Verboticisms

Created by: w5lf9s

Pronunciation: demee.diuce

Sentence: "You heard what she said and you know who she was talking to - surely you can demiduce the rest!"

Etymology: from "demi" - half and "deduce" - derive logically

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COMMENTS:

this is good! - wordmeister, 2007-02-09: 09:50:00

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Created by: kyotonils

Pronunciation:

Sentence: He caveclutched that I was talking to Jen about our relationship when I was actually updating her about my sick hamster.

Etymology: Reaching haphazardly for understanding in a poorly-lit cave.

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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: 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: maxxy

Pronunciation: sem-eye-cript-AHL-oh-gee

Sentence: Jim looked up as his wife hung up the phone. "What time," he sighed semicryptologically, "is your mother coming for dinner?"

Etymology: semi + cryptology

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Created by: Acostell

Pronunciation: Sherlock-call

Sentence: Yeah, I played Sherlocall and found out she was getting me that club set for christmas afterall. Score!

Etymology: Sherlock (Holmes) + Call

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Created by: danboaz

Pronunciation: dis-fOn-kshun

Sentence: She was crippled by disphonection, always thinking peolpe were talking about her.

Etymology: disfunction + phone

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Created by: Mirandala

Pronunciation: oh-ver-hee'-re-see

Sentence: When Jack secretly listened to Sharon's phone call and concluded that she was having an affair, but that was just overhearesy.

Etymology: overheard + heresy

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COMMENTS:

Well, I would have prefered overheresay, but I always prefer old english pronounciations =) You get a point anyway, it's a cool word! - allwise, 2007-01-18: 03:45:00

Well, I would have prefered overheresay, but I always prefer old english pronounciations =) You get a point anyway, it's a cool word! - allwise, 2007-01-18: 03:46:00

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Created by: Carla

Pronunciation: wun-duh-ring

Sentence: Whenever she rang her ex, Paul would hover behind her, obsessively onedering what they were talking about.

Etymology: one + wonder + ring (to call)

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Created by: galwaywegian

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