Verboticisms

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: 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)

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: mih-rih-TAY-shuhn

Sentence: As Alex left the dishes in the sink unwashed, he contemplated the hypocrisy of his own mirritation.

Etymology: mirror + irritation

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Created by: Erikv

Pronunciation: Mim ick ee

Sentence: He knew he never wanted to be cloned because of the intense mimicky he felt every time Ted aped him.

Etymology: Mimic plus icky

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: mir err tay shun

Sentence: his sense of mirrortation multiplied with each swallowed bogey he witnessed.

Etymology: mirror irritation

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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: rikboyee

Pronunciation: car-bon-cop-eevd

Sentence: he became so carboncopeeved that that he had no choice but to find somewhere else to live

Etymology: carbon copy, peeved

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COMMENTS:

missed this the first time round - good one - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-05: 14:50:00

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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: 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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Created by: jaberdadi

Pronunciation: snackle(verb); eating a snack meal

Sentence:

Etymology:

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