Verboticisms

Created by: sunliya

Pronunciation: \'rät-shät\

Sentence: Jeff thinks he's hot stuff when he comes back to the office, glistening after a lunch break spent at the gym, but he's a total rotshot! He reeks! Emily might be the best in yoga class, but she shouldn't have given up deodorant -- she's rotshotting up the joint.

Etymology: Rot: To putrify, often producing a foul smell. Hotshot: One who flaunts his skills.

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Created by: wordslikevenom

Pronunciation: smug-smog

Sentence: It was 5:29PM and close to clocking out time as Milly reached into her desk draw and grabbed the plastic carrier bag from inside, flapping it into the air. The bag ballooned open as she rushed to place it over her head, wrapping it tightly around her neck. Bang on 5:30PM, like clockwork, Lenny raised his arms to the back of his head, lent back into his chair and took a big sniff of his shirt armpit. Milly could hear him taking in the air but despite the plastic protection the smugsmog very nearly knocked Jenny out cold. "Ah", he said, "You couldn't buy that in a bottle, eh?"

Etymology: Smug - too pleased or satisfied about something you have achieved or something you know. Smog - air pollution

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Created by: logarithm

Pronunciation: faul-faek-shEn

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Etymology: Foul - offensively malodorous. Olfaction - the faculty of smell

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Ol-facta-salt

Sentence: The hideous odors emanating from Horace following his workouts amounted to an olfactassault on his co-workers

Etymology: Olfactory + assault

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: mal-oh-dor-BLIV-yis

Sentence: Leonard perceived himself to be a real hunk and thoroughly irresistible to women but he was actually malodorblivious, totally unaware of the putrid odor he exuded due to his poor hygiene habits and the only heads that were turned were those who turned away to avoid the unpleasantness of his aroma.

Etymology: Blend of 'malodorous' (having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad) and 'oblivious' (unmindful; unconscious; unaware)

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Created by: DrWebsterIII

Pronunciation: ee go rank

Sentence: Larry's egorank was a growing problem wafting around the office. His colleagues would make a stink when he approached the water cooler, which they developed a sense for his proximity to, and surreptitiously say, "quick, scatter, here comes Larry with his pridefunk".

Etymology: EGO: self-conceit, pride, self-love + RANK:, offensive, foul, ripe, malodorous

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Created by: Rhyme79

Pronunciation: spree-kuh

Sentence: Why is it that spreeks are always men who wear sleeveless t-shirts? They always smell of B.O. or patchouli essential oil. Sometimes, with a master spreek, it's a stenchful mixture of the two.

Etymology: 'S' from smell + 'P' from perspire + reek = spreek

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Created by: frenchprof

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Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: Un-smel-er

Sentence: Ralph was known as an unsmeller when it came to his reeking body odor after working out.

Etymology: Un-Smeller- To undo, as in to "unsmell" or so he thinks.

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: igg no rank

Sentence: he was so ignorank, he mistook the receptionist's shortness of breath for interest. Otherwise he wouldn't have leant over her desk at the precious time she lost her lunch.

Etymology: ignorant, rank

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COMMENTS:

Ha! Great word and sentence! - purpleartichokes, 2007-10-02: 04:35:00

Maybe if she had ignited a match, his ignoble odour might not have precipitated her nausea - petaj, 2007-10-02: 08:28:00

Excellent! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-02: 08:53:00

funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-02: 12:48:00

Excellent and a great sentence! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-02: 18:05:00

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