Verboticisms

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: jedijawa

Pronunciation: slop-el-gang-er-eye-tis

Sentence: Slopelgangeritus took over as Bill's irritation at his roommate burst forth even though Bill knew that he did the same things and shouldn't be mad at his friend.

Etymology: slop + doppelganger + itis

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COMMENTS:

Has there been an outbreak of itisitis in the verbotomy circle? - petaj, 2007-04-04: 05:51:00

Slopelgangrene sounds really nasty - petaj, 2007-04-04: 05:55:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: ha-bi-tat-for-twin-san-i-tee

Sentence: After falling in the toilet for the third time that week, and not knowing if it was he who had left the seat up, Bob realized that rooming with Jeff had gone from peaceful cope-habitation to a habitatfortwinsanity.

Etymology: habit, habitat, twin, insanity, Habitat for Humanity

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COMMENTS:

lol..love it! - Sketchy, 2007-04-04: 16:21:00

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: mi-ri-tay-shun

Sentence: It wound Zach up no end when antisocial eejts in the quiet carriage shouted their stupid lives into their stupid mobiles. It was interfering with the sound of his chirruping Angry Birds app.

Etymology: mirror (to reflect or depict faithfully) + irritation (to excite to impatience or anger)

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Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: aN-oy-mirr-age

Sentence: As their habbits reflected each other, they got annoymirraged, and upped the anté by chewing even louder!

Etymology: to annoy + a mirrage

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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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Created by: timmy

Pronunciation: Im hungrey

Sentence: I'm hungry!

Etymology:

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: mar/sell/mar/sew/ism

Sentence: Who would have thought a co-worker would arrive dressed as a mime (my usual attire) and cause such marcelmarceauism.

Etymology: Marcel Marceau (famous mime) + ism

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Created by: Jaxies

Pronunciation: /mirra-irra-tay-shun-a-lism/

Sentence: "Doug had developed an acute case of mirrirritationalism as his roommate's snoring increased every night. It did nothing to appease his mind that every other night his roommate thought the same thing about him."

Etymology: Mirror + irration + -alism

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Created by: urbanwookie

Pronunciation: mim-eo-pathy

Sentence: Justin was such a profound mimeopath it was surprising he could bear people breathing in the same room...

Etymology: mimeo (duplicate, copy) + pathy (Feeling, suffering, perception)

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