Verboticisms

Created by: deathsweep

Pronunciation: Prack - tickle - pree - ching

Sentence: It's good to see that you're finally doing some practicalpreaching!

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /al-troo-in'-sti-geyt/

Sentence: Although George was a horrible cook, he had altruinstigated a campaign to distribute hot food to the homeless, but instead, he finally succumbed to the 'sugar crash' from all of the holiday candy he'd been eating, and slept the day away.

Etymology: altruism - concern for the welfare of others (from Italian, altrui) + instigate - to urge, provoke, or incite to some action or course (from Latin, instīgāre "to impel")

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: pax/cen/trate

Sentence: Johnny is going to paxcentrate on world calmness this Christmas by starting with his family and not bitching about every present he receives.

Etymology: pax + concentrate

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: peace by piece

Sentence: Let each person, one by one, piece by piece, strive to live in friendly accord, in harmony, with everyone and everything, thereby achieving peacebypeace.

Etymology: "Piece by Piece" - a way to get most things accomplished. "Peace by Peace" - a way to accomplish world peace.

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Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: LOVE-O-looshun

Sentence: We need to do more. We need a compleat LOVEOLUTION.

Etymology: LOVE+revOLUTION=LOVEOLUTION.....LOVE:strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties, affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests, warm attachment, enthusiasm or devotion, unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another; Middle English, from Old English lufu; akin to Old High German luba love, Old English lēof dear, Latin lubēre, libēre to please.....REVOLUTION: a sudden, radical, or complete change, the overthrow or renunciation of one government or ruler and the substitution of another by the governed, activity or movement designed to effect fundamental changes in the socioeconomic situation, a fundamental change in the way of thinking about or visualizing something; Middle English revolucioun, from Middle French revolution, from Late Latin revolution-, revolutio, from Latin revolvere to revolve. +

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You only go around once in a revolution. - Mustang, 2008-12-25: 22:44:00

You say you want a loveolution Well, you know We all want to change the world You tell me that it's loveolution Well, you know We all want to change the world But when you talk about destruction Don't you know that you can count me out Don't you know it's gonna be all right all right, all right - Nosila, 2008-12-26: 01:05:00

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Created by: runningdiva

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Created by: anafausta

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Sentence: He has finally reached his obiturest and is resting in peace.

Etymology: Obituary (a notice of the death of a person) + rest (refreshing inactivity after exertion or labor)

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Created by: rebelvin

Pronunciation: dis-play-cate

Sentence: I can't stand people who are well meaning, but never actually displacate.

Etymology: display+placate

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Created by: freakystyley

Pronunciation: U-nee-o-dance

Sentence: With a little uniodance from everyone, anything is possible.

Etymology: Union + Guidance

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: peace-if-ier

Sentence: Always seeking the middle ground to bring warring factions together, he was a true peacifier.

Etymology: peacifier: a combination of peace and pacifier ... a peacifier

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