Verboticisms

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: giltslingər

Sentence: Mary is quite the guiltslinger. Everything wrong with the world is the fault of everybody but her. She is all too happy to use her cigarette break to lay blame on anybody who should dare to use an aerosol product, or buy non-local produce. She writes a "How to be Green" newsletter which she delivers door-to-door in her Hummer.

Etymology: guilt (the fact of having committed a specified or implied offense or crime) + gunslinger (a man who carries a gun and shoots well)

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love the hummer reference - Jabberwocky, 2009-06-17: 16:01:00

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Created by: alicat

Pronunciation: Jug-er-blame

Sentence: Tom loved to Juggerblame everyone when things weren't going his way. From his car accident that his mother-in-law caused, to his ingrown toe-nail caused by the thunderstorms, everything was always someone else's fault.

Etymology: Juggernaut (something that destroys everything in its path) + blame (to place the responsibility of the action / event on someone else)

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: en/vyro/mental/pest

Sentence: An environmentalpest is worse than global warming.

Etymology: environmentalist + mental + pest

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Created by: stache

Pronunciation: āt'rə-bŭt'

Sentence: "You're such an attributt," Georg whined. Inga had just finished explaining why he was responsible for the rainstorm that soaked them as they dashed from their car to the bistro, and for the lack of nearby parking spots.

Etymology: 'attri,' var. of Atra, trade name for late 20th century shaving device; 'butt,' any of several flatfishes, esp. the halibut; literally, 'attributt' is 'to shave one's halibut.'

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COMMENTS:

worth a vote for the etymology alone!! - galwaywegian, 2008-04-24: 07:20:00

What can I say? lol Good word. - Mustang, 2008-04-24: 22:13:00

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Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: SKAIP goad

Sentence: Lam finally realized that her boyfriend basically just enjoyed picking fights for no reason. Most of them revolved around her supposed failure to care about health, the environment, or other people. He scapegoaded her for the size of his OWN butt (it was her fault because she bought snacks with trans-fats). It was because of her that his elderly mother was unhappy ("She's lonely and you don't pay enough attention to her when she talks about all her aches and digestive problems"). He scapegoaded her for using too much hot water when she took a nice long hot shower ("wasteful and bad for the environment," he said). But once, when they stayed in a hotel, he took lots of long hot showers, and it was then that she realized that he just wanted to make sure there was enough hot water for HIM! She had the last laugh, though, when she decided to break up with him. She donated his beloved car to Aid for the Ancient. When he arrived home to find it gone, she said cheerfully, "I knew you wouldn't mind because I KNOW how much you care about helping old people. And an added bonus is that it's really good for the environment AND your health if you drive less and bike more!"

Etymology: scapegoat (to single out a person for unmerited blame or negative treatment) + goad (to harass, nag, antagonize)

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COMMENTS:

good one... - Nosila, 2010-06-29: 19:23:00

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Created by: green

Pronunciation: U fo ism

Sentence: This is just proof of your stupid ufauxism.

Etymology: You faux ism

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COMMENTS:

Very good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-26: 19:12:00

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Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: A-tak-tir-ade

Sentence: Brenda was quick to attacktirade every little problem she could imagine was happening in order to insult everyone she came in contact with. She was so consumed with being perfectly right...even when she was wrong.

Etymology: Attack-assault. Tirade-abuse, outburst.

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /RAP-shun-uh-liyz/

Sentence: Nothing was ever Doug's fault, and he would be the first one to admit that. He would raptionalize away any hint of blame for anything that went wrong, and he never hesitated to name a scapegoat for any conceivable problem. Doug made an art out of 'passing the buck'. Even when he was caught taking office supplies from the office, he blamed his parents for not spending enough time with him as a child, because, he explained, they were both workaholics.

Etymology: Rap - blame or punishment, especially for a crime (from Swedish, rapp "light blow" as in a rebuke) + Rationalize - to ascribe problems to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid, but are actually unrelated (from Latin, ratiōnālis "reason")

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: folt-you-n

Sentence: Kate was shunned by her neighbours because they were tired of her faultuning them. They had tried to be friendly, but what could they do with someone who castigated them for the sun coming up later as Winter came on.

Etymology: fault + fortune (destiny, fate) + tune (she's not singing that same old song again?)

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Created by: warmfuzzykitten

Pronunciation: yor-fall-ter

Sentence: In a five-minute discussion of global warming, the yourfaulter blamed China, farting cows, heavy breathers, George Soros, the Illuminati, aliens, his parents, and that yappy dog down the street.

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