Verboticisms

Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: fur-vent-ing

Sentence: ferventing is just another word for displacing, the psychological defense mechanism...

Etymology: fervent+forwarding, as in email.

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Created by: norallama

Pronunciation: Kuh-theckst

Sentence: I burned the toast, ripped my hose, and then, of course, cathexted all over my assistant the very first chance I got.

Etymology: From "cathexis," meaning "emotional energy" ... and "Next!"

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Created by: grammatically

Pronunciation: eh-mo-dump-EE-fi

Sentence: She had a habit of emodumpifying on everyone she saw.

Etymology: "emo" from root EMOTION; "dump" from root DUMPING

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sin urjee

Sentence: The synurgey that Kitty felt when she met Ramon was quickly turned to catastrophe when she realized he was not a cat lover. In fact, he was a cat hurter.

Etymology: Synergy (the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects) & Urge (push for something)

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Created by: egonschiela

Pronunciation: sh-out-rayj

Sentence: When my mother phones, it follows that I have to shoutrage my sister to let off steam.

Etymology: shout - usually loud vocalisation! plus rage - emotional state.

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: trans-FER-leh-ment

Sentence: Whenever Sally was hit with negative emotions from her interactions with her mother, which was a very frequent occurrence, she would transferlament, laying all her tears and woes on her boyfriend Frankie.

Etymology: Bland of 'transfer' (to shift something or someone from one place to another) and 'lament' (to feel, show, or express grief, sorrow, or regret)

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Created by: delayette

Pronunciation: ass-kayke

Sentence: Johnny got mad at his girlfriend and decided to asscake me with his problems

Etymology: asscake-to dump emotional sappy crap onto another.

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: mood - swa - ping

Sentence: Terry was an expert at moodswapping. He would get into an argument with his boss and take it out on his wife. After a wonderful day with his wife, he would be nice to the checkout clerk at the store and so on.... He always carried the most recent interaction on to the next person.

Etymology: mood, swapping

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Created by: IHeartKiwiTarts

Pronunciation: "ee-moe-leck-tour"

Sentence: I am a totally emollector

Etymology: emotion + collector emollector yay!

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Created by: ubgrud

Pronunciation: e-mo-fek-shon

Sentence: After being dumped by a post-it this morning, Kate has emofected everyone around with her foul mood.

Etymology: I would prefer emotional Infection, or a latin emopatheogenic maybe, but emofection was more naturally understandable.

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COMMENTS:

emoflection would have been good too -- emotion + deflect - petaj, 2007-01-05: 20:19:00

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