Verboticisms

Created by: anemone

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Created by: polarpanda

Pronunciation: pre-ten-der-ness (not PREE-ten-der-ness)

Sentence: Hey, honey, tell me your cousin Patrice's husband's name again-- he's headed over here, and I don't want all that awkward pretenderness when he leans in for a hug.

Etymology: pretend + tenderness

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Created by: johnnyrockett

Pronunciation: For-got-o-nim

Sentence: As I walked in to my high school reunion, I realized that I would experience forgautonym many times this night.

Etymology: Forg - Forgot Autonym - a person's own name

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Created by: galwaywegian

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Created by: Ahoytheship

Pronunciation: a-non-ni-mingle

Sentence: He anonymigled around the party, successfully rekindling relationships with all the complete strangers in the room.

Etymology: Anonymous+mingle

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Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: hug-stall

Sentence: Julie could not remember her friend's name so she hugstalled for time.

Etymology: hug + stall

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Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: ring-uh-bel-fays-ing

Sentence: I'm not going to my class reunion -- it will just be a bunch of people ringabellfacing each other.

Etymology: interfacing + rings-a-bell

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Created by: neojester12

Pronunciation: Stal-fec-shun

Sentence: The thanksgiving dinner was abound with stallfection.

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Created by: matrixpro

Pronunciation: awe-kiss-tick

Sentence: He gave her an awkistic hello when the group stared at him to introduce her to them.

Etymology: My brain

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Created by: doogman

Pronunciation: No-Men-Ease-ee-ah

Sentence: As she hugged me and kissed my cheek, I was struck by a wave of nomenesia.

Etymology: From the Latin "nomen" (name) and amenesia (to forget)

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