Verboticisms

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: row-man-shh

Sentence: Bill and Barbara fooled no one after emerging flushed from the photocopying room, despite their secretive romanshh language.

Etymology: romance (a romantic affair) + shh! (request to be silent)

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: rap/day/vu

Sentence: Whenever he wanted to let her know that they should sneak away he would rapdezvous

Etymology: rap + rendezvous

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: luv-er-cuv-er

Sentence: in order to organise where they were going to hook up after the work function they needed to apply some lovercover

Etymology: from the italian 'loverco' and the french 'ver'...both of which mean 'to attempt to build a sand castle with dry sand'... so clearly this word is inappropriate

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COMMENTS:

I LOVE the etymology! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-13: 19:09:00

super etymology, and bonus for rhyming!! - Alchemist, 2007-02-13: 19:13:00

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Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: ah-sew-see-ah-mitt-al

Sentence: The boss doesn't know they're associamittal. If he finds out, they'll be in... separate doghouses.

Etymology: from associates + committal

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Created by: chofu67

Pronunciation: cripped a more

Sentence: He tried not to be overly defensive, but his sentiments for her were obvious in his cryptamoric rationalizations.

Etymology: crypto + amore

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Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: BANG-slang

Sentence: "I gotta go help Marie with her costume," said Trent, nervously edging toward the stage door. "Man, don't give me that bangslang stuff. Everyone in the cast knows you been boinking her since opening night."

Etymology: Bang (euphimism for sex) + slang (Language peculiar to a group; figures of speech that are deliberately used in place of standard terms)

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COMMENTS:

HA! Funny sentence too! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-13: 06:58:00

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: for-ni-crip-tic

Sentence: Fred and Ethel's fornicryptic explanation of their impromptu mailroom meeting fooled no one, especially after we saw the huge love bite on Ethel's neck. She blushed and said that a package fell off the shelf and darn near killed her. Good thing Fred was there to give her mouth to mouth recusitation.

Etymology: fornicate: unmarried sex + cryptic: having a hidden meaning; put into a secret language or code

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COMMENTS:

It was an unforntunate accident... - Nosila, 2009-09-08: 16:42:00

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Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: lib/ee/do/lex/i/con

Sentence: His low-profile libidolexicon didn't fool his colleagues one iota since they had just finished decoding his first version better known as the "goo-goo glossary".

Etymology: libido + lexicon

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: roh-MAN-te-code

Sentence: Though the 'secret' lingo was quite discernible to folks around them, Hal and Harriet believed their sweet talking romanticode was fooling everyone.

Etymology: Blend of romantic and code

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: seks purr an toh

Sentence: Their thinly coded sexperanto fooled no one and caused many colleagues to vomit, especially when they arranged for their friends Peter and Ginnie to meet for lunch

Etymology: sex esperanto

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COMMENTS:

A language one could be fluid in... - Nosila, 2011-02-10: 01:09:00

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