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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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Nastiquism
Created by: GreenTara
Pronunciation: Nast-ih-kwism
Sentence: After two years, she couldn't take his finger nail biting anymore - his nastiquism was out of control.
Etymology: Nasti-nasty, qui-quirky, ism-a suffix indicating an act
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COMMENTS:
kool word - pwincess9430, 2007-08-15: 18:51:00
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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
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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Endearritating
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: en-deer-it-ay-ting
Sentence: she found his crazy laugh endearritating
Etymology: endearing, irritating
Breakfastcharms
Created by: Paradox
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His soft snoring while sleeping very rapidly turned out to be a breakfastcharm.
Etymology: A combination of "break" (as in "breaking the news"), fast and charms, so not to be confused with breakfast (as in, food) and charms put together.
Disghabustitsing
Created by: pwincess9430
Pronunciation: disc-hab-ust-it-sing
Sentence: basically discusting + habit in one really long word
Etymology:
Automatetic
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Aww-toe-MATE-tick
Sentence: Sylvia knew that Dewayne's personal scratching was an involutary habitual response to sitting in one place too long, but the sheer repetitiveness of his automatetic was beginning to inspire her to sharpen all the knives, scissors, and axes in the house.
Etymology: Auto (prefix meaning "without thought or effort") + mate (significant other) + tic (muscle twitch)
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COMMENTS:
ha, got my vote...great sentence - remistram, 2007-08-15: 09:40:00
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Pickassdillo
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: pick-ass-dill-o
Sentence: Gordon's wriggling had gone from a peccadillo to a pickassdillo evidenced by continuous bum scratching by the time Jemma stormed out the door.
Etymology: peccadillo + a disgusting habit
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COMMENTS:
grrrrreat! - galwaywegian, 2007-08-15: 05:29:00
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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.
