Verboticisms

Created by: amberlily

Pronunciation: nu-feer-ik-al

Sentence: "We're gonna get nuked!", said Ed, his eyes wide. "Calm down!", said Jane. "You're completely nufearical."

Etymology: fear of nuclear activity, paired with hysterical behavior

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Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: duck-n-trem-bull (duckntrembleosis)

Sentence: We all sat there in the War Room, staring aghast at the Big Board. There were still enough ICBMs to cause millions of BMs and turn the surface of our planet into fused glass. The realization that a nuclear half-life was no life at all began to sink in like heavy water into an aquifer. Some of us began to DUCKNTREMBLE at the thought of descending into a cozy mineshaft and trying to treat our radiation burns with napalmolive while recalling our school daze, cringing in the basement next to Sister MaryElephant and Shaky Nancy.

Etymology: DUCK+TREMBLE=DUCKNTREMBLE.....DUCK:to lower (as the head) quickly,avoid , evade, to move quickly,to lower the head or body suddenly,dodge,to plunge under the surface; Middle English douken; akin to Old High German tūhhan to dive, Old English dūce duck.....N: a short connective syllable popularized in the 20th century (shake n bake,turf n surf, feather n leather, duck n cover etc)......TREMBLE: to shake involuntarily (as with fear), shiver,to move,or come to pass as if shaken or tremulous, to be affected with great fear or anxiety; Middle English, from Anglo-French trembler, from Medieval Latin tremulare, from Latin tremulus tremulous, from tremere to tremble; akin to Greek tremein to tremble.

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COMMENTS:

US Navy: 1152 warheads. Russian Navy: 639 warheads. French Navy: 16 warheads. UK Royal Navy: 64 warheads. Chinese Navy: 12 warheads. - metrohumanx, 2009-02-04: 01:06:00

So many great verbotomies in a great sentence! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-04: 02:25:00

your sentences are wonderfully descriptive - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-04: 12:43:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: re ak tor re ak shun

Sentence: After the professor gave his lecture about nuclear proliferation and its destruction of our world, Enola had a reactoreaction. She worried that her nuclear family would not understand and would be in con-fusion if they knew about this disaster. Their fission vacations would change, no more gathering mushrooms and they would have a chain reaction to this news. She decided not to alarm them and to instead just Fermi la bouche!

Etymology: Reactor ((physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements) & Reaction (a process in which one or more substances are changed into others & an idea evoked by some experience)

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: ca/tas/tro/fear

Sentence: Every news report of trouble in the Gaza Strip sends Jenny into a state of catastrofear.

Etymology: CATASTROFEAR - noun - from CATASTROPHE (a final event, or conclusion; a disastrous end) + FEAR (concern or anxiety)

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COMMENTS:

nice - galwaywegian, 2009-02-04: 10:48:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: con-flahg-rah-VAY-shun

Sentence: Though his colleagues tried to convince Professor Larson that his fears of a nuclear holocaust were unreasonable, the professor nevertheless suffered an almost constant state of conflaggravation.

Etymology: Blend of 'conflagration' (A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning) and 'aggravation' (A source of continuing, increasing irritation or trouble)

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: the/big/bang/feer/ee

Sentence: Stu equated thebigbangfeary to all the nations on the planet giving ultimatums and counting to ten. It was inevitable that someone would push the button. Even balloons bursting caused him to break out in a cold sweat.

Etymology: The Big Bang Theory + fear

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COMMENTS:

Clever! - TJayzz, 2009-02-04: 07:30:00

terrific choices in your etymology for captures the feeling that sometimes the end of one thing is the beginning of another, even though we don't know what or if that may be. Your verbotomy will live forever in my memory along with hope. Super in the nth degree! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-04: 09:47:00

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Created by: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: WER ee WART MONG ger

Sentence: Joe is such a worrywartmonger. He thinks everyone is out to start a war. He has his whole basement lined with canned goods, and he swears his next door neighbour is having seances with Hitler.

Etymology: WORRYWART: Someone who worries about a lot of things WARMONGER: a person who tries to start wars and encourage others to start wars

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: bingbangdoōm

Sentence: Gerry just knows that the world is in deep peril. Some nitwit somewhere with an itchy finger is going to set off a chain of events that will bring the end of the world. It won't be difficult, just a matter of bingbangdoom. Even the tinfoil inside his baseball cap might not be enough to keep him safe.

Etymology: bing (exclamation - indicating a sudden action or event + bang (a sudden loud noise) + doom (death, destruction, or some other terrible fate)

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COMMENTS:

baddabang-baddaboom! - otherguy, 2009-02-04: 06:29:00

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Created by: jajsr

Pronunciation: Pess-e-bush

Sentence: John, an avid BBC fan, always managed to bring up his pessibushitic views during casual conversations at work. Screw your upcoming vacation or your kid's accomplishments in school, the world is going to be at nuclear war!

Etymology: Combination of "Pessi" from pessimist - an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome; and "Bush" from former President Bush.

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: KA-boom-OM-ee-nee

Sentence: Whenever Bob heard the words nuclear winter, shivers of kaboomominy koreered down his back.

Etymology: KABOOM: onomatopoeia: A loud noise heard with an explosion. "With the drop of the atom bomb, a loud kaboom was heard. " & OMINY (clipping of ominous); threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions."

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Great descriptive sentence and word... we's all felt shivers of kaboomominy! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-04: 22:26:00

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