Verboticisms

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: lay/miz/ur/awbul/enabler

Sentence: Sally was a lesmiserablenabler. She pulled on everyone's heartstrings to get the sympathy she craved.

Etymology: les Miserables + enabler + misery or miserable

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COMMENTS:

If there were fertility drugs for creating words ... I say it gave you quadruplets! Tongue-twistingly funny and clever. All kidding aside ... Exceptional Creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 13:46:00

Very clever! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-20: 15:58:00

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /traj-i-dee-VO-shun/

Sentence: Jerry thought that his date Sandra was going to cry — she had complained about her bad day all through dinner, spilled wine on her dress, and then, while leaving the restaurant, she'd twisted her ankle. "But at least I have you. You're the only good thing in my life," she said, obviously seeking tragedevotion, as Jerry carried her down the street. He thought that Sandra was a klutz, and he found her helplessness rather pitiful, but oddly enough her ploy was working, and now he was more attracted to her than ever.

Etymology: Tragedy - a drama characterized by disasterous events (from Greek, tragodia "a dramatic poem") + Devotion - ardent affection and dedication (ancient Latin, devotionem "dedication by a vow")

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COMMENTS:

Wow! Great depth of feeling! Right on the definition! Fantastic! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 02:44:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: kum-flurt

Sentence: The large angry-looking bug bite and subsequent broken nail and run in her stocking had transformed her into a whino. At the party, she proceeded to comflirt around the room until no one was left except for the dog, who humped her leg in sympathy.

Etymology: comfort, flirt

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COMMENTS:

Unique etymology! Great pathos in your sentence ... you really captured the pity and sorrow in the definition! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 13:52:00

good one! I like the sentence. - toadstool57, 2008-02-20: 14:34:00

oh tidings of comflirt and joy - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-20: 15:52:00

Thanks Jabber... nothing like having a Christmas song stuck in your head while you're paying off the holiday spending spree. - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-20: 18:08:00

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Created by: swallowedbyafish

Pronunciation: sim-pah-theh-tick

Sentence: Why are you always trying to guilt me into having babies? I feel like a dog with fleas, you sympathetick! Our relationship isn't marital anymore, it's parasitic.

Etymology: sympathy/sympathetic + tick

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COMMENTS:

Very dramatick! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 02:58:00

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Created by: Filthy

Pronunciation:

Sentence: At first I felt sorry for her, but then I realized she was just a pityhole; she would always see me as a bad person for not caring enough.

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈmɪtlaɪdˌfrɔɪd/ /MITT-lahyd-Froyd/

Sentence: Mitleidfreude is somehow more socially acceptable than its nastier cousins schadenfreude, neidfreude, and dummheitfreude.

Etymology: from Ger., lit. "pity-joy," from mitleid "pity" + freude "happy"

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COMMENTS:

Surprising etymology! Now I know that mit came from mitleid ... but I thought leid was a play on layed ... and freude was a play on fraud and Freud! Didn't know what to make of the cousins! (chuckling) Kudos for your ingenuity! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 02:35:00

Wunderbar! Great approach to create your verboticism. Makes me think of german words with a "toe-hold" in English, such as: "weltschmer" & "sprachgeful". - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-20: 16:41:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: pall the tik

Sentence: Her palthetic approach to acquiring friends left her with severe neck problems from shoulder crying, and the largest collections of unanswered phone calls and used handkerchiefs in the world, or so she had been told by that nice lady from the Guinness Book of Recordsduring their three hour conversation.

Etymology: pal pathetic.

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COMMENTS:

I wasn't sure if you were trying for pal or pall in your etymology - both work well - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-20: 11:06:00

Excellent verbot. - Banky, 2008-02-20: 13:56:00

Your sentence and word were so good the sorrow in them almost gave me heart palpitations! Outstanding! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 14:17:00

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Created by: rebelvin

Pronunciation: wooz-mee

Sentence: You always woezmi about your little problems, give me a break.

Etymology: woe-is-me

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Created by: Banky

Pronunciation: fie-DELL-pit-tee

Sentence: After the 22nd time Mark's father had died in under two years, Dana realized she had to turn a deaf ear to his desperate pleas for fidelpity. She stormed out of his apartment, slamming the door behind her. Mark sat motionless on the couch, until he heard tires squealing away from the building. He stood, slowly, and walked to the bedroom. He strapped his right arm to his torso using an Ace bandage, carefully slipped into the Vietnam era Army fatigues he'd bought at the surplus store, and carefully applied the mohair mustache with spirit gum. After gently easing the wheelchair into the trunk, he headed to the Peppermint Hippo for a night of free lapdances.

Etymology: fidelity + pity

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COMMENTS:

As always, I can't wait to see what will happen next in your sentence. Always a surprise twist to the ending. He sure knew how to fiddle around to get pity! Another marvelous creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 14:28:00

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Created by: Biscotti

Pronunciation: sad-form (or) sad-for-me

Sentence: Jackie assumed her boyfriend didn't love her because he never felt bad for her, he thought she was such a sadforme.

Etymology: sad + for + me (or) sad + form

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COMMENTS:

Great choice of words to combine ... short and simple but right to the point! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 14:02:00

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