Verboticisms

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: toadstool57

Pronunciation: mir-ri-tate

Sentence: Jill manages to mirritate david, using the same annoying snort, as she tries to clear her nasil passage.

Etymology: mirror, as in mimick/irritate

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: self-de-peek-shun

Sentence: Selfdepiquetion is the most confronting of all twinsanities. That realisation that one's sister is a spitting image of one's personality flaws usually outweighs the pleasures of completing each other's sentences and sharing a wardrobe.

Etymology: self + depict (show in a picture) + pique (noun and verb for anger)

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Created by: swallowedbyafish

Pronunciation:

Sentence: He and his roommate were stuck in a taxing sinbiosis.

Etymology: sin + symbiosis

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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

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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).

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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

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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: 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)

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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: 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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