Verboticisms

Created by: swallowedbyafish

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Sentence: He and his roommate were stuck in a taxing sinbiosis.

Etymology: sin + symbiosis

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: mirərtāshən

Sentence: Like father, like son, they say... Whenever Jack and Jack Jr. spend more than 5 minutes together you can be assured that sparks will fly. They are so much alike that the mirrortation is inevitable. Friends and family always hope that the phrase **You can cut the tension with a knife**, is virtual and not literal.

Etymology: mirror (a reflective surface, now typically of glass coated with a metal amalgam, that reflects a clear image) + irritation (the state of feeling annoyed, impatient, or angry)

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COMMENTS:

Reflective word... - Nosila, 2009-10-22: 01:33:00

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Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: (im-uh-TAG-un-ize)

Sentence: She imitagonized him until he almost went nuts.

Etymology: Imitate+Antagonize

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: net tel sum

Sentence: When Grandma next saw her favourite boy, he was given the title 'nettlesum'. This was because she'd forgotten his special toy and blanket. Wheher you are entering a Palace or a Prison, those "babies" needed their comfort.

Etymology: Nettle (Annoy) & Sum (total) and Wordplay on Togetherness (closeness)

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COMMENTS:

add a cement ness - Nosila, 2011-03-10: 02:08:00

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Created by: PythianHabenero

Pronunciation: hi-paw-cri-cheesed

Sentence: Anna was well and truly hypocricheesed when her roommate's constant need to talk on the phone interfered with her highly important phone calls to people she'd met once on a bus.

Etymology: hypocrisy + cheesed off (meaning annoyed).

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COMMENTS:

Mmm...cheese. Makes the bad habits sound hygiene-related. And the "hypocrisy" notion works better than the overkilled "doppelgaenger" for which many have plumped. - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-04: 14:41:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ape/a/thy

Sentence: Jill's habit of greeting everyone who approached the desk with "what's up guys?" stereophonically in sync with her own sent her into state of apeathy

Etymology: ape (to mimic) + apathy (cool detachment

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Created by: simoneshin

Pronunciation: hahr-suh-siz-uhm

Sentence: with his finger almost touching his brain, mel ventured his disapproval of brad picking his nose. realising that was a moment of pure harsissism.

Etymology: harsh; ungentle, unpleasant narcissism; excessive self-love

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: eh-co-reh-TAY-shun

Sentence: Seeing or hearing some of his own peccadilloes and bad habits from his friends and acquaintenances always causes Wilmer to experience severe bouts of echorritation wherein he shouts the same epithets and insults that they toss his way when HE does or says those things.

Etymology: Blend of 'echo' and 'irritation'

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Created by: ArtCFantaC

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Created by: pinwheel

Pronunciation: dop/ell/an/ger

Sentence: Jim quietly seethed with doppelanger as Suzie threw her dirty laundry on the floor, obscuring his own smelly socks.

Etymology: Doppelganger + anger

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COMMENTS:

Jim and Suzie were the spittingimage of each other -- or is spitting (as in spitting chips) only an Aussie saying? - petaj, 2007-04-04: 05:48:00

twice as funny if you're from Cork. (See Langer!) - galwaywegian, 2007-04-04: 06:08:00

i am from Cork which is why I laughed so much at this one. - suzanne, 2007-04-09: 19:31:00

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