Verboticisms

Created by: jmedaris

Pronunciation: wit-ig-nor-a-mus

Sentence: As usual, the wittignoramous commandeered the conversation, dropping pearls of wisdom at the feet of us swine!

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: in fars yu ay ted

Sentence: Art Fulretort was the office wag. He was clever enough and could be very droll in his assessments of people and events. He had always been the class clown in school and now had a broader audience on which to practice his comedy craft. He was so full of confidence that his humor was better than others that he entered the America's Got Talent Contest. So infarceuated was he with his schtick that he failed to hear the 3 judges bang their red X buttons in record time and the audience boo him off the stage. Art's not going to Vegas...

Etymology: Infatuated (obsessed with; marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness) & Farce (a comedy characterized by broad satire, wit and improbable situations)

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Created by: ChrisCarrk

Pronunciation: sell-flat-oh-no-me

Sentence: He was a graduate of the selflatonomy class.

Etymology: self flattering

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Created by: SethelMerman

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COMMENTS:

Just kidding, kind of... - SethelMerman, 2009-07-19: 12:45:00

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Created by: queeny

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Sentence: even his wifes had issues with his trumpolious. For god sakes, he even thinks his hair looks good.

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: wit/ti/sis/sis/tic

Sentence: Paul is a perfectly proud, puffy, pompous witticissistic, unashamed of his own lack of humour in the so-called jokes that he constantly pushes on his unlaughing friends.

Etymology: witticism + narcissistic

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Created by: Stevenson0

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Sentence: Pompbastic Paul was proud of his perfect pathetic pun.

Etymology: pompous + bombastic

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Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: wit/snit

Sentence: He threw a little "witsnit" when he learned he hadn't been given the Dazzling Daemon of the Day award.

Etymology: An American English expression meaning an extreme state of agitation or angst when not being able to have one's way

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Created by: Paloma

Pronunciation: NAR-sih-vay-ted

Sentence: John was so narcivated he would laugh at his own pretentious jokes before he'd even said the punchline.

Etymology: Narcissus (Greek hero who fell in love with his own reflection) + captivated

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Created by: xMelody

Pronunciation: rep-er-tee-go, -tey-go.

Sentence: He's suffering from an oversized reparteego.

Etymology: repartee; ego

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