Verboticisms

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: herr ed it ik

Sentence: the hereditic was finally proven when aunt Agatha replayed her video recording of john's christening to find a conversation where four generations of Murphy men had their fingers up their nostrils while talking.

Etymology: heredititary, tic

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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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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: swallowedbyafish

Pronunciation:

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

Etymology: sin + symbiosis

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: my ag gra

Sentence: Bernie was coming down with a bad case of myaggra because his "friends" were doing what he always did, hitting on chicks, but this time with his own girlfriend, Wanda. They wanted to show off their virility, the way male animals always did. Think deer, elk, moose, the rutting season. Only trouble was that Bernie thought that Wanda would never wander. Too late he realized she would do anything for a buck!

Etymology: My (mine, first person singular possessive) & Aggra (British slang for Aggravation/Aggression) and rhymes with Viagra (little blue pills to treat erectile dysfunction)

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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: 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: 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: 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: libertybelle

Pronunciation: hippo-snit-ick-al

Sentence: Darren argued with his wife about how he hates when she eats cookies in bed and leaves crumbs on the sheets. He doesn't realize he is hyposnitical, as he does the same thing by leaving Dorito crumbs in his side of the bed.

Etymology: hypocritical + snit

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