Verboticisms

Created by: ttdlxgreg

Pronunciation: bran-jina

Sentence: Sarah has a severe case of Brangina - I suggest she adopt a baby from Africa.

Etymology: Branjelina + angina

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Created by: Maxine

Pronunciation: si leh bree ayt

Sentence: Celine, ever celebriated, lives in the two-dimensional world of popular magazines and gossip websites, neglecting to raise her head regardless of whether her phone rings, whether her dinner burns, or whether her frail father falls harshly down the stairs.

Etymology: celebrity, inebriate

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Indulgently good creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:47:00

I like your description of celebriation as a "two-dimensional world." Very insightful. - Tigger, 2008-02-15: 22:07:00

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: dum-star-die-vher

Sentence: Greg Legregarious was sunk in the depths of infanity. He was so starstruck he spent his time idylly diving into their lives. He was nothing but a dumstardiver!

Etymology: Dumbstruck by stars, diving into their lives = a dumstardiver. A play on dumpster diver!

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COMMENTS:

It really is garbage they're diving into - so sad - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-15: 11:09:00

nice word! and i agree with jabberwocky, it so sad - 8Revolution8, 2008-02-15: 14:25:00

That is brilliant. - Maxine, 2008-02-15: 19:28:00

trashy ho's fo sho - nice one - swallowedbyafish, 2008-02-16: 13:34:00

Yeh, trashy. Probably find Beavis & Butthead in there! Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-17: 16:44:00

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Created by: DeltaRho2K

Pronunciation: sim' - joo - gate

Sentence: Her son simjugates himself into his Rune Scape world, so mom had to take his computer privileges away in order to get him to do his homework. Also may be used as a noun as in: The aged simjugate dressed up in his undersized Spock shirt to attend the Over 40 Trekkie convention. Can also be used in adjective form: The simjugated woman wept for 3 straight days after John's death on her "Days of our Lives" show.

Etymology: Sim - as in living life through "The Sims". -jugate - from conjugate - to join

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COMMENTS:

Great sentence! Great originality ... in presenting this aspect! Nice one! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 20:43:00

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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: 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: alphabetapolothology

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: ob - SESS - seh - leb

Sentence: Every day Prunella would obsessceleb endlessly over her favorite show biz personalities as she pored over the gossip magazines.

Etymology: obsession - celebrity

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COMMENTS:

Very descryptive! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:29:00

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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: Wattywords

Pronunciation: slɛb'sɛs

Sentence: Looking up from his keyboard, James McCowan observed the woman as she entered the office. Glancing around, she scanned the walls quickly, as if seeking approbation from the brightly coloured posters supporting local events and charities. Though dingily dressed in worn jeans and a ketchup-stained t-shirt, she paused, shoulders back and with one foot advanced, shook her lank blonde hair and confronted the man with her yellowing beam for just a few seconds too long. Her large handbag, stuffed with magazines, dwarfed her tiny frame. The Councillor's heart sank. Another fan, here to petition him to approve Milly Cyrus' application for a music license for her country pile. Why the wretched woman had bought a manor house in Warwickshire to throw exclusive parties was beyond him, but the slebsession of the local women had tuned the issue into a lightening rod of political pain. This was decidedly not what James had entered public service to deal with.

Etymology: Celebrity. Obsession.

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