Verboticisms

Created by: johnnyrockett

Pronunciation: E-go-nor

Sentence: While the clerk was robbed, I egonored her while listening to the new song from Justin Timberlake.

Etymology: Ego - an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others Ignore - to refrain from noticing or recognizing

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Created by: Bulletchewer

Pronunciation: eye-pod-yoo-late

Sentence: Sometimes it helps to ipodulate and escape the trivialities and trials of life.

Etymology: Very obvious. From "ipod" and "isolate". Also note the "u" as a reference to the notion of making time for yourself.

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Created by: microwavedboy

Pronunciation: Ob-live-i-pod

Sentence: She didn't notice the traffic swarming around her - she was a complete oblivipod.

Etymology: Oblivious. Ipod.

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Created by: celeron450

Pronunciation: "eye-toon-owt"

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

Etymology: iTunes, tune out

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: ob li vee meuse

Sentence: florence had a moment of complete oblivimuse until frank tapped her on the shoulder because she was singing out of key

Etymology: from being oblivious and amused by something

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: pod-ee-brain-ing

Sentence: You could always tell when Bob's wife had been nagging, as you'd find him poddybraining afterwards.

Etymology: ipod, brain

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Created by: llimllib

Pronunciation: En-`pod-en

Sentence: I yelled at John, but he'd already enpoddened himself.

Etymology: En = to enter pod = iPod den = action suffix

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: i - sellf - pod - sessed

Sentence: Julia became iselfpodsessed the very day she purchased her new ipod. Her new joy in life was to "plug-in" and tune out to the world around her. It enabled her to escape all worries, responsibilities and concern for other people. She now focused on what was important, her own musical happiness.

Etymology: ipod, self-possessed (having control of one's emotions or behaviour)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: nob liv ee yon

Sentence: When Olivia hit the volume button on her ipod, she managed to enter her own little world, unaware of anything around her. She created a world of knoblivion, where nothing else existed but her. It was during this state of knoblivion that she failed to notice the red sports car that barely missed her and had to swerve into a big tree, flipping over the vehicle and trapping the driver. Calamities to others followed her until one day, she ignored the warning bells and the 4:15 downtown bus punched her ticket permanently.

Etymology: Knob (dial;button that controls volume) & Oblivion (forgetfulness;a state of being unaware)

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Created by: LenaBeana

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