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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.

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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

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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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Infatgravating

Created by: lvinning

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Idiotsyncrasy

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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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

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Cripplequirk

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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