Verboticisms

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: AnnieChandon

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Created by: rebelvin

Pronunciation: COPAcetic+ZENIC

Sentence: I had just gotten a promotion, my son got into Harvard, my foreign investments were hitting the roof, but everything was still not copazenic.

Etymology: COPAcetic+ZENIC Copacetic: completely satisfactory, satisfying. Zenic: related to figuring out something by meditation or by a sudden flash of enlightenment

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: spiff tast icity

Sentence: When a state of spifftasticitiy is reached, all will be revealed. Such as what happens to the belly button lint.

Etymology: spiffy, fantastic

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: shang ree lat tee tood

Sentence: It was as if the Gods had conspired and picked Rosalee to experience a shangrilatitude on Friday June 13, 2008. Everything her heart desired was fulfilled that day. She arose early to check her voicemails and received one from her boss saying he was giving her the next 3 weeks off with pay, as he had eloped with the love of his life. She enjoyed a leisurely breakfast on that sunny warm day on her terrace,checked her lottery numbers in the newspaper to discover she had won a fair sum and got a big bouquet of flowers delivered from "a secret admirer". Her shower had hot water for the entire shower and she was able to finally fit into that cute new dress she had bought before starving herself for the past few weeks. She decided to go out and headed straight to her travel agents and thought she'd check out a quick getaway for herself. She lucked out on a deal to Maui and flew out that night, upgraded to first class due to overbooking. On board, she was seated by a gorgeous hunk of a man, who as it happened, was single, rich and in search of a wife. They "clicked" and when they landed spent a glorious week getting to know each other in the island paradise. Before flying home, they went straight to a jewellers and bought her a honking big diamond ring. Rosalee's bliss knew no bounds. She called her family to invite them to her big celebrity garden wedding and was suddenly jarred back to reality by the customer lined up at her till in Walmart asking if there was a further discount on the Prada-like shoes she was buying for $7.38? Oh well, thought Rosalee, next time I get a shangrilatitude, I really should lie down before I dream!

Etymology: shangri-la (any place of complete bliss and delight and peace; imaginery paradise on Earth)& latitude(freedom from normal restraints in conduct)& attitude (a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways)

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COMMENTS:

Shazam! Same thing happened to me once.....but it was from too much cheap wine. Good word!! - Mustang, 2008-06-27: 02:00:00

great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-27: 11:03:00

Great word! And I was gonna say I want Rosalee's life, until "our" bubble was burst. ha - lumina, 2008-06-27: 11:32:00

Great word, love your stories. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-27: 18:02:00

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: fact/a/see

Sentence: Clarence laughed at Shoshana when she came home with her pair of Prada's from Walmart. He knew she was gullible but $7.38? She didn't care what he said or thought. She knew it was just another one of her factasies coming true! It was just one of many that day.

Etymology: Fact:an event known to have happened or something known to have existed. asy: derivative of fantasy: mythology and folklore

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good one! - reverb, 2008-06-27: 12:48:00

She should live on Factasy Island! - Nosila, 2008-06-28: 00:00:00

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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: artr

Pronunciation: yoōtōpēə

Sentence: Yes, that*s right. You are correct. In fact you are correct about everything. You are perfect. It is youtopia! And then the alarm clock goes off.

Etymology: you (pronoun used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing) utopia (an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect)

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COMMENTS:

You Knowpia! - Nosila, 2009-11-06: 22:34:00

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: yoo-no-pee-ah

Sentence: he knew exactly what to do, how to do it and when it should be done...clearly he was in uknowpia

Etymology: know, utopia

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Nice! - artr, 2011-03-29: 18:41:00

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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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