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DEFINITION: To unconsciously adopt the vocal mannerisms and linguistic stylings of the people with whom you are speaking.
Verboticisms
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Cloneunciation
Created by: Syzygy
Pronunciation: Clo-nun-si-ay-shun
Sentence: After a few drinks with her Southerner friends, Megan began to coneunciate a Southern drawl.
Etymology: Clone and Pronounce
Milinguic
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: mi-ling-gu-ik
Sentence: Hal milinguicked the students to come across more youthful. Unfortunately he messed up a few words so he ended up making a complete fool of himself.
Etymology: mimic + lingual
Simitation
Created by: Nettle
Pronunciation: sim-i-tay-shun
Sentence: Austin found himself simitating a Northumbrian accent while touring the area, attempting to sell vacuum cleaners to people who already own one.
Etymology: imitation + simulation with a dash of simian, because it's an instinctive behaviour and a little monkey-like.
Mimeojargon
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: mim/ee/uh/jar/gon
Sentence: After spending many hours interviewing high school students, the counsellor's mimeojargon became part of her life and her friends just didn't understand her.
Etymology: mimeograph + jargon
Lolerize
Created by: graypenguin
Pronunciation: lawl-er-ize
Sentence: He became so lolerized that nobody knows what he's saying except 16 year old girls.
Etymology: lol + ized (as in "to become")
Adapterpretation
Created by: loofarama
Pronunciation: a-dapped-terr-prett-ashun
Sentence: his adapterpretation was going too far. it was like he was that little voice in my head: saying what i wanted to, but couldn't
Etymology: adapt + interpretation
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COMMENTS:
COLON: - loofarama, 2007-09-12: 16:25:00
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Bumpkinistics
Created by: noztril
Pronunciation: bump-kin-es-tiks
Sentence: Charles ordered grits from Billy-bob using his innate bumpkinistic talents.
Etymology: bumpkin as in country plus linguistics
Parrotism
Created by: StigAllan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Please stop that parrotism. I cannot help talking like that.
Etymology:
Empatholocute
Created by: faithlessphil
Pronunciation: Em-pa-tho-lo-kyut
Sentence: James' English accent is so strong that Linda couldn't help but to empatholocute.
Etymology: Empathy + Elocute (from elocution)
Comments:
Jabberwocky - 2007-09-12: 10:46:00
and if you happen to like run on sentences you would be a linguaclonedrone
Does that mean if you drone on endlessly to people on a mobile you are a cellphone linguaclonedrone?