Verboticisms

Created by: jrogan

Pronunciation: queuepidity

Sentence: He fluttered with anticipation when saw the line stretching around the corner. What were they waiting for? And then surrendered to his queuepidity. Tow hours later he received a coupon for a free coffee. He was thrilled!

Etymology: queue + cupid + stupid

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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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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: 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: 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: artr

Pronunciation: kyoōpəlshən

Sentence: If there is a line Ken can hardly contain his urge to jump in. He found true ecstasy when he took his quepulsion to Disney World. Without even knowing what each line was leading to he stood for hours, sometimes vacating a line before taking a particular ride to join a different line. Good thing he went on his own.

Etymology: queue (a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed) + compulsion (an irresistible urge to behave in a certain way)

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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: remistram

Pronunciation: wayt-is-um

Sentence: Waitism, enormous patience, and comfortable shoes go hand in hand.

Etymology: The practice and system of extreme waiting

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Created by: Clayton

Pronunciation: kyoo-in-SAHYD

Sentence: Jorge had a tendency to queueincide unexpectedly. Some even called him queuepricious.

Etymology: queue + coincide

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