Verboticisms

Created by: GlobalGallery

Pronunciation: four-tee-luv

Sentence: It was fortilove at first sight. Maria was feeling uneasy after Carlos spent so much money on her. The dinner, the flowers, the limo. What was next, a ring? He made such an effort to score points and win her affections but she felt it was inappropriate. Anything more would be too much and it would be game over.

Etymology: A play on the tennis score '40-luv' where the game is over if the server scores the next point.

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COMMENTS:

Good one! - TJayzz, 2009-02-10: 14:53:00

Super clever. Great create. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 17:47:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: feer/vor

Sentence: Sally had an aversion to intimacy and experienced tremendous fearvor when anyone mentioned the 'L' word.

Etymology: fervor (intense emotion) + fear

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COMMENTS:

fiercesome - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 17:44:00

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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: 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: 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: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Bluu-sh-off

Sentence: When Richard declared his undying love for Anna, she was mortified and a little embarrassed. Although she liked him, she had to give him the blushoff as there was no way she could think of him as anything other than a friend.

Etymology: Blush(to be embarrassed) Play on give someone the brush off.

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COMMENTS:

cute and hits the meaning well. - mweinmann, 2009-02-10: 09:37:00

super - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-10: 10:24:00

Perfection! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 17:36:00

Excellent!! - Mustang, 2009-02-10: 21:31:00

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Created by: idavecook

Pronunciation: SH-UH-CKS-FOO

Sentence: I was totally shuxfued last night after Stacy just grinned and won the world's shoe gazing contest...

Etymology: Aww Shux + Kung Fu to the ticker.

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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: 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: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: Kew-Pee-Doom

Sentence: With Bob's words "I hope we remain lifetime friends", an erostaut Teresa instantly understood the shattering signifance between being in 'cupid-dom' and facing the reality of 'cupidoom'.

Etymology: Cupid: the roman god of passinate love & doom - ruin, destruction; and Cupid and dom: the realm of Cupid. Erostaut: Eros: physical love, sexual love & taut: expierencing stress or anxiety.

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