-bah had to ribbitterate several times to try and get his love across to Bushwa.

Etymology: Ribbit and Reiterate combined - To say something again or a number or times, typically for emphasis or clarity.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: wun way heet

Sentence: Kermit had just turned his love vehicle down the OnewayHeat. Juanita was not about to yield to him nor fuel his passionate performance. Yup, he was roadkill on the road to true love!

Etymology: OneWay Street (A rroad that only goes one way, not in both directions) & Heat (Intense passion, romance;arouse or incite feelings of passion or emotion)

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COMMENTS:

Super verbotomy - silveryaspen, 2009-02-11: 02:34:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: im/heart/ial

Sentence: Brett is imheartial to Jenny's advances.

Etymology: IMHEARTIAL - noun - from IMPARTIAL (uninvovled; detached; neutral) + HEART (love)

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COMMENTS:

very fitting etymology and word - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 17:52:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: j ill t g ill t

Sentence: she felt some jiltguilt, but remained strong in her conviction that the best he was going to be was a frog

Etymology: jilt guilt

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: that-sham-MOR-ay

Sentence: When Hubert told her he loved her with all his heart Clarissa shuddered in revulsion, but she did have sympathy for the poor oaf and momentarily considered telling a little white lie and saying she loved him too, but was silently singing to herself, Thatshamore', and in the end stuttered and stammered in an effort to change the subject.

Etymology: Blend of 'that's', 'sham', and amore' (Italian for 'love')

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COMMENTS:

super word Mustang - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-10: 10:26:00

well said sentence and excellent word - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 18:02:00

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Created by: readerwriter

Pronunciation: sha-grinche

Sentence: Colin, the office manager, was such a chagrinch at the after hours Valentine's Day office party. It was customary for everyone to exchange silly cards and I love you's. Everyone knew it didn't mean a thing. But, Colin would have special liver-shaped hard candies made with phrases like " Time=$," "UR M-S 2 Clean," "Lites Off B4 leaving," "BB is watching," and "EvalU8 Off N."

Etymology: From CHAGRIN, strong feelings of annoyance + GRINCH, Dr. Seuss's miserly Scrooge

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COMMENTS:

One might chacringe from a chagrinch - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 17:39:00

Love it....especially since we have a guy at work with the same name who would do that!! Eerie that there are 2 of them! - Nosila, 2009-02-20: 01:49:00

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: prik lee pare

Sentence: Peter said "Cabbages are red, they can be green, too. By the natural slaws of selection, Bunny, I love you." Sweet as the poem was , Bunny wanted to curse ... for like, not love, filled her ... I must tell him, but not in a dieverse. Now, how can I put a spin-nachurely, and preserve our green peace, Oh, help me a-spare-agus from a rude-a-bega, please. "Dear Peter, my friend, two-mate-toes, we can never be ... for in me, all that sprouts ... is a rosyred comradish for thee." Even though Bunny said it affectionately, I must report to you very sadly: They remained awkward over their differences to care, ... living everafter, not happily ... but as a pricklypair.

Etymology: PRICKLY, PAIR being a word play on 'prickly pear' cactus ... both can be thorny and uncomfortable.

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COMMENTS:

nice combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-10: 10:26:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: toe dal lee ok wart

Sentence: When the Frog told Esmeralda she was toadallyawesome and she should kiss him, it became a toadallyawkwart moment for her. Should she risk lip warts or should she free a handsome Prince from a spell? She decided that since her dates had been far and few lately, she would give him a big kiss on his (yuck) green lips. He immediately turned into a photo of a handsome Prince, with a slogan on him saying, "Someday, your prints will come.." She dearly hoped that she would not have tadpoles!

Etymology: Toad (amphibian, like a frog) & Totally (like awesome, to the full extent) & Awkward (not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner)& Wart (What you allegedly get on your hands while handling a toad)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: gaw-werd

Sentence: Joyce had decided to terminate her relationship with Tim. He might be handsome but they have absolutely nothing in common. She planned to tell him goodbye when they went out to dinner. It was a truly gawkward event made worse when Tim pulled a ring out of his pocket.

Etymology: gawky (clumsy) + awkward (inelegant)

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: that-sham-MOR-ay

Sentence: When Ralph told her he loved her with all his heart, Marissa shuddered in revulsion, but she did have sympathy for the poor oaf and momentarily considered telling a little white lie and saying she loved him too, but was silently singing to herself, Thatshamore', and in the end stuttered and stammered in an effort to change the subject.

Etymology: Blend of 'that's', 'sham' (fake or phony), and amore' (Italian for 'love')

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