Verboticisms

Created by: theyellowbunny

Pronunciation:

Sentence: "You're going to subdoormat yourself again? Get a backbone and speak up!"

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: a gree men tal

Sentence: he nodded in agreemental, she was so pretty her beauty was only matched by her lunacy.

Etymology: agreement, mental

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: con-CORD-ance

Sentence: The team concurred with the boss, although they knew that his views showed what a fool he was. Their concordunce meant that the boss went away happy, but ignorant, and they could carry on doing things the right way.

Etymology: concord (agreement) + dunce (fool)

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COMMENTS:

I work there too! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-19: 08:08:00

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Created by: suzanne

Pronunciation: cun-p-lie

Sentence: Britney Spears is a lyrical genius I complied to my 45yr old CEO.

Etymology: comply- to accede, go along with something. lie- falsehood.

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: speek/kwee/zy

Sentence: Whenever her boyfriend opened his first beer she began to speakqueasy lest she offend his sensibilities

Etymology: speakeasy + queasy

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: fal-ah-seed

Sentence: Her boss was well-known for seeking reprisal, so when he asked her if she liked his plan to open a snowboard shop in Florida, Sue fallacceded and replied "Yes!". (While secretly praying that her concurception wouldn't be found out.)

Etymology: fallacy (falsehood), accede (agree)

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COMMENTS:

Too bad these places of work have so much nonsensus going on. - petaj, 2007-02-19: 17:27:00

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌsɪvlˈɪŋkwɪʃ/

Sentence: Not only did he refuse to civilinquish his viewpoints at the hot dog festival, but he also started handing out flyers advertising the university vegetarian's club.

Etymology: From civility + relinquish

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Created by: chris

Pronunciation: smy-lie-ing

Sentence: Robert hastened to reassure Wayne that he was indeed a fine figure of a man. The fact that the ugly bastard weighed over two hundred pounds and was carrying a broken bottle had nothing to do with it. Yep, Robert was a pastmaster at smilying.

Etymology: smiling while lying

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COMMENTS:

Aye, and a vast pastmaster at that! - Alchemist, 2007-02-19: 10:02:00

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: due-plah-cayte

Sentence: he needed to duplacate his wife quickly or the conversation was going to spiral out of control

Etymology: dupe, placate

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COMMENTS:

sorry erasmus...i didn't realise you had hooked up with my other word and i had a sudden whim to change it.. is there a word for such a whim - rikboyee, 2007-02-19: 19:43:00

bah no worries I was at a loss with this one anyway - erasmus, 2007-02-22: 08:22:00

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Created by: cellardweller

Pronunciation: com-ple-VASE-ion

Sentence: Jenny felt forced into complevasion by Mark's constant braggadocio.

Etymology: COMPLEMENTS paid by EVASION of an insult

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