Verboticisms

Created by: DavidLMyers

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The combination of being flustered and feeling frustrated. - DavidLMyers, 2007-03-14: 15:39:00

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: em-bar-as-men-tal

Sentence: Soon after Jill yelled across the dance floor, she realized the man she thought she recognized is a perfect stranger that thinks she is perfectly strange and the embarrassmental Jill races to find a dark spot in the bar to hide.

Etymology: embarressment/mental, as in mental case

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Created by: ShaggE

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Sentence: "I thought I saw Frank, but it was just a doppelstranger."

Etymology: Doppelganger+ Stranger.

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Created by: nikkii27

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: how-dee-du-dee

Sentence: Her howdydoodie of "Well, if it isn't old spandex Bob!" fetched her a cold glare from the stranger.

Etymology: howdy (a greeting), doodie (crap)

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Spandex Bob is legion - Alchemist, 2007-03-14: 05:03:00

Good one! - toadstool57, 2007-03-14: 10:00:00

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Created by: PythianHabenero

Pronunciation: miss-sal-you-ate

Sentence: Alexander had a tendency to missaluate, but didn't realize how strange it was until he himself was hailed and embraced by someone he'd never seen before in his life.

Etymology: mis- + "salve", the Latin greeting + verb ending -ate

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Created by: bettyann9

Pronunciation: doo-fuss-trayht

Sentence: I'm such a spaz! I totally thought that dude was Jim and I dufustrated him!

Etymology: dufus-an inept or stupid person

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Created by: Bulletchewer

Pronunciation: hayull-fayull

Sentence: Her dramatic hailfail caused her so much embarrassment, she spent the next ten minutes apologizing and trying to explain away the crippling shame.

Etymology: From "hail" meaning to greet and "fail".

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Works well as both noun and verb, and rolls off the tongue. Kudos. - mplsbohemian, 2007-03-14: 23:42:00

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Created by: Sed8ed

Pronunciation: mis-i-dent-e-highs

Sentence: It's always embarassing when you loudly misidentihigh a complete stranger.

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Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: in-dis-greet

Sentence: I indisgreeted the old woman for my great aunt, and after hugging the stranger I stepped back to realize we both seemed very confused.

Etymology: from indiscreet + misgreet (which is also a made up word)

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I like how you rendered it as a verb. - mplsbohemian, 2007-03-14: 21:48:00

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