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DEFINITION: A personality quirk or habit, which at first blush seems "cute", but which can quickly become so annoying that it undermines personal relationships.
Verboticisms
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Endearritating
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: en-deer-it-ay-ting
Sentence: she found his crazy laugh endearritating
Etymology: endearing, irritating
Mannerschism
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: man-ner-skiz-im
Sentence: Joyce originally thought it quite intriguing that Bob could lick his nose, but when he did it in front of her grandmother, it caused a mannerschism.
Etymology: mannerism, schism
Spammettique
Created by: mythman
Pronunciation: spamm-eh-TEEK
Sentence: His excessive morning gas became a spametique blockout her morning-urge.
Etymology: Monty Python's Flying Circus featured a soundtrack "SPAM-SPAM-SPAM-SPAM ..." that blocked out the desired dialogue.
Stupiditic
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: stew pid it ick
Sentence: In or around the third month of thwe relationship, she realised that what seemed at first like an endearing gesture, winking at her whenever he finished a sentence, was a stupiditic. she realsied now that the only reason he wore platform bootswas to stop his knuckles scraping off the ground as he walked.
Etymology: stupidity, tic
Disghabustitsing
Created by: pwincess9430
Pronunciation: disc-hab-ust-it-sing
Sentence: basically discusting + habit in one really long word
Etymology:
Idiosyncrazy
Created by: KristinA
Pronunciation: id-E-O-sin-craze-E
Sentence: After dating only 2 months, it soon became apparent that his incessant need to separate M&Ms by color before eating them would soon be the idiosnycrazy that would end their relationship.
Etymology: idiosyncrasy (a peculiar characteristic) + crazy (for the odd behavior and also, how the habit drives other people crazy)
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COMMENTS:
Good word Pretty much the word I was looking for! I used hideosyncrasy in my sentence, but also considered "odiosyncrasy, whimsiosyncrasy, insidiosyncrasy - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-15: 09:07:00
...also "idioticsyncrasy." - KristinA, 2007-08-15: 09:12:00
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Unattractic
Created by: Metalflower
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The fact that Susan was tapping her fingernails on her teeth when she was bored was such an unattractic to Frank, that he ended the relationship after 5 happy years.
Etymology: unattractive, tic
Habitrude
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: hab-i-TRU-de
Sentence: Among his new-founded friends Bob was looked upon as a quirky, loveable eccentric with a huge helping of idiosyncrasy. Often he would be seen lecturing tourists at the airport on the value of learning to speak Volapuk, or as a habitue sipping coffee at a sidewalk cafe declaring to passers-by his intention to stand for parliament. However his friends soon came to realize that his strange behavior was nothing more than a hideosyncrasy, hammed-up to avoid getting a job. And it didn't take long for them to weary of this pestering plethborer with habitrude.
Etymology: Blending of habit, intrude, rude & attitude
Mustuness
Created by: administraitor
Pronunciation: must + you + ness
Sentence: They were a team – they thought and spoke as one. Whenever she started a sentence he would finish it. Until one day, when his mustuness finally drove her to a break up, he kissed himself off before he realized it.
Etymology: "must you!" + an ending
