Verboticisms

Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: blame/bee/dex/trose

Sentence: A blamebedextrous person can shift blame with double the speed.

Etymology: blame + be + ambidextrous

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COMMENTS:

clver! - mweinmann, 2009-06-18: 08:52:00

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Created by: Moonstar

Pronunciation: Blam-hore

Sentence: Tina was a sweet girl, but when that Blamhor idiot Gretchen spilled red wine all over her brand new wedding dress, then blamed Tina for making her do it, Tina snapped, chasing her round the room in her soiled dress on her big day.

Etymology: Blame, as in to place blame + Whore, as in prostitute or manwhore.

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /RAP-shun-uh-liyz/

Sentence: Nothing was ever Doug's fault, and he would be the first one to admit that. He would raptionalize away any hint of blame for anything that went wrong, and he never hesitated to name a scapegoat for any conceivable problem. Doug made an art out of 'passing the buck'. Even when he was caught taking office supplies from the office, he blamed his parents for not spending enough time with him as a child, because, he explained, they were both workaholics.

Etymology: Rap - blame or punishment, especially for a crime (from Swedish, rapp "light blow" as in a rebuke) + Rationalize - to ascribe problems to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid, but are actually unrelated (from Latin, ratiōnālis "reason")

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: fawlt/foist

Sentence: Jenny faultfoists all her marriage problems on her mother.

Etymology: fault (flaw; failing) + foist (to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: fall tee pow urs

Sentence: Basil Fawlty is a faultypowers. He faultypowers his hotel guests for expecting too much from him, like sunny weather and decent food. He faultypowers his wife Sybil, his little nest of vipers, for his cynical world view, due to his prison camp of a marriage (she being the warden, of course and he the lifer). And mainly he faultypowers Manuel, his dogsbody, on everything and anything else that clouds his day, just because Manuel is from Barcelona and can never understand enough English to know he is to blame. In his own mind, nothing is ever Basil's fault. Luckily he has Sybil to constantly remind him that he is wrong about that, too!

Etymology: faulty (describes a situation where things are wrongly done; being responsible for errors or defects;gives reason to complain) & powers (in fluential persons; ability to act or make changes; superhuman skills) & for rhyming and reference, Fawlty Towers (popular British sitcom)

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COMMENTS:

I love Faulty Towers! - pieceof314, 2008-04-24: 11:30:00

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: en/vyro/mental/pest

Sentence: An environmentalpest is worse than global warming.

Etymology: environmentalist + mental + pest

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: man ip u blaym

Sentence: Sherry is the Queen of manipublame. Nothing in the world is ever her fault. It's her parent's fault she was born; her teachers' fault she did poorly in school;her boss' fault she got fired and her boyfriend Andrew's fault that she is having to plan a wedding. If he thinks she's grumpy now, wait till she is stressed out by wedding details. Run, Andrew, run while you still can...

Etymology: Manipulate (influence or control shrewdly or deviously) & Blame (Accuse;reproch;attribute responsibility to)

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Created by: jadespring

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Etymology: from german stinkfinger.

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Created by: stache

Pronunciation: āt'rə-bŭt'

Sentence: "You're such an attributt," Georg whined. Inga had just finished explaining why he was responsible for the rainstorm that soaked them as they dashed from their car to the bistro, and for the lack of nearby parking spots.

Etymology: 'attri,' var. of Atra, trade name for late 20th century shaving device; 'butt,' any of several flatfishes, esp. the halibut; literally, 'attributt' is 'to shave one's halibut.'

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COMMENTS:

worth a vote for the etymology alone!! - galwaywegian, 2008-04-24: 07:20:00

What can I say? lol Good word. - Mustang, 2008-04-24: 22:13:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kəlpəboŏlē

Sentence: Joyce is a culpabully, blaming everybody else for everything that happens to her or anyone else. Just this morning her dog Patsy took a lambasting for causing Joyce to drop her breakfast even though he was sleeping in his crate at the time.

Etymology: culpability (deserving blame) + bully (a person who uses strength or power to harm or intimidate those who are weaker)

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