Verboticisms

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: 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: kaiservunderbar

Pronunciation: mal-face -ous

Sentence: A malfaceous odour rose from his decaying body

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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.

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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: jonobo

Pronunciation: i right ation

Sentence: After irightating my way through the party i realized that i had no friends because i deserved no friends. Obsessive irightation may lead to the character of an irighctator.

Etymology: i am right irritation of self-reflection.

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Created by: zrotv

Pronunciation: sĭm'ə-prŏks-ĭm'ĭ-rāt

Sentence: When you get mad about me not doing the dishes its clear that you're simply getting simiproximirated, because we all know full well that you are not the cleanliest pig in the sty.

Etymology: Simi (from Latin similis, like) + proximity (The state, quality, sense, or fact of being near or next; closeness. from latin proximus, nearest) + irate (Extremely angry; enraged. Latin iratus, from īra, anger)

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COMMENTS:

also, one would exemplify, or suffer from "simiproximiration". - zrotv, 2007-05-14: 03:44:00

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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: 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

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