Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kew ree us

Sentence: When George saw the huge line of people waiting outside the clinic, he was so queuerious that he had to stand in line with them. Hours passed by and finally when he got to the door, he discovered it was a sperm bank's donation blitz. Not only did he make $100, but Queuerious George now has offspring running around town.

Etymology: Queue (line up,a line of people or vehicles waiting for something;form a queue, form a line, stand in line) & Curious (eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns)

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COMMENTS:

:D - galwaywegian, 2011-05-30: 03:34:00

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Created by: wordslikevenom

Pronunciation: Voor-san-ging

Sentence: Rudolph's predilection for voorsanging sometimes meant that Christmas presents wouldn't arrive on time.

Etymology: Voorsanger, Jessica: Performance artist and organiser of the American collective ImprovEverywhere. 'Voorsanging' may have first occurred outside Louis Vuitton's Bond Street shop on 4 August 2010 whereby the collective enacted ‘random queuing’ .

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ink loo shun

Sentence: he was sheepishly following his flock mentality, as was evidenced by his inclewesion in the queue for the meat counter despite his vegetarian life style. It looked baaaaad.

Etymology: inclusion, ewe as in sheep.

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: blind-up

Sentence: i went to the store to buy milk and i ended up blinedup for a week...and after all that i had no milk and three tickets to Lord of the Dance

Etymology: blind, line up

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: curiosity

Sentence: Gavin's queueriosity eventually led to his downfall. He joined a police line-up and was identified by the witness as the offender.

Etymology: queue + curious

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COMMENTS:

he'll be queuelling his heels for a while then! - galwaywegian, 2007-06-25: 07:35:00

Queueriouser and queueriouser... - Clayton, 2007-06-25: 09:21:00

I swear that I hadn't read your word before I wrote my sentence. - ErWenn, 2007-06-25: 12:27:00

He was thrown in the queueler by the judge. - petaj, 2007-06-26: 03:05:00

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌkjuˈmjun/

Sentence: My queueriosity got the better of me and I decided to queuemune with the rest of the sheep. I just had to know what was inside the big building with all the fancy machinery.

Etymology: From queue + commune

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: line/transing

Sentence: Sue spent her weekends linetrancing at the mall. Any line would do. Once she got to the end she would immediately find another one.

Etymology: line + trance + line dance

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COMMENTS:

Did she take the trancesit to get to the mall? - wordmeister, 2007-06-25: 12:50:00

I think I'm in a linetrance but I never get to the front - wordmeister, 2007-06-25: 12:57:00

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Created by: bubbos

Pronunciation: in-qwi-si-toe-see

Sentence: My grandma is extremely inquisitosy. Especially if they're giving away free samples of face cream.

Etymology: Inquisitory + nosy

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Created by: grahaff

Pronunciation: i-line

Sentence: I iline all the time, not knowing it. It is such an unusual habit for me. I just line up, if I know what it's for or not.

Etymology: I- myself line- to line up

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Created by: Lapper

Pronunciation: LIE-stand-er

Sentence: As Max walked the length of the city block, he couldn't help but notice a line at least five-hundred people long; not wanting to miss out on whatever novelties awaited, he became a lystander himself.

Etymology: Both a combination of "line" and "bystander", as well as a meaningless play on "A Midsummer Night's Dream"'s Lysander.

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