Verboticisms

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: ress-it-choo

Sentence: As the conductor raised his baton before the next movement, a low rumble of recitachooing from the fourth row disturbed the expectant silence.

Etymology: recital (musical movement) + achoo (sneeze)

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Created by: Antimus

Pronunciation: co-rumf

Sentence: The courrumphing began to spread amongst the crowd, causing the comedian on stage to start fearing for his future, both health and career-wise.

Etymology: Cough + Harrumph

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Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: crash-en-doe

Sentence: Sensing an oncoming crashendo, the director of "Hasselhoff: The Musical" decided to cut the performance after only the first act.

Etymology: crash = failure & crescendo = a gradual increase in volume

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COMMENTS:

Very funny sentence! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-21: 11:37:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: flok-tok

Sentence: The flocktalk that persisted throughout his entire xylophone performance was a clear indication that he needed to choose another profession.

Etymology: flock, talk

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: coff-ling-go

Sentence: David used his large vocabulary of coughlingo, consisting of cough muffled obsenities, to express his thoughts on the opera Jill insisted he attend.

Etymology: cough/lingo, as in language

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: mer-VYL -ing

Sentence: What began as barely audible hissing and grumbling grew to outright murvilign as the audience grew more and more displeased with the cheesy and unprofessional performance of the cast of the play.

Etymology: Blend of 'murmur' (a mumbled expression of discontent. ) and 'revile' (to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively)

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Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: cruck-us

Sentence: And suddenly, a cruckus arose amoung the crowd.

Etymology: from cough + ruckus

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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: In-fek-kl-ling

Sentence: The politician tried to deny allegations that he had sold peerages for funds, but he quickly drowned in a sea of infeckling.

Etymology: Infect + heckle. Heckle: to criticise a speaker loudly from the audience.

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kəkôfənē

Sentence: It started with a sniffle in the lobby. It soon swept over the entire audience and most of the cast. The cacoughony brought the production to a halt.

Etymology: cacophony (a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds) + cough (expel air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound)

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COMMENTS:

Excellent!! - CharlieB, 2011-01-28: 05:05:00

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Created by: NohWoman

Pronunciation: hackle

Sentence: At first there was just a lone hackler in the audience, but like a virus, the hackle spread across the crowd into a symphony of hackling.

Etymology: hack: a short, rasping dry cough + heckle: to harass a public speaker or performer. Works well as a verb and in noun form "hackler", as in the producer of a hackle.

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