Verboticisms

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: Bonta

Pronunciation: koj'-i-jam

Sentence: Trying to figure out what to do was a total cogijam.

Etymology: Latin: cogi (consider) + jam (to cause working parts to lock)

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: para/dax/ee/um

Sentence: After many months of meditating, Jenny was able to slip into the state of paradaxiom.

Etymology: PARADAXIOM - noun - from PARADISE (a place of extreme beauty, delight, or happiness) + AXIOM (a self-evident truth that requires no proof)

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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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COMMENTS:

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: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: i-klek-TROOTH-ik

Sentence: Friday night's Happy Hour was an eclectruthic time for Bob and his best mates, Sizza and Kuz. With the Tetley's Smoothflow, Moosehead, Foster's and a few other brands of "truth serum" flowing freely, all kinds of truths fitted together ecumenically. And, as the evening rolled on, this tried-and-true trio: a Kiwi, a Ruskie and a Yobbo, in perfect harmony and absolutely right about everything, solved the problems of humanity in just under three hours.

Etymology: ECLECTIC: selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas; TRUTH: faithfulness, quality of being true.

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COMMENTS:

eclectic blend of words - impressive - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-27: 11:03:00

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: mult-ee-stood-in-us

Sentence: Stephen was multistudinous. Whether it was quantam physics, basket weaving or grade 8 cello, he had a degree in it.

Etymology: multitudinous (numerous, great in variety) + studious (given to studY)

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: para/dax/ee/um

Sentence: After many months of meditating, she was able to slip into the state of paradaxiom. ,

Etymology: paradise + axiom

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: om na kur at

Sentence: Debbie knew everything and was unafraid to boast how omnaccurate she was. Her family motto was, "Those of you who think you know everything are very annoying to those of us who do!"

Etymology: Omni (Latin omnis:all) & Accurate (right;(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct)

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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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