Verboticisms

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: hem-eh-sneer

Sentence: Willard would often listen to his wife Wanda as she would chat with her pals on the phone and more often than not he would hemisneer at what he perceived the gist of the conversation to be.

Etymology: Blend of prefix 'hemi' (half) and 'sneer' ( smile or speak in a contemptuous or mocking manner)

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Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: eerz-drah-ping

Sentence: Dave: "Did I just hear you say to Erica you're going to the Dane Cook show?" Sam: "Were you earsdropping??"

Etymology: Evesdropping + ears, because you do it with ur ears (on the phone) not from the eves....

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Created by: omista

Pronunciation: tela-fela-nE

Sentence: steven, who barely ever listens, jumped to conclusions by commiting another act of telephelony

Etymology: telephone + felony

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COMMENTS:

Sounds like Steven relies on telephelony (i.e. he only half-listens) 100% of the time. - wordmeister, 2007-01-18: 07:53:00

haha, thats a very good one - ToblerOne, 2007-01-18: 10:21:00

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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: danboaz

Pronunciation: dis-fOn-kshun

Sentence: She was crippled by disphonection, always thinking peolpe were talking about her.

Etymology: disfunction + phone

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Created by: socks

Pronunciation: carv-i-tude

Sentence: I know now, from yesterday's carvitude, that she's going to drop me!

Etymology:

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Created by: Kirubeza

Pronunciation: kohn-ver-ee-akt

Sentence: Having secretly eavesdropped on Melissa's side of her chat with her best friend Jane (about her recently deceased hamster, Toby), Martin completely converreacted and wholeheartedly believed that he was being rejected...

Etymology: Conversation and Overreact mashed together :)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: wənvərsāshən

Sentence: According to the oneversation Jill was either planning a surprise party for her friend Nicky or the covert overthrow of Nicaragua though the latter would seem less complicated.

Etymology: one (the lowest cardinal number; half of two) + conversation (the informal exchange of ideas by spoken words)

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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: 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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