Verboticisms

Created by: Whittier

Pronunciation: koh-run-JAB-it-tayt

Sentence: Suzie sat in the bath so long, the mold began to corangeabitate her body

Etymology: cohabitate + orange

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Created by: leechdude

Pronunciation: fun-gis-o-fo-beea

Sentence: Jenny was in complete fungusophobia watching the orange slime inch their way up the shower curtains and her own toes.

Etymology: fungi, fungus, phobia

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: scum/prised

Sentence: I was totally scumprised when the fungi lifted me out of the shower and closed the curtains behind me.

Etymology: scum + surprised

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Created by: kimbo123

Pronunciation: orange-you-scare

Sentence: Thousands of replicating fungi was oranguscare.

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: fun-GEE-eh-gast

Sentence: Halfway thru her shower Adrianne noticed the orange slime growing on the shower curtain and she was absolutley fungiaghast, unable to do anything but scream aloud and hastily exit the shower.

Etymology: Blend of 'fungi' (n. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single-celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic material in which they grow,) and 'aghast' (adj. struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked)

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈspɔːɹəndʒˌɛsteɪʃən/

Sentence: I couldn't believe that something as bizarrely specific as sporangestation would have its own word.

Etymology: from spore + orange + infestation

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COMMENTS:

good plausible word - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-31: 13:51:00

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Created by: gcolton

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Created by: rexcausey

Pronunciation: si-tri-MU-stros-i-tee

Sentence: In sheer panic, Diana, slipped and cracked her head on the sink after experiencing citrimustrocity for the very first time.

Etymology: citrimustrosity is a noun derived from the words 1.) citric (in reference to the color of oranges) 2.) must (a form of mold; fungus; moldiness) and finally 3.) monstrosity (the state or character of being monstrous; something hideous or frightful)

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COMMENTS:

WOW! Great Etymo. Though I only knew her briefly, i was saddened when Diana cracked her skull on the sink. That's no was for a goddess to go. :( - metrohumanx, 2008-09-29: 17:11:00

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Created by: xirtam

Pronunciation: fuhng-gast

Sentence: As he leapt from the diving board Leonard was overcome with funghast when he looked down to see the water in the pool was a pea-soup green color.

Etymology: Fungus: Latin; fungus, mushroom; perh. akin to Gk spóngos, sphóngos + Aghast: Old English; gǣstan to frighten

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ja/ku/tee

Sentence: Her bathtub which was had once been a place for quiet relaxation and meditation had been transformed into a jacootie teaming with microscopic wildlife.

Etymology: jacuzzi + cootie

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COMMENTS:

Good one, J-wock! - metrohumanx, 2008-09-29: 16:54:00

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