Verboticisms

Created by: Mobelia

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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: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation:

Sentence: that couples langualove doesn't cover their relationship very well.

Etymology: Language + love = Langualove

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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: 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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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: sek-spluh-ney-shuhn

Sentence: When the Marketing Director and the Sales Director were caught in the supply closet together they had to come up with a quick sexplanation. Nobody really believed that they were looking for white-board markers.

Etymology: sex (coitus) + explanation (a mutual declaration of the meaning of words spoken, actions, motives, etc)

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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: josje

Pronunciation: no fase

Sentence: We will be together but now we are in a nofase.

Etymology: no and fase.

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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: allwise

Pronunciation: ko-deit

Sentence: They said they were just a team, but everybody could sense Dave and Ann was codating; the way they snickered when they talked, how they appeared at work at the same time every day and of course the strange sounds from the locked copying-room.

Etymology: code + dating/ co-working

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Created by: DaddyNewt

Pronunciation: krip-toh-shtoop

Sentence: Vince and Betty continue to cryptoschtup, although we all know what's going on.

Etymology: crypto(secret or hidden) + schtup(to engage in sexual intercourse)

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