Verboticisms

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: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: mee as maa

Sentence: a terrifying measma occurred when she heard her own recorded message and thought briefly that she had phoned her mother's number, which was unlikely since she hadn't spoken to her since the morning of her graduation three decades ago. It was apparent that she was becoming aparent

Etymology: me as ma, miasma as in terrible odour

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COMMENTS:

Gets it. - Clayton, 2007-07-02: 15:12:00

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Created by: blondibabi121692

Pronunciation: oh crap hood

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: bee-got-it

Sentence: When I found myself beginning a sentence with the phrase "Ya know, when I was your age...", it was clearly evident that I had begotit.

Etymology: begot, "got it" (realization)

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: meta/mum/for/sis

Sentence: When her kids rolled their eyes at her comments she realized the metamomphosis was complete.

Etymology: metamorphosis + mom

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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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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: patrimorpiphany /ˌpætɹəmɔɹˈpɪfəni/ matrimorpiphany /ˌmætɹəmɔɹˈpɪfəni/

Sentence: I sort of expected to turn into my parents eventually, but I'm quickly approaching 30 with no patrimorpiphany in sight.

Etymology: patri- (father) or matri- (mother) morph- (change) + epiphany

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COMMENTS:

I don't have nearly the work ethic of either of my parents, and that doesn't seem to be changing anytime soon. - ErWenn, 2007-07-02: 00:17:00

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: rel-a-tiv-a-tion

Sentence: Chuck had a relativation that he had morphed into his father when he told little Chuckie to pull his finger.

Etymology: relative: kin; family + revelation: to reveal; enlightenment; to experience a moment of awareness of divine truth

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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: 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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