Verboticisms

Created by: jrogan

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Created by: galwaywegian

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: mon-uh-lis-uhn

Sentence: As Tracy would drone on her phone Billy would monolisten and jump to some very odd conclusions.

Etymology: monologue (speech by one person) + listen (hear and pay attention)

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Created by: Mirandala

Pronunciation: oh-ver-hee'-re-see

Sentence: When Jack secretly listened to Sharon's phone call and concluded that she was having an affair, but that was just overhearesy.

Etymology: overheard + heresy

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Well, I would have prefered overheresay, but I always prefer old english pronounciations =) You get a point anyway, it's a cool word! - allwise, 2007-01-18: 03:45:00

Well, I would have prefered overheresay, but I always prefer old english pronounciations =) You get a point anyway, it's a cool word! - allwise, 2007-01-18: 03:46:00

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Created by: chris

Pronunciation: foe-nee-call

Sentence: Roger was an inveterate eavesdropper, but the number of phoneycalls that that had led him to make was legendary

Etymology: Phone + phoney (inaccurate)+ call (double meaning, as in phonecall and 'judgement', as in 'your call')

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Created by: nonpossumus

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: sell/ah/no/mah

Sentence: His advanced stage of cellaknowma, worsened by listening exclusively to one-sided conversations meant that he always jumped to the wrong conclusion - which was very dangerous on the subway

Etymology: cell + Know + melanoma

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Created by: Bulletchewer

Pronunciation: eevz-chop-in'

Sentence: His eavesdropping led to the eaveschopping that Sandra was in cahoots with the forces of uncertain evil.

Etymology: From "eavesdropping" and "chop". Suggests a blunt analysis (geddit? ne'ermind)

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: bee - willd - hurd

Sentence: Jeremy was bewilheard after he listened in on Josiah's phone conversation. Because he only heard half of the dialog, he came to some strange conclusions.

Etymology: bewildered, heard

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Bewilderado... - Nosila, 2009-08-21: 12:38:00

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /"he-mE-'po-th&-sis/

Sentence: She overheard her boyfriend planning what sounded like a surprise birthday for her, but she tried not to get her hopes up. After all, it was just a hemipothesis.

Etymology: From hemi- + hypothesis.

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