Verboticisms

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: cash/hay

Sentence: Sally was strongly attracted to Stu because he had a certain cashheh. It had nothing to do with his bulging wallet.

Etymology: cachet + cash + heh

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COMMENTS:

Clever pun! Exceptional Won! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-17: 13:00:00

Punspirational! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-17: 22:36:00

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: klept - oh - swain - ee - ah

Sentence: Jill stole her first husband from his fitness center because of his muscular physique and good looks. She divorced him for his lack of brains. Jill stole her second husband away from the stock market because she liked his money. She divorced him because he wouldn't let her spend a dime of it. Jill stole her third husband away from politics as she was attracted by his prestige and power. She divorced him because she was tired of taking orders from him. So it went, Jill was drawn to swain after attractive swain. Like many other women, Jill suffered from kleptoswainia. It is a common disorder in today's world

Etymology: Kleptomania, Swains. KLEPTOMANIA: a woman's obsessive attraction for men (swains) of quality, so strong, it often leads to stealing them away. SWAINS: attractive men, whatever their qualities might be ... good heart, intelligence, wit, looks, prestige,

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COMMENTS:

different take on it - very nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-17: 14:01:00

Love you use of swain. Great blend of ON & Greek words. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-17: 22:22:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: may err gaz ma tron

Sentence: she was the ultimate mayorgasmatron, hot and high maintenance.

Etymology: mayor orgasmatron, matron, the doo ron ron , rontonamera,

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: rangk-IN-phile

Sentence: The moment our eyes met, I had $ense to know that we were an "exact matching." His deep "green-back" eyes, slumped "head and shoulders" which had long ago peaked hiding century old, blushless cheeks deep as one of his Western Australian open-cut iron ore mines. Our "historical exchange" was fatal; it was his last trading day; you could say that the "horizontal spread" had been too much for him. I had hit a "home run" Perhaps, for him, it had been a "self-liquidating loan" The "separation theorem" told me that I was the richest 25 year old rankinphile in the Southern Hemisphere. Girlfriend, it was "back up the truck" my "line of credit" was about to flow.

Etymology: Blend of Rank, Ranking: social class, standing,status & -Phile: attraction to, liking for, preference for, obsession with.

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COMMENTS:

What a cent$able $entence! $plendid Won! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-17: 13:13:00

great sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-17: 14:01:00

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Created by: Biscotti

Pronunciation: sta-tus-track-shun

Sentence: Emilio was in statustraction with Brittney Spears; even though he knew he could never get with her because he was quite ugly.

Etymology: status (position in the world) + satisfaction (happiness) + attraction (love or appreciation)

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COMMENTS:

His song might be "I can't get no Statustraction!" Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-17: 12:55:00

great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-17: 13:50:00

Excellent! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-17: 22:21:00

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Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: prow-track-shun

Sentence: It didn't seem to matter to Linda that her new beau was severely deficient in personal hygiene skills and basic principles of politeness, her protraction to him was solely based on the fact that he drove a Ferrari. (Too bad she didn't realize that "Ferrari" was a pure emblemishment and was really a Fiat in disguise!)

Etymology: professional + attraction

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COMMENTS:

Linda, the protractor, didn't quite get the right angle! Complements to you. Outstanding Won! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-17: 13:06:00

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Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: Greed-glu-ter

Sentence: Streetcornergutterslut was such a greedglutter she would do anything to get what she wanted!

Etymology: Greed:An excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth. Gluter:(slang for gluton) A person who is always eager for more of something usually unpleasant, for the sake of their own twisted $atisfaction.

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: dol/lured

Sentence: When he arrived at the party and with her first glance she knew he was a total nerd, but when she heard he was just made a partner in his law firm and was unattached, she was immediately dollured by his hidden assets.

Etymology: dollar + lure + allure

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COMMENTS:

Exceptionally Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-17: 13:24:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: fiss-kull-ah-trak-shun

Sentence: The classes in whorticulture finally paid off when she met the Popeye'd face millionaire and was able to recognize the subtle signs of fiscalattraction stirring within her.

Etymology: fiscal, attraction, physical attraction

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COMMENTS:

etymology - and physical attraction good one - petaj, 2008-03-17: 06:26:00

Thanks petaj. I forgot to put the physical in the etymology. I hate Mondaze. - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-17: 06:41:00

bet she made his spineache - galwaywegian, 2008-03-17: 08:00:00

Whorticulture and fiscalattractions! Outstanding Puns! Double Wonderfuls! SuperDuper Wons! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-17: 13:22:00

nice one purple - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-17: 13:49:00

whorticulture! I think we should be able to vote for that one too! Two great words in one! - arrrteest, 2008-03-17: 15:53:00

Great words. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-17: 22:17:00

Fantastic pun! - Tigger, 2008-03-17: 23:31:00

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Created by: steveolderman

Pronunciation:

Sentence: His head could always be turned by a person's most obvious and superficial qualities. His father was just the same. In fact he came from a long line of shallowists.

Etymology: shallow + ist

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COMMENTS:

Describes such people to a T. Excellent Won! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-17: 18:28:00

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