Verboticisms

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: fruh-pen-strey-shun

Sentence: By digging a small grave for all his old pens helped his frupenstration anxiety, but he did keep his favorite purple pen under his pillow - in case the pen fairy happened to come around.

Etymology: frustration + pen

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COMMENTS:

has a great sound to it - would be very satisfying to mutter when searching for a pen - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-06: 14:03:00

thanks! I was going to go with fruspentration, but it sounded odd...! - remistram, 2007-11-06: 16:20:00

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Created by: yellowbird

Pronunciation: inka-myoo-knee-ka-dough

Sentence: I was inkommunicado at the meeting and I think my boss might have noticed.

Etymology: ink + incommunicado (not able to communicate)

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Created by: jsmccarty82

Pronunciation: I-ron-ick-al

Sentence: It seems that this journal is a chronicle of ironies. Hey it should be called an ironical journal!

Etymology: A chronicle of ironies.

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: pen/daver

Sentence: It's another of Murphy's Laws that writing utensils turn into pendavers when an important message needs to be scribbled.

Etymology: PENDAVER noun - from PEN (instrument for writing) + CADAVER (a dead body)

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Created by: kellysue94

Pronunciation:

Sentence: i was having an inklessdilemma yesterday

Etymology:

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Created by: pungineer

Pronunciation: Style/less

Sentence: Winston's major coronary failure was prompted when he was left styless in his own home, at the very moment he needed to write down the number flashing before him on the screen, his thoughtless children had taken all the functioning pens to school...

Etymology: Stylus - writing utensil + Less - opposite of more

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COMMENTS:

No doubt his children thought he was styleless too. Daaaad, don't pick me up from school wearing that. - petaj, 2007-11-06: 07:09:00

ha, that'll teach them to steal all the good pens! - pungineer, 2007-11-06: 12:02:00

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Created by: annbananne

Pronunciation: sigh pend

Sentence: When you really need to write something down you usually can only find sypens.

Etymology: syphen: ink was syphened out pen: pen (duh)

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COMMENTS:

good one! - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-06: 13:52:00

I like it too! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-06: 16:57:00

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Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: ab-sink-ee-ya

Sentence:

Etymology: contraction of "absentia" and "ink"

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Created by: tuckerdognc

Pronunciation: Pen-not-wri-tis

Sentence: I can't believe I have pennotwritis again. I could have sworn I threw all these out.

Etymology: thought to be from the latin, pendenitis, the affliction caused by having too many pens.

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: pen-NUHN-druhm

Sentence: Bob faced a penundrum when his biro pendripulated as he tried to write down the address of his new girlfriend - Woodraliggunie st, Gutchboordankendockenarup, Western Australia. Despite his dyspengraphic pleadings, she remained unsympathetic presenting him with a penultimatum: get one that writes or get lost!

Etymology: Blend of pen & conundrum: a puzzling question or problem.

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COMMENTS:

I think Bob should buy some pencils - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-06: 13:51:00

I guess Bob will never get to go to Camp Comeoniwannalaya with his new-found girlfriend. (great word ozzie!) - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-06: 19:58:00

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