Verboticisms

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌmʌtˈtɹmɚ/

Sentence: The comedian estimated that the muttremor rated about a 6 on the Rancor scale, meaning that a riot wasn't yet likely, but that he should probably tread carefully and avoid any racial slurs.

Etymology: From mutter + tremor

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Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: kah-KOF-oh-nee

Sentence: I will never go to the opera during flu season again. The cacoughony was so bad that I could hardly hear the closing aria.

Etymology: cacophony with coughs

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COMMENTS:

nice job, very clever. - Javeson1, 2007-02-21: 01:12:00

great word -you get my vote! - w5lf9s, 2007-02-21: 12:31:00

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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: 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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Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: grump-leh-tude

Sentence: The grumplitude of the audience had steadily risen during the second act of the bad play.

Etymology: grump (i.e. grumble) + litude (i.e. applitude)

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Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: ug/men/ta/shun

Sentence: As the ughmentation level reached epic proportions in the performance hall, he realized that he was allergic to hard-core chamber music.

Etymology: ugh: interjection used to indicate the sound of a grunt or cough to express disgust or horror + augmentation: synonymous with increase

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Created by: dmitry13

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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: pedrofpardo

Pronunciation: /kɒfment/

Sentence: She's been all day doing coughmments about my hair cut.

Etymology: Cough (expel air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound) + Comment (Remark expressing an opinion or reaction)

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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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