Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: im per o dees

Sentence: John hates it when his little brother, Freddy, comes and hangs out with him and his buddies, when they watch major sports events on TV. Freddy stuffs his face on snacks, swears and pretends to swill beer and act drunk. His impairodies of John & his friends are legendary. His buddies think it is hilarious, but John just hates getting stuck babysitting the little aper.

Etymology: Impair (mentally or physically unfit;diminished in strength, quality, or utility) & Parodies (makes a spoof of or makes fun of;mimics)

| Comments and Points

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

| Comments and Points

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: herr ed it ik

Sentence: the hereditic was finally proven when aunt Agatha replayed her video recording of john's christening to find a conversation where four generations of Murphy men had their fingers up their nostrils while talking.

Etymology: heredititary, tic

| Comments and Points

Created by: suzanne

Pronunciation: imm - it - hate

Sentence: he broke his pen imithating my constant pen clicking. it made me smile unti ;i realised that it was my pen.

Etymology: im - to copy hate - to despise

| Comments and Points

Created by: playdohheart

Pronunciation: Peer-ah-tate

Sentence: Susan stood with her boss's dry cleaning, peeritated as hell, while Randy handed him tickets to a performance of his favorite opera... in Vienna.

Etymology: peer- an equal, fellow in community; irritation- a state of anger

| Comments and Points

Created by: Bulletchewer

Pronunciation: slob-in-me-be-itchin or -bitchin

Sentence: I find the slobinmebitchin whenever my brother picks it, licks it, rolls it and flicks it.

Etymology: From "slob" meaning "Weezer tune", "in me" and "be itching" or "bitchin". Slobs usually have bad habits, itching is an irritation, and the "in me" covers the mirror bit.

| Comments and Points

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).

----------------------------
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

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

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

| Comments and Points

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ərkō

Sentence: Mike doesn’t care for his new intern. Instead of learning and adopting Mike’s best talents and habits he irchos the worse. All the bad habits and traits he tries to hide behind his cubicle walls come back to smack him in the face.

Etymology: irk (irritate; annoy) + echo (a person who slavishly repeats the words or opinions of another)

| Comments and Points

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: twin-FYUR-e-ate

Sentence: My roommate Karl is so twinfuriating! I hate it when he covers my dirty dishes with his! Like there isn't enough dishcord around here...

Etymology: twin, infuriate

| Comments and Points