Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kar mit ment

Sentence: When Duane met his new vehicle, Stella, it was automatic carmitment. Not only was she a lovely looking little number, she was easy on his wallet, purred when he turned her on and never gave him any trouble. He practically lived in her and was so proud to be seen with her. His wife was not amused and eventually left him, citing irreconcilable differentials.

Etymology: Car (automobile) & Commitment (devotion)

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Created by: Kevin0719

Pronunciation: nim-fo-tek

Sentence: The way Janie looks at her toaster makes me think she just might be a nymphotech, Steve.

Etymology: "nymphomaniac" and "technology"

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Created by: Biscotti

Pronunciation: mow-tow-feck-shun

Sentence: John had severe motofection with the weed whacker. He started to sleep with it next to him in bed; making his wife sick from the fumes and jealousy.

Etymology: motor (an engine of some sort) + affection (love and attention)

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: muh - SHEEN - eer - ee

Sentence: Erwin had a serious case of machineerie for his cars and garden machines that was a strange sort of superstitious infatuation.

Etymology: Blend of machine and eerie

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COMMENTS:

I do find this car infatuation a little spooky - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-27: 11:55:00

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Created by: Banky

Pronunciation: in-ANN-ah-morr-us

Sentence: The vibration of the unbalanced washer shook the ceiling pot rack, the pans on it sounding a cacophony of distant gongs. Roger sighed, and picked up the evening paper, turning on the dim orange sodium light of the old table lamp next to him. Shortly after the shaking stopped, he heard feet hit the floor. Marjorie emerged from the stairs looking flushed, carrying an empty hamper. "You know," Roger started slowly, not looking up from the paper, "we could get a new machine since that one is so far out of balance?" Her face fell. "Oh, we don't need to spend that kind of money right now. Besides, this one does a fabulous job with my delicates." She paled when she realized her innuendo, and the paper folded down to reveal a stone-faced Roger, locking her in a stare. His steeled eyes revealed his knowledge of her inanimorus affair with the Maytag 7800 front loader. The weight of 34 years of marriage dimmed the light in the already dark wood-paneled room. Scattered cords of light dodged around the edges of the curtains, revealing how dusty the room was. She tracked a small piece of lint suspended in a ray between them as it drifted on thermals and drafts, in and out of the beam of light, to avoid his gaze. Eyes refocused as Roger slowly lifted his paper back to reading level. Marjorie saw the harsh outline of his eyes soften and the glint of a tear just before they were once again replaced with headlines proclaiming the latest tournament Cinderella. She filled and put the kettle on the stove, and left the room.

Etymology: inanimate + amorous

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COMMENTS:

melancholy and moving sentence, banky. and still pretty funny. - stache, 2008-03-27: 19:11:00

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: ESS-tim-ay-shun

Sentence: Tim's inamorotor was a revolving door. He was filled with adooration for it and romeotored it by daily servicing its moving parts. It had grown in his esteemachine and now outranked his combine heartvester in his affections.

Etymology: esteem + machine

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COMMENTS:

Funny! Great word and sentence! I know a few' who have an esteemachine collection! - diyan627, 2008-03-27: 11:41:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: kun-trap-chur

Sentence: I'd called him twice to dinner. There was a steaming plate of his favorite dish sitting before his empty seat at the table. Outside, the icy rain started coming down harder, yet Mark still hadn't come in. I looked out the window to find him tenderly tugging on the ropes attached to the tarp covering his old rust-bucket tractor, Bessie... and wiping off her wet spots. The evidence was clearly mounting that Mark had fallen victim to contrapture.

Etymology: contraption, rapture

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COMMENTS:

Great word. Even greater sentence - "wiping off her wet spots." You're a poet, Purple A. - doseydotes, 2008-03-27: 09:09:00

excellent purple - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-27: 11:27:00

Thanks Jabber and dosey. I always struggle with sentences. This one came easy, as it actually happened. - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-27: 12:11:00

wonderful word...easy to pronounce and remember! - spotthecat1, 2008-03-27: 13:40:00

Excellent. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-28: 17:30:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: I/toy/let/tree

Sentence: Paddy had a fixation about finding the world's perfect toilet since becoming a master plumber. Once he had installed a Toto toilet he was often accused of itoiletry as he surrounded the fixture with candles and bath mats and was often found kneeling in front of it after a long night at the pub.

Etymology: idolatry + toilet

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COMMENTS:

Funny! - TJayzz, 2009-01-19: 16:12:00

Laughter loud here. And the song of your is by Willie Nelson ... "On The Commode Again!" - silveryaspen, 2009-01-19: 18:47:00

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Created by: GlobalGallery

Pronunciation: Ped-al-filli-ya

Sentence: Although he lives in the inner city Martin's pedalphilia drove him to spend eight thousand dollars on a state-of-the-art carbon fibre mountain bike with dual racing suspension and titanium components. It remains indoors in 'as new' condition, having being ridden once in five months.

Etymology: 1.pedal - a foot operated lever on a bicycle. 2.philia - a fondness, craving or affinity for something.

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COMMENTS:

Great use of irony in your sentence. Your word too, in more ways than one. - silveryaspen, 2009-01-19: 18:54:00

Love it! - Nosila, 2009-01-20: 22:03:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: spin fat you eh shun

Sentence: Carl loved his car, in fact you could say he had a bad case of spinfatuation. His favourite book and movie had been Stephen King's "Christine", so when he first took her out for a spin (or as he called it, on their first date), he named her Christine. His spinfatuation was automatic and he spent many hours learning auto repair, because he did not want all those grease monkeys down at the local garage touching her sleek chassis, never mind looking under her hood. His time alone with her in the garage soon became a fixation. His mother was worried, but found it hard to torque to him about it. She tried to steer him towards other activities (or even appliances), but he refused to shift and always yelled back at her, until she was exhausted. Her concerns were further fueled by his talking about marrying Christine. She argued that this love was not the wheel thing and their age differential was too great. His mother almost had a hemi one day when she discovered that Carl had left a note saying that he and Christine had eloped. The next day, Carl walked home, leaking eye fluids, without the lovely Christine. His mother saw that he was ready to blow a gasket and asked him what happened. Carl broke down and said "I have made a complete axle of myself on my wedding night!" He told her that he had found out when she had made a transmission, that Christine had had some "work" done on her before they met, she was really a convertible... she used to be known as Christopher! She became the little engine that couldn't. Carl lost all his inhibitors and committed battery first and then vehicular homicide. He had come home to look for his cables...the jumpers. We knew it would all end in gears...Oh, the heart brake!

Etymology: spin (a drive in a car;twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation;or make up a story) & infatuation (foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration)

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COMMENTS:

Another amazing story. Hilarious! - Tigger, 2008-03-28: 00:02:00

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