Verboticisms

Created by: vonnegut

Pronunciation: chro-no-sin-kla-stik in-fun-di-bu-lum

Sentence: You might think it would be nice to go to a chronosynclastic infundibulum and see all the different ways to be absolutely right, but it is a very dangerous thing to do.

Etymology: Created by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., for The Sirens of Titan, published in 1959.

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Created by: Pasicheio

Pronunciation: Paw-Lee-Vare-It-Ism

Sentence: With an exclamation of joy, Polly realized that they were both right, and that moment was a polyveritism!

Etymology: Poly; veritas; umm..ism

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Created by: Sed8ed

Pronunciation: la-la-land

Sentence: Everything is always perfect in lalaland.

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: pi/vot/all/vill

Sentence: Pivotallville is the only place in the world where every concept is turned upside down and everything falls into perfect order.

Etymology: pivotal (crucial, significant) + pivot (turn) + all + ville (place)

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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.

Etymology:

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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: 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: suzanne

Pronunciation: Zen-you-foreea

Sentence: He was the handsomest man in the room and when she loked at him she had the zeneuphoria of seeing him smile and start walking towards her

Etymology: Zen- philosophy of equilibrium. euphoria- joy

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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: 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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