Verboticisms

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /"he-mE-'po-th&-sis/

Sentence: She overheard her boyfriend planning what sounded like a surprise birthday for her, but she tried not to get her hopes up. After all, it was just a hemipothesis.

Etymology: From hemi- + hypothesis.

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: hem-eh-sneer

Sentence: Willard would often listen to his wife Wanda as she would chat with her pals on the phone and more often than not he would hemisneer at what he perceived the gist of the conversation to be.

Etymology: Blend of prefix 'hemi' (half) and 'sneer' ( smile or speak in a contemptuous or mocking manner)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: dy al log

Sentence: Eddie knew by the diallog that his wife Pat was having on the phone that they had already been selected for a free Bahamas cruise. Okay, all they had to do was pay for their airfare and expenses to fly from home to Miami and they would be liable for their hotel room and all other costs, but they had won a free trip!! I mean, how often could that happen???

Etymology: Dial (what used to be on telephones) & log (a record of messages sent or received), Wordplay on Dialogue (a conversation between two persons)

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Created by: mdschermer

Pronunciation: fohn-JEK-cher

Sentence: After eavesdropping on the conversations his roommate had on his cell, he phonejectured that the guy and his friends were planning to blow up faculty, while they were actually planning a surprise party.

Etymology: "phone" from telephone + "conjecture", inference or judgment based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence.

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COMMENTS:

Good! - wordmeister, 2007-01-18: 07:49:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: kon-ver-SUMP-shun

Sentence: After overhearing his boss say that he was going to fire "the corpulent sloth", Bob, unfortunately, made a conversumption and resigned from his position on the day before he was to be promoted.

Etymology: conversation, assumption

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Created by: Marharyta

Pronunciation: The stress is on the first syllable. The last one is not accentuated, but, ob the contrary, is rather blured, for this word is mostly used by extremely busy people of the so-called A personality type (like myself).

Sentence: - What was the last consultation like& - OK. I could semiphel the usual seasonal depression. Of course, I did give him the necessary support through the secind part of the call, but it was more of the same, really. - I wish you did bot rely on your usual semiphels too much, but were attentive during the whole conversation. Perhaps there were unnoticed suicidal tendencies! - Oh no, he told me he was used to phone consultations during what he named ' his autumn spleens'...

Etymology: The first part of the word is a usual and obvious sem-- meaning half in many other words. As for the second part of the word, it combines tele- and -phone. This combination is used for the sake of brevity, but was developed quite naturally by people who, when in a hurry, would come up with 'word versions' like pheletone. The Freudian interpretation is being examined...

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COMMENTS:

I wonder if the conversation can be counted as a sebtence. But I wanted to exemplify both meanings of the word. - Marharyta, 2009-08-22: 06:08:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: tel haf fone heer

Sentence: Sid usually got the gists of telephone conversations he heard wrong. He would tellhalfonehear one thing when the opposite was actually what was said.

Etymology: Telephone (transmitting speech at a distance) & Teel (say) & Half (partially) & Hear (listen/pay attention)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: bīəläg

Sentence: Drawing conclusions from a bialog of an overheard phone call can be as difficult as doing a dot-to-dot puzzle using only the even numbers.

Etymology: Bisect (divide in two [half]) + dialog (conversation between two or more people)

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: or/all/mx/ay/shun

Sentence: The auralmixation was understandable considering his predispostion to shredded newspaper

Etymology: aural (percieved by the ear)+ mix (mixed up) + oral fixation

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COMMENTS:

love this one - petaj, 2007-01-21: 03:22:00

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: ring-fer-ents

Sentence: Her ringference that Bob was planning a holiday to Peru was all wrong. He was actually dumping her for her ex-best-friend, Prue.

Etymology: ring (call on the telephone) + infer (conclude)

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COMMENTS:

great words petaj - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-18: 10:54:00

Tanks mulchy er.. thanks muchly. - petaj, 2007-01-21: 03:19:00

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