Verboticisms

Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Pro-jen-eh-tay-shun

Sentence: I was mystified and horrified when I realized that my progenitation was of neither of my parents but of Arthur, my dog.

Etymology: Progenitor (parent) + transformation / transmutation (a change)

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COMMENTS:

shouldn't that be transmuttation - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-02: 19:36:00

hmm, true, or at least transfurmation - ziggy41, 2007-07-02: 23:45:00

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: ee-pah-PAH-fuhn-ee

Sentence: The grey hair nearly brought Alex to an epapaphany, but the traces of acne brought him back to his senses.

Etymology: epiphany + papa

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: trans/hor/ri/fi/cation

Sentence: It was a moment of total transhorrification when he realized he was more like mom than mom.

Etymology: transmogrification (convert, transform, or change)+ horror + horrific

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COMMENTS:

perfect for the cartoon - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-02: 11:02:00

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Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: klahy-mahn

Sentence: This is the climan of my life, and I don't dare spoil it by shaving all my hair so I'll look like myself.

Etymology: climax + man

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: morf an itee

Sentence: When that little devil, Lucifer Jones, starting acting up in school, his aunt realized that his morphanity was inevitable. Although she had raised him to be a good Christian boy, he was taking on more and more of his deceased parents' traits. There was hardly a day now that he had not broken a commandment or two, her nephew from Hell!

Etymology: morph (change into something else) & orphan (one without parents) & profanity (vulgar or irreverent speech or action) & vanity (feelings of excessive pride)

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Created by: blondibabi121692

Pronunciation: oh crap hood

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Created by: administraitor

Pronunciation: mis-e-gen-er-ay-shun

Sentence: As the "Big Four-Oh" approached, Harold began to notice the thinning hair, drooping jowels and vacant expression that in his mind characterized both his father and grandfather. "Maybe," he thought "I could stave off this miscegeneration if I were to leave home!"

Etymology: miscegenation + generation

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: sun - stun - d

Sentence: Seth was sonstunned when he heard himself repeating the phrases his father had said during his childhood. In a moment of revelation he recognized that he was turning into his dad.....

Etymology: stunned (overcome as with astonishment or disbelief), son

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Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Jen-eh-shock

Sentence: Looking into the mirror, Billy experienced a mild wave of geneshock as his father cheerfully waved back.

Etymology: Genetics+shock

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Created by: Lapper

Pronunciation: THRESH-skold

Sentence: Mary was in the middle of critizing her son's eating habits when she hit the threshscold; running screaming to the bathroom.

Etymology: Threshold and scold.

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COMMENTS:

wasn't that a Moody Blues album "On the Threshcold of a Scream" ? - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-02: 11:01:00

I can honestly say that I've never heard of that band or that album, but it is unfortunate that it's not as original as I thought it was. - Lapper, 2007-07-07: 23:50:00

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