Verboticisms

Created by: Jaxies

Pronunciation: /sheet-uh-luk/

Sentence: "It was pure shytaluk that he'd asked her out on the same day she'd received a bonus at work and the pair of Jimmy Choo's she'd been eyeing dropped down to the lowest price ever."

Etymology: Shyte + (a) + luck

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Created by: daisy

Pronunciation: nir-va-na-fe-nom

Sentence: A Dukes of Hazard marathon, and now bag of pork rinds he didn't even know he had - this was definitely a nirvanaphenom.

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: in-fehn-in-TELL-eh-jent

Sentence: Abigail is always eager to show that she is infinitelligent, and that she possesses broad knowledge on any and every topic that arises.

Etymology: Blend of works 'infinite' (immeasurably or inconceivably great or extensive) and 'intelligent' (having or indicating a high or satisfactory degree of intelligence and mental capacity)

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Created by: emmyb2

Pronunciation: Pan- veh-ra

Sentence: I try to achieve Panverra, but to no avail.

Etymology: Pan= all Veri=truth (Terra=earth)

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: kuhn-VEHR-ih-jehns

Sentence: Alex found his converigence in his philosophy class, for there, at least in theory, the world *could* be made of Swiss cheese.

Etymology: convergence + verity

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: you reeeeeek ay reeeee ah

Sentence: He used to live in the zone, command the eurekarea. Then he met her.

Etymology: eureka area

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: con-junct-shure

Sentence: Today felt like no other day because everything came together in a conjunctsure like she'd never seen before and she knew that everything would be perfect. Feeling sure and confident she went shoe shopping. Perhaps today she would find those special shoes that were both cute and comfortable.

Etymology: conjuncture: a coming together of events or circumstances, often at a critical time -- some scholars think that the Star of Bethlehem was a triple conjuncture of the planets + sure: certain, impossible to doubt, infallible

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COMMENTS:

Jimmy Choose me! - Nosila, 2009-11-06: 22:35:00

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Created by: Rutilus

Pronunciation: seh-rend-veh-ree-time

Sentence: Clarice had stumbled upon a utopian place in time. The perfect shopping mall, stumbling across designer clothes at bargain prices, getting looks of amour from men and jealousy from other women. She was the best looking, best dressed woman in town; it was so apparently true.

Etymology: serendipity - act of stumbling upon pleasant surprises; verity - truthfulness; time - a moment or period

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: jux - tuh - dis - po - zish - uhn

Sentence: Having spent many hours over many days and months in trance and dental meditation, Ora Ghami had achieved a state of total juxtadisposition, at peace with the world and himself and finally and absolutely contented with his life, though still asking no one in particular, "Can't we all just get a bong?"

Etymology: Blend of juxtaposition, 'an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast' and disposition - 'the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude'

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COMMENTS:

love it - very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-27: 11:00:00

Good one...he achieved NERVEana! - Nosila, 2008-06-28: 00:03:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: nak kyur at

Sentence: Know one knew how she did it, but Knancy had the ability to be knackurate about everything. She was Queen of the Knewniverse and knot a day went by by where she was knot knaive about knowing everything. We would knever play Moknowpoly with her, as she knew when the dice would land on Knorth Carolina and give her the game. She was knotty and knice and knever dull. Knancy is kno longer with us, as she went to Knirvana. She was a know-it-all.

Etymology: Knack (a special way of doing something;an uncanny ability) & Accurate ((of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct)

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