Verboticisms

Created by: timmy

Pronunciation: Im hungrey

Sentence: I'm hungry!

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Created by: angel23

Pronunciation: (hall-air-i-um)

Sentence: She was in a natural state of hollarium when he showed up on her doorstep.

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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: 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: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: vex-sim-i-lee

Sentence: Jim and Dan were a vexsimile of each other. Even though the twins looked alike, they couldn't stand to be in the same room together because their habits rankled each other to the point of anger.

Etymology: vex: to annoy or irritate + simile:(latin) figure of speech meaning like or similar + facsimile: fax, a copy or reproduction

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COMMENTS:

Double trouble! - Nosila, 2009-10-22: 01:29:00

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

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Created by: Sketchy

Pronunciation: twin-CH

Sentence: Today I saw Earl drink milk from the carton and I started to twinch. I thought I was the only one in the house who did that???

Etymology: twin, twitch

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Created by: unclerobb

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Sentence: After following the trail of Dorito crumbs from their rooms into the hallway, Tom and Joe were overcome by a feeling of palindromony.

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Your entymology will give you more points and votes! - Nosila, 2009-10-22: 01:30:00

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

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Created by: astraea22

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