Verboticisms

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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grrrrreat! - galwaywegian, 2007-08-15: 05:29:00

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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

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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.

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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.

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: ihd-ee-uht-SIHNGK-ruh-see

Sentence: Alex's idiotsyncrasy of ending every sentence with "um, but, yeah..." drove his date off very fast.

Etymology: idiot + idiosyncrasy

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COMMENTS:

Good word- pretty much the one I was looking for! I used "hideosyncrasy" in my sentence but also consider odiosyncrasy, whimsiosyncrasy, insidiocrasy. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-15: 09:04:00

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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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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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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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Created by: lvinning

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: krip-uhl-kwurk

Sentence: The townspeople started a rumour that she pushed him into Cripple creek due to his relentless cripplequirking. Biting his toenails in public places was something she couldn't put up with anymore. Rumours are now swirling that he was happy to float along the river, it made his toenails nice and soft and easier to knaw off, and also tastier.

Etymology: cripple (to disable, weaken) + quirk (habit, fetish)

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