Verboticisms

Created by: claphappy

Pronunciation: \sə-ˈle-brī-təs\

Sentence: Child Protective Services took away my daughter, because of my celebritis.

Etymology: Late 14c; New Latin

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Created by: dalmero8

Pronunciation: ce/leb/se/ssion

Sentence: Her celebsession with celebreties in rehab is annoying and sometimes creepy!!!

Etymology: celebrity (or celebrated person) + obsession

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COMMENTS:

Glad I read your comment to Tigger before commenting. GMTA ... great minds think alike! So when two of you independently came up with the same verboticism ... it must be doubly good! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 20:57:00

That happens frequently around here, dalmero8. Don't sweat it... Say, wouldn't it be simple to just keep track of the celebrities that aren't in rehab? - Tigger, 2008-02-15: 21:57:00

I like it!! Sounds a lot like my own obsessceleb. - Mustang, 2008-02-15: 22:53:00

Good word! - Stevenson0, 2008-02-16: 15:01:00

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Created by: swallowedbyafish

Pronunciation: starstuck (duh)

Sentence: She called it a hobby, but the quilt made out of old tabloid pages on her bed attested to the obvious fact that she was starstuck.

Etymology: starstruck + stuck

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Simple, but right to the point. I like it. - ErWenn, 2008-02-15: 09:38:00

Stellar creation! Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:12:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: fa-nat-sik

Sentence: Brittney was so fanatsick over the late Princess Di that she started speaking with a British accent and failed to notice that someone had taken her children away.

Etymology: fanatic, sick

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COMMENTS:

Like the way your verbot makes it sound like they have a disease! Good one! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 09:58:00

we're obviously influenced by the same hype - great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-15: 10:53:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: in-mat-oo-eyt-ed

Sentence: Matt Damon, Matt Damon, Matt Damon... That's all Cynthia ever thinks about. She knows EVERYTHING about him, what he likes, what he doesn't like, what he eats, who he's been with, even what toothpaste he uses. She has seen all his films at least a dozen times each. The printing on her "Borne" CDs has worn off from constant handling. She is so inmattuated that she regularly writes to correct his publicist.

Etymology: infatuated (possessed by a foolish or extravagant passion, esp for another person)+ Matt Damon (Matt Damon)

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Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: sell-ebb-re-tard

Sentence: Realizing that her fish had all died and that she had not eaten properly in a week, Jackie realized that her obsession with following the details of Britney Spears' mental breakdown had caused her to celebretard her own life.

Etymology: celebrity - a celebrated person + retard -a holding back or slowing down.

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COMMENTS:

Excellent etymology ... couldn't have chosen a better descryptive combo ... especially the retard! Great creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:04:00

i didn't want to offend anyone -so i made sure to put the definition as written in Webster's. Though i suppose people don't necessarily get up in arms when they read their kids pj's are flame retardant. - libertybelle, 2008-02-15: 10:35:00

I never gave it a thought libertybelle ... good point. It is never my intention to offend, when words can be perceived in many ways. Yet ... I can't help thinking, if we shunned every word that might be mindtwisted so it can be construed offensive, we might have to become mutants! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 11:10:00

Either that, or we'll have to create verbotocisms like "rockrock" or "boulderstone" - DeltaRho2K, 2008-02-15: 13:41:00

Great creation! It could also apply to the celebrities who do stupid things in public eye to inspire such fascination. - Tigger, 2008-02-15: 23:00:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: səlebrəmentl

Sentence: You can call them superstars, VIPs, or the rich & famous, whatever you like, Judy is completely celebrimental about them. She spends so much time keeping up with her faves that her husband has to schedule things like discussing their kids.

Etymology: a combination of celebrity (the state of being well known), mental (suffering from disorders or illnesses of the mind) & sentimental (prompted by feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia)

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Created by: green

Pronunciation: see-leg-suk-er

Sentence: She was a total Celebsucker who wallpapered her car windows with cut-outs from people magazine

Etymology: celebrity + sucker

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Created by: XMbIPb

Pronunciation: /as-tral-ob-se-shen/

Sentence: “Just like after the car crash that killed Princess Di, Jenny’s astralobsession almost drove her to suicide after Michael Jackson O.D.’d on propofol.”

Etymology: “astrum” n., – (Lat.), star “obsession” n., - compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea or emotion often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety

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Created by: Niktionary

Pronunciation: fan-thet-ik

Sentence: She is so fanthetic, she calls in sick to work on all the days Britney goes to court, claiming a family emergency. She was written up twice last month!

Etymology: fanatic+pathetic

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COMMENTS:

Pathetic in the etymology was a great idea! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 20:33:00

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