Verboticisms

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: 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: timmy

Pronunciation: Im hungrey

Sentence: I'm hungry!

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Created by: MissJones

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Living with him keeps me in a permanent state of projiktation. You're so projiktable!

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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: unclerobb

Pronunciation:

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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COMMENTS:

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

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