Verboticisms

Created by: AnnieChandon

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Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: U-tope-iz-own

Sentence: Rachael must have thought she was in Utopizone, when she dreamt the wedding dress that she had had her eye on for ages had been reduced to half price!

Etymology: Utopia( an imagined state or place or state of things) + Zone ( an area or place) = Utopizone

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COMMENTS:

excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-27: 10:59:00

Absolutely great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-27: 18:06:00

Bob has malfunctioned...Bob has malfunctioned...Bob has malfunctioned! Good word - Nosila, 2008-06-28: 00:02:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: pih/vot/vil

Sentence: Pivotville is a place you reach when deep in sleep where worlds and ideas collide and everything makes sense

Etymology: pivotal (climactic, critical) + ville (city)

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COMMENTS:

Also Square Dance City. - petaj, 2007-04-20: 08:01:00

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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: thefreewheeler

Pronunciation: mee dee um rehg you lar

Sentence: Adams attributed his perfect score to a momentary seizure of mediumregular.

Etymology: medium and regular: both equilateral and equiangular

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Created by: Guthlaf1

Pronunciation: con-VAL-i-JENS

Sentence: Instances of convaligence are rare, but are renowned as the pinnacles of life, or the beginnings of religions.

Etymology: 'convergence' + 'val-' [from valid, validity]

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈθɛksəs/

Sentence: At a thexus, all of today's verboticisms would be correct.

Etymology: From the- (as in thesis, theory, theorem, and theology) + nexus

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But how can they all be right? That's impossible... - wordmeister, 2007-04-20: 10:19:00

Not at a thexus. All truths are valid, even false ones. As Malaclypse the younger once said, "I don't know man, I didn't do it." - ErWenn, 2007-04-20: 15:04:00

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Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: bill-ee-pill-grim

Sentence: Marsha had a BillyPilgrim when she realized that she was the hub of her own universe and that everything was connected.

Etymology: Billy Pilgrim is the main character of "Slaughterhouse 5" and I was feeling lame today.

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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: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: per-feck-tory-ee

Sentence: In my dream, I found myself in perfectory with an endless supply of organic cow manure and neighbors who understood the value of tasty weeds.

Etymology: perfect, purgatory

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COMMENTS:

the opposite of perfecktory! - galwaywegian, 2007-04-20: 06:05:00

hmmm - could that also be the impossibility of a university canteen that provides delicious, quality meals (perfect refectory)? - petaj, 2007-04-20: 07:19:00

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