Verboticisms

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: pēt'sə-point'mənt

Sentence: Even though Sean had forked out four dollars for his share of the pizza he and the guys had ordered to eat during halftime, he'd chosen a bad time to visit the bathroom, and when he returned, the only thing he found was a box full of pizzapointment. He just sat there staring at the grease stains on the cardboard, utterly crustfallen.

Etymology: pizza (Italian, var. pitta - a flatbread) + disappointment - to fail to fulfill expectations (fr. late Middle English/French, desappointer)

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Created by: gazissax

Pronunciation: grees-greef

Sentence: His disappointment at her not arriving for the date recollected to him the greasegrief he'd felt at breakfast.

Etymology: grease - slimy stuff exuded by cooking meat; grief - a feeling of loss

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: dis-uh-PEET-suh-ment

Sentence: Upon opening the fridge door and finding the empty pizza box Bob, hating himself for having slept till noon, accepted that all things come to him who waits, especially disapizzament.

Etymology: Blend of disappointment(state of frustated expectations)& pizza

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Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: deep-dysh-pre-shun

Sentence: Mark sat in from of the empty Domino's box with a look of deepdispression on his face as he licked the last remaining crumbs from the empty box. Next time he won't be late for dinner.

Etymology: deep dish (popular pizza style, particularly in Chicago) + depression

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Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Deep-dish-funk

Sentence: Megan rolled over, hit the snooze button, and began to roll into the cool part of the pillow when she noticed the pizza box still behind the clock from last night's "discussion" with Andy, and she thought about how great a greasy cold slice of triple Italian sausage would be right now, so she flipped the lid up on the box, only to discover the orange drainage amalgam of sausage grease and pizza sauce, but nary a remaining slice, and decided that she would have to start the day in a deepdishfunk.

Etymology: Deep dish: a common reference to Sicilian or Chicago-style pizza that is cooked in a deep pizza pan + Funk: an emotional frame of mind a few steps further than the common malaise.

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COMMENTS:

great sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-09: 13:42:00

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Created by: looseball

Pronunciation:

Sentence: After sweeping the floor and taking out the trash washing the car,I sit down to a boxahnot- you people are sick.

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: si-CIL-yern

Sentence: Discovering the box empty, Jason was overcome with a heavy sense of Sicilyearn.

Etymology: Sicilian, yearn

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Created by: Floatzilla

Pronunciation: Pity Pie

Sentence: Overcome with pitipie Josh stared longingly at the oil spider that signified the absence of pizza.

Etymology: Pity + Pizza Pie

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Created by: nhtbrink

Pronunciation: Pizz-oh

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: oyl/of/oy/vey

Sentence: He suffered pangs of oilofoyvey when he discovered nothing but a slick of grease in the empty pizza box.

Etymology: oil + oy vey (an exclamation of dismay or exasperation)+ oil of olay

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COMMENTS:

Took me a minute -followed by a big goofy laugh on my part! - libertybelle, 2007-11-12: 13:53:00

Took me a little longer:100/100 for inventiveness! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-12: 15:55:00

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