Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: alfa dog ed ness

Sentence: Germaine Sheppard was possessed with alphadoggedness. She never gave up and always stayed true to her determination to succeed. This was most evident when she wrestled the juicy pork chop from the steeltrap jaw of her terrier, Buster. "You will give that back or I will give you a different type of chop...at the vet's!", she told him. His only response as he conceded surrender was "Bitch!"

Etymology: Alpha (first in importance) & Alpha Dog (the dominant dog in a pack) & Doggedness (persistent determination)

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Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: smork -straight up with a twist

Sentence: She had so much smork that she had to win every argument she ever had, convince everyone that her version was the right one that after a while she even convinced herself!

Etymology: Smork is a new word. It just sounded right on my tongue.

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COMMENTS:

I like it! - wordmeister, 2007-02-08: 08:43:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: fo kus ter

Sentence: Libby was determined to win back that pork chop from her dog Buster. He underestimated her endurance and wile. She was a focuster and would not give in until she won, no matter how stroing his jaws and how determined he was to get a meal. Once she got the pork off Buster, she vowed he'd never get at her food again. Yes, this would be Buster's last ham.

Etymology: Focus (direct one's attention on something) & Custer (United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876)

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: ten ass eee graa b

Sentence: Jane wanted to tenasigrab the situation to make sure it all went her way.

Etymology: from tenacity and grab

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: rēaskō

Sentence: Jim’s life is a reasco. It’s not just that he has things go wrong for him, it’s that he insists on doing them the same way again and again. It might explain the flat spot on his forehead.

Etymology: repeat (do again) + fiasco (a thing that is a complete failure)

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Created by: cfrydj

Pronunciation: Ree-al-o-quize

Sentence: Jimmy was determined to realoquize the pork chop from Buster.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ten a sit teer

Sentence: Jenny was stubborn and relentless when it came to getting her own way. If being a tenaciteer were an Olympic sport, she would win the gold every time.

Etymology: Tenacity (stubborn determinedness) & 'Teer (ala musketeer, mouseketeer, describing a person)

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Created by: adbern

Pronunciation: li-yo-lie

Sentence: i just can say, if your smart. liyoli

Etymology: LIveYOurLIfe

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Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: stay-thuh-CORS-uhr

Sentence: In spite of the puncture wounds and pleas from his doctors and friends, nothing would dissuade George in his quest to become a world-class javelin catcher. He was a true-blue staythecourser

Etymology: "stay the course" - I know I heard this somewhere

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COMMENTS:

Hilarious! - jedijawa, 2007-03-07: 10:42:00

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Created by: Ecke21

Pronunciation: Stub Ah city

Sentence: At 55 it was her sheer stubbacity that kept her from realizing that it was indeed time to stop trying to be a teen idol.

Etymology: Stubborn and tenacity

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