Verboticisms

Created by: ZumZum

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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: Mustang

Pronunciation: tran-QUIL-uh-peel

Sentence: Morris felt a bit guilty for having benefited from great abundance thru the year and his conscience finally bade him to make a sincere tranquilappeal for the world and the new year.

Etymology: Blend of tranquil and appeal.

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Created by: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: HOPE in DUS tree us

Sentence: The hopeindustrious in this world, not only dream about a better future, but they actively make it happen.

Etymology: hope and industrious

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Created by: Korinne

Pronunciation: Pro-peace-in-tegrity

Sentence: Shawn showed propeacintegrity as he wished for peace on earth and showed kindness to all those he crossed paths with.

Etymology: Pro(active) + Peace + Integrity

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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: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: med it ay zhun

Sentence: he found a few hours meditazzzion di wonders for world peace, or at least the part of the world which he occupied, i.e. hie bedsit or workstation.

Etymology: meditation, zzzzzzzzz

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: carm - quill - i - tee

Sentence: Justine had achieved karmquility at last. She spend the holiday season cooking at the mission, read to senior citizens and collected coins for the Salvation Army. For some reason, she felt that she had become more fulfilled than ever before and also, helped to bring others a sense of being cared about also.

Etymology: Karma (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation) + Tanquility (peace, calm)

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Created by: gemmgemms

Pronunciation: packs-sen-sa-ma-la-staw-pa-ing

Sentence: He was instantly struck with a serious feeling of paxsensemalstopping.

Etymology: pax:peace + sense:realize + mal:bad + stop:pause

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kärmaktiv

Sentence: The world would be so much better if more people were a bit more karmactive, following through on what they know are good ideas and actually doing something.

Etymology: karma (in Hinduism and Buddhism) the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.) + active

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What comes around, goes around! - Nosila, 2008-12-26: 01:06:00

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