Verboticisms

Created by: dmitry13

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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: 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: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: hawk-and-talk

Sentence: It never fails...I shell out a fortune for tickets to hear my favorite band and I end up in the hawkandtalk section. Folks, stay home if you're sick, get better and next time leave the phone. Yeesh!

Etymology: hawk: clearing phlegm from the throat in a noisy manner; hacking + talk

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COMMENTS:

This one struck a nerve. - mrskellyscl, 2009-09-15: 08:10:00

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: rhymes with groundswell

Sentence: A few sneezes and coughs soon escalated into a riotous crowndswell of snorts, hiccups, gagging, hacking and spluttering that forced the thespians to don surgical masks.

Etymology: groundswell (movement by the general population) + crowd (the audience in this case) + swell (grow, rise)

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Created by: paintergrl1313

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Sentence: The boss's speech set off the disgrurmurs.

Etymology: Disgru: Disgruntled, Urmurs: murmurs, Disgruntled murmurs.

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COMMENTS:

Cute one! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-21: 10:48:00

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Created by: BMott

Pronunciation: Bee - wale - uns

Sentence: The bewailance started softly but reached a crescendo as the crowd realized their favorite performer was too drunk to sing.

Etymology: Bewail -- Performance

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: heck lear

Sentence: the entire front row was trying to heclear their throats which made it look like a mass sneeze.

Etymology: from heckle and clear as in clearing your throat or making a point clear.

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Created by: chickenassassin

Pronunciation: Mob-mum-bull

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Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: Grose

Sentence: Every time I go to see the symphony the growss factor of the croud increases; it's extremely annoying, since I'd rather hear the music than the hacking of some hack in the concert hall.

Etymology: Grow (increase) + Gross (disgusting) -- also works with the gross meaning total, although not as well (and not originally intended).

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