Verboticisms

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: neh-gle-keyt

Sentence: Fred continued to neglecate until Wilma hit him on the head with a frying pan.

Etymology: neglect + locate

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Created by: trace45

Pronunciation: rec·ol·lecti·cide

Sentence: When Mary was looking for her purse she experienced recollecticide because her thought in the mind was put to death when she stopped to ask her friend did she know what she was looking for.

Etymology: recollect + cide

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Created by: Scrumpy

Pronunciation: rob-zur-vey-shun

Sentence: He was so filled with robversation that he walked past his missing spectacles three times.

Etymology: rob - (to take, deprive) observation - (notice, perceive)

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COMMENTS:

to be fair, he was probably blindsided - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-10: 12:10:00

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: bah + fooled

Sentence: I got so baffooled looking for my sunglasses that I ended up looking for my wallet instead.

Etymology: baffle + fooled

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: deh/leer/ee/um

Sentence: His mind was in such a state of deliriuhm that he completely forgot what the frantic search had been for

Etymology: delirium(wild obsessive excitement) + uhm?

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Created by: sparkles510

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Matt's continued to flakesearch even though the keys are in his hands.

Etymology:

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Created by: torvaldhightower

Pronunciation: distract-a-stray-shun

Sentence: I'm experiencing so much distractastration, standing here, bending over, and staring blankly. I'm going to put my hand on my forehead in distractastration.

Etymology: distraction + frustration

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Created by: StigAllan

Pronunciation:

Sentence: You can´t find your keys. Are you totally brainlocked?

Etymology:

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Created by: ScrabbledEgg

Pronunciation: es-kuh-laps

Sentence: He couldn't remember where he set his cellphone, and it just escalapsed from there. Now he's just standing there, gazing into the refrigerator, hoping it has what he needs.

Etymology: escalate (to increase in magnitude, intensity, amount...) + lapse, as in "a lapse of memory"

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Created by: graypenguin

Pronunciation: find-set

Sentence: He was stuck in such a findset that he forgot what he was looking for.

Etymology: find + mindset

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