Verboticisms

Created by: crissxross

Pronunciation: semiloozhun

Sentence: I came to the semilusion that her father's a pre-teen. Isn't in vitro fertilization amazing?

Etymology: semi + conclusion

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Created by: kyotonils

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Sentence: He caveclutched that I was talking to Jen about our relationship when I was actually updating her about my sick hamster.

Etymology: Reaching haphazardly for understanding in a poorly-lit cave.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: dy al log

Sentence: Eddie knew by the diallog that his wife Pat was having on the phone that they had already been selected for a free Bahamas cruise. Okay, all they had to do was pay for their airfare and expenses to fly from home to Miami and they would be liable for their hotel room and all other costs, but they had won a free trip!! I mean, how often could that happen???

Etymology: Dial (what used to be on telephones) & log (a record of messages sent or received), Wordplay on Dialogue (a conversation between two persons)

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Created by: PolishedAmethyst

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Sentence: Jake made an eavesduction while his wife was talking to his sister in the kitchen. He immediately started making plans around what he thought was his own surprise party.

Etymology: Eavesdrop, deduction

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COMMENTS:

This is my very first entry, so please go easy on me...thanks. :) - PolishedAmethyst, 2007-01-18: 00:56:00

A clever one! - wordmeister, 2007-01-18: 01:04:00

Thank you! You made my day. :) - PolishedAmethyst, 2007-01-18: 01:24:00

Good one, I voted for it. - kyotonils, 2007-01-18: 02:39:00

Most excellent ... well done. - egonschiela, 2007-01-18: 10:34:00

Thank you kyotonils and egonschiela :) - PolishedAmethyst, 2007-01-21: 03:23:00

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: miss con str eeves drop

Sentence: Danny always had one ear on someone else's conversation to the point that he was known as the office misconstreevesdropper.

Etymology: from misconstrue and eavesdropping

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Created by: nonpossumus

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Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: SEH-mee-fone

Sentence: Janis, an expert at semiphonics, made most of her investment decisions based upon her boss's phone conversations. Today she was in for a surprise...

Etymology: semi (half) + phone also *semaphore)

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- Alchemist, 2007-01-18: 00:34:00

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Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: pre-joo-kloo-sjin

Sentence: Doug went off on some prejuclusion because he didn't have the facts.

Etymology: portmanteau of "prejudice" and "conclusion"

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Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: te-le-sum-sjon

Sentence: Jenny listend intently on his phonecall from across the room ,and could thus telesume he would take her out to dinner. Unfortunately for him, he had no idea about any such thing...

Etymology: tele - afar assumption - make a conclusion based on limited facts

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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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