Verboticisms

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ahy-void

Sentence: Mary loves her music. Once she sticks her earbuds in she can ivoid anything unpleasant or bothersome.

Etymology: i (from iPod/iPad) + avoid (to keep away from; keep clear of; shun)

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Created by: jrogan

Pronunciation: idiopod

Sentence: Annie was a compulsive idiopod who was permanently plugged into her ipod. It was the soundtrack of her life, and she never missed a beat, unless it happened outside her head.

Etymology: ipod + idiot

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Created by: ahwinters

Pronunciation: "eye-toon-owt"

Sentence: On stressful Subway rides, Glenda would often ituneout.

Etymology: iTunes, tune out

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Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: toon-hed

Sentence: "Wow, Rachel is a real tunehead. She walked right past that old woman who fell down without so much as a glance"

Etymology: tune + head

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: nar sis stat tis tik

Sentence: No wonder there are so many distracted driving laws and lawsuits against people too stupid to concentrate on what they are doing and act safely. Take Penny, who merrily walked into the path of a car on the street, oblivious due to her wearing her earpads, listening to fluffy pop music. The driver of the car lost control to avoid her, flipped over and went to Heaven. Penny herself narrowly avoided becoming another narcisstatistic and still doesn't know it!

Etymology: Narcississtic (characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance) & Statistic (a datum that can be represented numerically)

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: ess-cayp-odd

Sentence: as her parents started fighting in the front seat, she decided to escapod for the rest of the journey

Etymology: escape, ipod

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: empēfrē

Sentence: Brenda listens to music to the exclusion of all else. Her friends call her oblivious. She prefers MPfree.

Etymology: A play on MP3 music players

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Created by: Stump

Pronunciation: I/ee-goh/sahyz

Sentence: Whenever things are bad I like to grab my MP3 player and iEgosize.

Etymology: mash of iPod, Ego and internalize.

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Created by: EonaFrae

Pronunciation: in-two-nent

Sentence: With the music blaring and her arms shaking, Rebecca's intunent energy was contagious.

Etymology: In [prefix: in, into] + Tune [a succession of musical sounds forming a melody] + Ent [suffix: full of]

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Created by: librarian

Pronunciation: ip'-tro-vert

Sentence: i was listening to my sister for a while but then just iptroverted because he was complaining about her friends.

Etymology: ipod + introvert

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