Verboticisms

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: Peer+worthy

Sentence: He pursued praise with a peerworthy paranoia.

Etymology: Peer+worthy

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: hoo/size

Sentence: Your whosize not to be confused with your shoe size determines whether or not you get invited to all the "cool" parties.

Etymology: who + shoe size

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COMMENTS:

Horton heard your whosize. - Kyoti, 2007-07-25: 17:22:00

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: ass-ess-ess-teem

Sentence: She assessesteemed daily but expected her daughters not to.

Etymology: assess + (self) esteem

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: kah-rith-mah-tik

Sentence: Should she wear the demure pink dress, or the slinky black one? The fanfear was gut-wrenching, and keeping track of the charithmetic was getting difficult, as she had run out of fingers and toes on which to keep tally.

Etymology: charisma, arithmetic

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Created by: dancerxoxox

Pronunciation: succes-eval-them

Sentence: she was in total successecalthem for as long as she worked in the office.

Etymology: success - evaluate - them

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: suk-sess-tuh-mayt

Sentence: his friends were tired of his endless sucksesstimating

Etymology: suck, success, estimate

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COMMENTS:

sounds good with purple's word Charithmetic Sucksesstimator - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-25: 12:43:00

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Created by: tatterdemalion

Pronunciation: mod-el-ate

Sentence: After being told she was flat, Jen modelated until she was on the same note as her accuser.

Etymology: model + modulate

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Created by: lilcutie12

Pronunciation: lou Boo A COOKIE

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: ee-goh-LOH-kayt

Sentence: Alex's girlfriend egolocated for a half-hour: "I don't look fat, do I? Don't tell me I'm fat, okay? Please? Okay, just say I'm not fat, please."

Etymology: ego + echolocate

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COMMENTS:

Very nice. :{D Reminiscent of "echolocation", too. - Wordhewer, 2007-07-25: 01:28:00

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Created by: Wordhewer

Pronunciation: you-DEN'-tih-fy

Sentence: Marla obsessed on what others thought of her -- even her rivals. She was so much in the habit of youdentifying that she was unable to form an independent estimation of her own worth.

Etymology: Derivation: The "I" is taken from "identify" and replaced with "you", suggesting that "What you think of me is more important than what I think of myself."

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COMMENTS:

Oh, no! I overwrote my definition. I was trying to add a definition for another day's word. - Wordhewer, 2007-07-25: 20:19:00

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