Verboticisms

Created by: chris

Pronunciation:

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Etymology: To dig your own hole and jump in - derived from 'excavate'

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Created by: babel

Pronunciation: pree-fec-shun-izm

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Etymology: From prefect: a student monitor or officer, especially in a private school.

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: bossa no no va

Sentence: To everyone's dismay he did the bossanoknowva every time his boss made a little mistake

Etymology: bossa nova + know

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Created by: queeny

Pronunciation: nit-pickle-prick

Sentence: I have a feeling that that nitpickleprick has Mommy issues.

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Created by: wordygrrrl

Pronunciation: Ig-no-ram-it-all

Sentence: We all cringe when he corrects the Boss. How can someone be so smart and such an igknowramitall?

Etymology: ignoramus know it all

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Created by: deadpanwalking

Pronunciation: DEK-hek-el-er

Sentence: I thought that meeting would never end with all those olympic-level deckhecklers chiming in on every slide.

Etymology: Deck (as in powerpoint deck) + heckler

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Created by: franke

Pronunciation: Know-it-aholic

Sentence: Bruce is a serious knowitaholic, unfortunately he doesn't know it.

Etymology: know-it-alcoholic

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Created by: timmy

Pronunciation: e v

Sentence: your ev.

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Created by: alecstevenson

Pronunciation: power-pointer

Sentence: No matter how small the error was in a presentation, Joe from sales was quite the powerpointer.

Etymology: MS PowerPoint + er

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Created by: Stevenson0

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Etymology: agitating + meticulous

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