Verboticisms

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: poll-pyu-larity

Sentence: Carmina was happy imagining that all of her classmates adored her. When she realised her pollpularity had dropped after her indiscretion in the canteen, she was plunged into self-loathing and despair.

Etymology: poll + popular

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COMMENTS:

Another clever word. :{) - Wordhewer, 2007-07-25: 13:03:00

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Created by: kabloozie

Pronunciation: in-seh-CUR-ee-go

Sentence: When no one commented on Stella's new hairdo, she began to toss her head in hopes of attracting attention. Her insecurego made everyone feel uncomfortable.

Etymology: Insecure + Ego

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: uh/peer/shee/eyt/ed

Sentence: She only said, did and wore what her friends approved of. She felt totally appeerciated.

Etymology: appreciated + peer

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Created by: lilcutie12

Pronunciation: lou Boo A COOKIE

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: eeg + out + source

Sentence: I have a desperate need for attention - sure, it's egoutsourcing, but I can't help it.

Etymology: ego + outsource

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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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Created by: trinityedanyl15

Pronunciation: em'pris-ish

Sentence: In the modeling competition, Jenny begans to empressish herself after the girls began whisper about her in the locker room.

Etymology: empress or impress- influence or effect made on the mind/ ish- of the nature; like

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Created by: riomarde

Pronunciation: O/eval

Sentence: She just can't feel good about herself without much oeval.

Etymology: Other = O eval = evaluate.

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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: 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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