Verboticisms

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: BMott

Pronunciation: Kash-e-side

Sentence: "Good afternoon, this is Tracy with the Ecosave Organization. If you don't donate $10 today our world will end." Justin said "Hey, that's cashicide! Lose my number!"

Etymology: Cash - Money : Cide - From Suicide, if you don't donate you are essentially commiting suicide.

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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: 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: Discoveria

Pronunciation: End-vend-der

Sentence: The two endvenders made completely different predictions: the Republican warned that terrorism would destroy Western civilisation, while the Democrat was convinced global warming was the real threat to the free world.

Etymology: End+vender. Vender: seller. Suggests "engender", to induce something (such as a feeling of fear).

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COMMENTS:

This is good! Become an endvender -- a salesman for the apocalypse! - wordmeister, 2007-02-06: 09:00:00

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: green-fleece (pretty obvious)

Sentence: The girl was from the Jackalopes Forever Foundation, which I found out later is nothing but a greenfleece.

Etymology: Greenpeace (environmental activist group) + fleece (to swindle out of money)

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COMMENTS:

Good word sodium! The question is, did you donate? - wordmeister, 2007-02-06: 00:26:00

Excellent! Even better as a verb, but it works as a noun too. - ErWenn, 2007-02-06: 01:13:00

cool! can I get a sticker? - Alchemist, 2007-02-06: 08:27:00

It just rolls off the tongue. It's worthy of adoption by the general populace. - chofu67, 2007-02-06: 11:00:00

very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-06: 12:19:00

Whoops! Dangit. I didn't mean to "join the group." Sorry, sodium, I'm not trying to snag your play! - Osomatic, 2007-02-06: 13:53:00

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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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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: riflesandkids74

Pronunciation: Keh-pok-uh-list

Sentence:

Etymology: Apocalypse - Capitalist

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ärməgetsəm

Sentence: Pastor Bob is the head of the Church of Armagetsome. His fire and brimstone, doom and gloom sermons are sure to fill the collection plates. **You can*t take it with you** he is sure to tell his fleeced flock. He spends the incoming money as if he believes his own proclamations. Amen!

Etymology: Armageddon (a dramatic and catastrophic conflict, typically seen as likely to destroy the world or the human race) + get some

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COMMENTS:

LOL! - mrskellyscl, 2009-09-03: 05:59:00

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