Verboticisms

Created by: w5lf9s

Pronunciation: horro.caus.tic

Sentence: "How can you live with such a horrocaustic? - His every move is driven by his fear of dying tomorrow

Etymology: from "horror" + "holocaustic" pertaining to great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life.

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: ha-bin-gain-er

Sentence: Reverend Wilkes found that donations to the collection tray generally increased after his more doom-laden sermons. He was wary of being seen as a harbingainer, but the way he saw it more funds to mend the church roof was hardly proheteering – it was to the benefit of his entire flock, after all.

Etymology: harbinger (a thing which tells of the onset of something) + gain (to obtain to one's advantage)

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COMMENTS:

good one - Nosila, 2011-01-21: 07:59:00

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: hOly-cost

Sentence: The preacher hailed fire from the pulpit. Telling his flock to donate money to his cause, or they could be damned for eternity. He uses the old holycost trick to extract money.

Etymology: holy, as in religigous/holocaust, devastation or destruction/cost, as in money

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: prah-feh-TEERS

Sentence: Not many people seemed to see that those predicting catastrophe from global warming have also been propheteers.

Etymology: Based on Prophet (one who predicts) and is a play on the word profit.

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Created by: rolanddeschain

Pronunciation: fobe-or-tune-ist

Sentence: "You're such a phobortunist!" the Nephilim growled through the rain at Noah, who was standing guard at the concession stand outside the gangplank leading to his ark.

Etymology: phobia (fear) + opportunist (one who takes advantage of a situation for personal gain)

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: prof fear teer ing

Sentence: Angelina hated working in the call center taking money from people for profeartearing

Etymology: from profit and to make profiteering. From fear and causing fear. and tear instead of teer because it makes the baby Jesus cry.

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COMMENTS:

you are a prophet! - Alchemist, 2007-02-13: 07:05:00

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Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation:

Sentence: that doomprofit says he'll tell you when the world ends for five bucks.

Etymology: Doom + Profit

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: eek oh stor shun ist

Sentence: the faculty head accused him of inventing fictitious insects and other ecostortionis practices

Etymology: extortion and ecology

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COMMENTS:

This is not ecostortion! Snow fleas are are real! Google them... - wordmeister, 2007-02-06: 09:04:00

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Created by: chris

Pronunciation: apokk-er-lip-tik

Sentence: MegaCorp had long found that employing a professional apocalyptick was the surest way to sell all their products - from medicines and religious tracts all the way up to nuclear shelters.

Etymology: apocalypse + tick (an irritating blood-sucker that can be hard to get rid of)

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COMMENTS:

good one - porsche, 2007-02-06: 10:40:00

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Created by: bobditty

Pronunciation: shoe-blob-e-um

Sentence: I always get emails from shoeblobiums.

Etymology: shoe blob- something that is really anoying but you don't try to get rid of it.

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