Verboticisms

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: səlebseshən

Sentence: Jill has such a clelbsession that she finds it hard to leave the house. First, because she might miss some news about one of her favorites. Secondly, she has been known to squeal and faint at the sight of a local celeb in the form of the local TV weatherman who shops at her neighborhood grocery.

Etymology: celebrity (a famous person) + obsession (the state of being preoccupied with someone or something)

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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: lauram22

Pronunciation: ce-le-bre-man-ia

Sentence: Jenny has celebremania, she is obsessed with celebs!

Etymology: celeb- a famous person re- mania- excessice addiction

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Created by: mangos123

Pronunciation: NUR-null

Sentence: The girl wants a nurnelle for her birthday this year.

Etymology: I just randomly said it one time. It means a bunny-cat-elephant-camel like animal. I dont know how to change the definition up there. If you know how, can you leave it in the comment box? Also, I can't find out how to make a new word after I made this one!!! :(

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: star/sess/ed

Sentence: Jennifer is so starsessed that she knows who every major Hollywood actor is dating, which night clubs they frequent, their favourite designers and the amount of money they make each year, but forgot her daughter's birthday. This celebnatic behaviour is the reason she's a single mother.

Etymology: star + obsessed

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COMMENTS:

Starsesses causing brain absesses (holes where important things fall through) ? ! The power of those 4 words 'forgot her daughter's birthday' overwhelmed me. Excellent strength in your sentence ... and your verboticism! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 11:25:00

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: share/la/tan

Sentence: The concert hall was full of cherlatans and most of them were men.

Etymology: cher + charlatan

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COMMENTS:

Good pun! Fun creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 20:52:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: dis fan shun al

Sentence: Mommy's day was always hectic, between trying to think of baby names for TomKat,Brangelina,NicKeith,ToriDean,GwenGav and JLoMarc and planning Fergie/Josh's wedding and deciding what designer Eva,Teri,Nicolette,Charlize,Cameron,Lindsay,Zac,Halle and Queen Latifah would wear on the Oscar Red Carpet. People thought her dysfantional, but honestly, her kids,Paris,Britney,Elvis,Rihanna,Drew and the Olsen Twins were perfectly capable of nuking their own tv dinners!

Etymology: dysfunctional (impaired in function) & fan (as in fanatic - obsessive, irrational enthusiasm)

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COMMENTS:

good but very scary! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-15: 05:30:00

I'm almost dysfantional about your name-dropper sentence! Great creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:01:00

Who let the dysfantionals on this site?!? Nice verbotocism! - DeltaRho2K, 2008-02-15: 13:32:00

Wow, you know a lot of celeb nicknames! Do you a little bit of dysfantion yourself? ;) Very funny. - Tigger, 2008-02-15: 22:46:00

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Created by: beccafuller

Pronunciation: Smutt-mon-ger

Sentence: If you weren't such a smuttmonger we'd have cornflakes in the house!

Etymology: smutt monger

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COMMENTS:

A monster of a verboticism! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:06:00

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