Verboticisms

Created by: Madamemojo

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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: 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: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: Es O Ter Eh Che

Sentence: The national porn convention's audience was unimpressed when the presenters of "Best Sound Editing" esoteriched on stage before announcing the winner.

Etymology: Esoteric Cliche

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Created by: bailandi

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Sentence: "Oh man, did you hear Tom and Mary at the office yesterday, I thought they were talking about work but when I listened closely, it was more obfuscationshipspeak than anything else!"

Etymology: Using the word Obfuscate, meaning to make unclear and relationship, to indicate it's between two people. adding "speak" to indicate a new type of language comes from Orwell's 1984.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sin krip shun

Sentence: Agnes & Leroy worked together. Agnes & Leroy fell in love. But falling in love at work is not always a good idea. Especially since Agnes already had a husband and Leroy already had a wife. So they developed a secret code to convey their feelings. It was a sincryption to cover those times in the broom closet and supply room where they met and expressed their amour. They overlooked the fact that the word sincryption contained another word..CRYPT...and that is where they spent eternity together once the spouses found out...and spouses always do!

Etymology: Sin (an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will;violent and excited activity)& Encryption (the activity of converting from plain text into code)

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Created by: kaenif

Pronunciation: [ˈɛrəglɒs] /EH-ruh-gloss/

Sentence: Their erogloss is becoming so subtle it is hard to understand, but they seem to be enjoying the decoding game.

Etymology: Ancient Greek ἔρως Eros - sexual desire γλῶσσα Glossa - language

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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: 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: petaj

Pronunciation: LUST-o-kript-O-ling-gwist-ics

Sentence: Sanjay enrolled in two subjects of lustocryptolinguistics at University, because he had the hots for the pert young lecturer and wanted to speak her language as often as possible.

Etymology: Lust (intense sexual desire) + cryptic (mysterious meaning) + linguistics (study of languages)

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COMMENTS:

Aha I'm the first one today. - petaj, 2007-02-13: 05:52:00

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