Verboticisms

Created by: bailandi

Pronunciation:

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: 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: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: sema/fa/mor/eh

Sentence: Semaphamore is the language of luv

Etymology: semaphore + amore

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COMMENTS:

sounds great with an Italian accent - porsche, 2007-02-13: 09:05:00

You're right, say it out loud. - petaj, 2007-02-14: 02:44:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: dee sy for

Sentence: The 2 cryptographers at the remote intel-gathering outpost in Canada's wilds were in the business to decypher enemy codes. When they fell in love, it was very hard for them to desighfor anything!

Etymology: Decipher (convert code into ordinary language: & Sigh For (yearn after)

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Created by: Mobelia

Pronunciation:

Sentence: They chatted briefly in front of their colleagues about the temperature of the coffee, but it was mere jabberstraction from the rising heat between them.

Etymology: From: Jabber meaning to chat Distraction meaning to confuse and divert attention

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COMMENTS:

Good! I wonder what jabberwocky thinks about this? - wordmeister, 2007-02-16: 00:18:00

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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: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: what us eeee

Sentence: their use of whatusi was wearing thin, he had already allegedly helped her remove something from her eye twelve times that week.

Etymology: wha us? watusi

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: am - or - thus - sor - us

Sentence: When Jenny and Clyde were around, I had to consult the amorthesaurus in order to understand their language. Their conversation was rife with hidden amorous meaning.

Etymology: amorous (Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment), thesaurus (A publication, usually in the form of a book, that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms) for the words of a given language)

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COMMENTS:

Love amorthesaurus...sounds like a love-lorn dinosaur! - Nosila, 2009-09-08: 16:41:00

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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: jedijawa

Pronunciation: bun-nee-ban-tur

Sentence: Jill and Jack's bunnybanter was thinly veiled flirtation.

Etymology: bunny - (i.e. cute) + banter (i.e. talk)

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