Verboticisms

Created by: phdschub

Pronunciation: ter-ror-press

Sentence: Why does the terrorpress always find us in a state of impending doom. or 2)The terrorpress got to me again.

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: ka-ching-dum-kum

Sentence: When pigs failed to fly on 7/7/07, Liz realized she had given her life savings to a kachingdomcome.

Etymology: ka-ching! (sound associated with cashing in), kingdom come

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Created by: GreenTara

Pronunciation: Terror-Corp

Sentence: All the terrorcorps competed with one another to scare the public the most - for the most profit.

Etymology: terror-fear, corp-corporation

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Created by: Rossco

Pronunciation: Doo-mon-gur

Sentence: This year's enviro-expo was full of doomongers.

Etymology: global destruction/damnation = doom + (blank)monger (purveyor of whatever)

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Created by: MrPlow42

Pronunciation: Fud - bud

Sentence: Those fudbuds are now trying to convince us that our dogs aren't getting enough cheese.

Etymology: F.U.D. - Information Technology term for Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. & Bud - friend.

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: men-iss-mong-ger

Sentence: If only they'd menacemnonger the industries that pollute and destroy the environment.

Etymology: menace + monger

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: jak-pot-cah-lips

Sentence: after a strong opening weekend at the cinemas, Al Gore knew he had hit the jackpotcalypse

Etymology: jackpot, apocalypse

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Created by: fensketo

Pronunciation: man-a-feet-oh

Sentence: Man if I wasn't manifeto I wouldn't be a loser!

Etymology: Man - Feet

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Created by: KristinA

Pronunciation: tear-uh-muh-ged-un-ist

Sentence: We have stopped inviting Cathy to the beach with us. Her terramageddonist reminders of how the beach sand which sticks to our feet increases erosion and leads to the extinction of all sea turtles, is too much for us to bear.

Etymology: terra (Earth) + armegeddon (end of Earth) + ist (pertaining to a person/organization); also, the tie with "terror" and "terrorist"

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Created by: coolkids58

Pronunciation: apsid

Sentence: theres an opside organasation that guy is a opside

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COMMENTS:

o=organization p=profits s=selling i=imminent d=distruction/damnation - coolkids58, 2007-08-10: 10:32:00

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