Verboticisms

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: dee-en-hey

Sentence: experiencing d.n.hey is a rite of passage

Etymology: DNA, Hey!

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: pare/ent/lell/ism

Sentence: There was a definite parentllelism the first time he did a comb over.

Etymology: parent + parallelism (similarity)

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Created by: evthalia

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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: rahullotli

Pronunciation: par-tyak-parte

Sentence: John be a god child and stop this partyakparte

Etymology: konkani

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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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