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DEFINITION: n. A personality quirk or habit, which at first blush seems "cute", but which can quickly become so annoying that it undermines personal relationships. v. To be habitually irksome.
Verboticisms
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Ewsik
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: EEeeeeeeewwwwww SICK!
Sentence: Julie's ewsik has gotten to the point that every time she clears her throat I wanna grab her by the hair and smash her face in. "I think it's cute." You would. She's all yours.
Etymology: My xgf used to say eww sick all the time.
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COMMENTS:
ew rock! - Nosila, 2009-09-10: 01:50:00
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Thornication
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: θôrnikāshən
Sentence: Charlie is very good at getting under the skin of his co-workers. He doesn’t mean to be annoying but his habitual activities amount to thornication.
Etymology: thorn (a thorn in someone’s side - a source of continual annoyance or trouble) + fornication (two people not married to each other having sex)
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COMMENTS:
love it...so prickly! - Nosila, 2011-02-10: 23:55:00
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Vexclination
Created by: ekath
Pronunciation: vex-clin-a-ashun
Sentence: His vexclinations make him near insufferable.
Etymology: from vex + inclination
Chewumuy
Created by: Ahmad
Pronunciation: che-wu-mu-ae
Sentence: I took him for a nice guy when first i met him in university but he proved a chewumuy latter on , i just hate these fellows.
Etymology: chewing + gum. chew form chewing, um from gum. uy from guy. chewing gum tastes great at start but just gets irritating latter on.
Conpeeve
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: Con-Pee-Ve
Sentence: His combination of snoring and sleepwalking quickly went from cute to conpeeving after the fourth night of watching him snore walk his way into the wall.
Etymology: Con - Peeve (what used to be a propreeve is now a con)
Vexappeal
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: vex ap peel
Sentence: Rodney's bad habits were finally starting to grate on Stephanie. His sex appeal had long since become a vexappeal for her. She should have known when he told her that his family motto was, "You can pick your nose, but n ot your relatives..."
Etymology: Vex (irk, annoy) & Appeal (attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates) Wordplay on Sex appeal (attractiveness to the opposite sex)
Cutetopuke
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I thought his messy side was cute, not anymore, it's cutetopuke.
Etymology: It was cute, now she wants to puke.
Thornnoy
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: thawr-noi
Sentence: She used to call him by his given name, Roy. Now because of his thornnoying habits she doesn't call him at all.
Etymology: thorn (something that wounds, annoys, or causes discomfort) + annoy (irritate, upset )
Quabit
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: kwaa bit
Sentence: Diane always had the quabit of finishing of your...
Etymology: from quirk and habit, bit obvious but I'm not feeling that original today.
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COMMENTS:
Reminds me of a quantum computing qubit. It's like a habit that is only annoying depending on your point of view. On an only slightly related point, I once used "qubyte" in a round of Scrabble! - ErWenn, 2007-02-16: 10:43:00
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Irrimating
Created by: MrDigdigdig
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Bob's nose picking quickly became irrimating to Linda
Etymology:
Comments:
wordmeister - 2007-02-15: 23:50:00
It was tricky to come up with right word for this one...
ErWenn - 2007-02-16: 10:44:00
Lots of good words for annoying habits today. It seems to be much harder to come up with a good word for an annoying habit that starts out as endearing.