Verboticisms

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: 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: loxhobabl

Pronunciation: star-lay-zur

Sentence: Kids nowadays are such starlazers because they emulate lives of celebs when they should set their own paths.

Etymology: star: a celebrity or famous person lazy: shiftless; low ambition in life

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /laɪmˌlaɪt.lɪŋ/

Sentence: He considered retiring from the public eye as the near-constant pestering by limelightlings was getting on his nerves. The two or three e-mails per week were just too much for one man to handle and stay sane. Somebody even recognized him at the store last month!

Etymology: From limelight + -ling, reminiscent of lighning

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COMMENTS:

Limelightling bug! Ingenious! You have my adoration for your creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:20:00

Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-17: 16:50:00

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Created by: CanadianAndyCapp

Pronunciation: Hi-per-glit-ter-are-tee-main-ee-ah

Sentence: The world has always looked for celebrities to give their lives a standard for wishful fantasy. However, in today's multimedia environment, this has become elevated to a state of Hyperglitteratimania!

Etymology: Hyper- To be elevated beyond reality. / Glitterati- Coloquial form of popular celebrity. / Mania- All-consuming obsession

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COMMENTS:

I like the epidemic proportions of your sentence and Hyperglitteratimania! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:52:00

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Created by: arkon1

Pronunciation: posh-izm

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Created by: Biscotti

Pronunciation: sel-eb-ra-sized

Sentence: She was so celebrecized with the Britney Spears drama, she didn't sleep until Britney got the kids back from K-Fed.

Etymology: I don't know, this one just sort of came to me without thought...

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Created by: picabomama

Pronunciation: /fame/fat/u/ate/

Sentence: Despite hunger pangs, eye fatigue and loss of circulation to her legs, Deb could bring herself to do nothing but sit and FAMEFATUATE over her latest copies of trashy tabloid magazines all the while tuned in to E Entertainment Television.

Etymology: fame + infatuate

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COMMENTS:

Nice alliteration! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 11:35:00

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Created by: TheStorialist

Pronunciation: MAYR-ih-lin-mawn-ROH-ment (esp. breathlessly)

Sentence: I foolishly chose to wear a skirt on a windy day, and nearly had a Marilynmonroment.

Etymology: Finnish.

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: foo-LUH-jahyz

Sentence: They were a motley bunch of dysaficionados, waiting for days to catch a fleeting glimpse of their favorite silebrities. And in snow, sleet and rain celuvoids hugging fandamentalists foologized about fanalties, whilst their own lives stalled on empty.

Etymology: FOOLOGIZE: fool -a silly or empty headed person: log|os|: speech & ize: verbal suffix. CELUVOID: empty "head" about films & screen stars. FANDUMENTALIST: one who believes every word written in "celebazines". FANALTIES: fan's banalities.

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Sounds like she might even be a Tomfoolerist! All tomfoolery aside, the fool in foologize makes it a great creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:16:00

Sounds like she might even be a Tomfoolerist! All tomfoolery aside, the fool in foologize makes it a great creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:16:00

Sorry it posted twice ... had a freeze-up on the computer ... only put it once ... but evidently it took before and after the sticky-up! Dang it! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:56:00

what a tongue twister - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-15: 11:10:00

great word u came up with there! i like saying out loud! sounds so wierd... - 8Revolution8, 2008-02-15: 14:27:00

Maybe it's the oooh ...oooh ... in the foooh loooh gize that makes this such a fun word to say! Your verbot has oooh-ooohing in more ways than one! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 20:38:00

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