Verboticisms

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: semm ant hick

Sentence: his use of semanthicks at every opportunity was nonundiscomfitational.

Etymology: semantic, thick

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Good one. Semantrick would work too. - petaj, 2007-06-26: 07:59:00

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Created by: texmom

Pronunciation: soo dough verb aht sim

Sentence: Her use of psuedoverbotism fooled no one when she used the word psuedoverbotism to describe her own ignorance.

Etymology: psuedo - false verbotism - making up words

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Created by: jadenguy

Pronunciation: ill lit er ay shun

Sentence: His constant use of illiteration embiggened his his visage to the pleanthe who assumed that his archaic phrases were perfectly cromulent.

Etymology: illiterate alliteration

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Created by: afireinside

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Created by: thewisediviner

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: brainy/yak

Sentence: All the brainyyak at the conference was driving me crazy, plus I had a stiff neck from nodding in agreement to all the babble.

Etymology: brainy + yak + braniac

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was it a tibethinkthank? - galwaywegian, 2007-06-26: 06:15:00

Tibet it was. - Clayton, 2007-06-26: 07:15:00

And brainiac should be in the etymology. - petaj, 2007-06-26: 07:57:00

thanks petaj - I spent so much time trying to figure out a new word for the classic cartoon only to find I couldn't put in a new one. This was done in a big hurry. - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-26: 08:45:00

I assume the emphasis is on yak rather than brainy... - wordmeister, 2007-06-26: 14:35:00

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Created by: Clayton

Pronunciation: spin-tak-SEY-shuhn

Sentence: Horace's frequent bouts of culinary spintaxation included such neologistical wonders as "parcinnamonious," "hebetaters," and "porkabella."

Etymology: spin + syntax + taxation

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Mmm! I like righteous parsnips with herbed potatoes and pretty pork chops. - petaj, 2007-06-26: 03:02:00

inchewbitably! - galwaywegian, 2007-06-26: 06:17:00

Inthefatigobbly! - Clayton, 2007-06-26: 07:09:00

without a kraut - petaj, 2007-06-26: 07:55:00

your sentence confused me enough to get my vote - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-26: 14:45:00

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Created by: blondibabi121692

Pronunciation: com plex ee low kway shus

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ɛsəˈtɛɹəloʊˌdʒɪzm/

Sentence: Esoterologisms seldom win in Verbotomy.

Etymology: From esoteric + logism (as in neologism)

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We'll have to see what we can do to change that, then, won't we? Good word. - Clayton, 2007-06-26: 02:43:00

But this is so clear and not confusing that it can't be an example of a esoterologism. - petaj, 2007-06-26: 02:46:00

Ah, but a word sometimes appears learned and sound sophisticated because it actually is learned and sophisticated, and amazingly enough, this doesn't actually prevent it from being completely confusing. The obtainment of obfuscation is not mutually exclusive with technical accuracy. - ErWenn, 2007-06-27: 00:57:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: jar/gaw/nun/drum

Sentence: All politicans are experts at the use of jargonundrums to exblight and mispossess the popuelectors.

Etymology: Jargon + conundrum

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