Verboticisms

Created by: arrrteest

Pronunciation: moe-ment-dum

Sentence: Jillian had an epiphany about her present course of action, but her momentdumb prevented her from avoiding the train wreck that was approaching.

Etymology: momentum, an impelling force or strength + dumb, slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

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COMMENTS:

Best of the day! - Mustang, 2008-04-28: 21:22:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: plan/glow/mane/eea

Sentence: Jane's planglomania invloves recreating an English village in Northern Ireland.

Etymology: plan + anglomania ( craze for English institutions and customs)

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Created by: pieceof314

Pronunciation: uh-ten-duns

Sentence: Looking back at Olivia's singlemindedness of attendunce to do stupid things even though she knew it would harm her in the end, led her psychiatrist to prescribe her medicine for OCD.

Etymology: attend + dunce

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: PLAN-tahrk-ti-ka

Sentence: When his parents told him that they had secured for him a career in the cryogenic's industry, plantartica, and the feeling of being left out in the cold in a "dead-end" job, snap-froze ergoptimistic Bob unto his upwardly-mobile marrow.

Etymology: PLAN & ANTARCTICA: frozen, forsaken vocational void felt by those trapped by the doings of others, without any real plan of escape from undesired positions.

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COMMENTS:

sounds like a Canadian winter - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-28: 15:41:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: dôgmanijmənt

Sentence: Most people learn from their mistakes. Not so for John’s boss. Her style of dogmanagement is to stick to her plan no matter what. She also believes in sharing. When things go south, she will throw anybody and everybody under the bus.

Etymology: dogmatic (inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true) + management (the process of dealing with or controlling things or people)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: jäbərn

Sentence: Morris was never suited his profession but he is very jobborn. His parents always wanted him to be a doctor so that’s what he is. The fact that he faints at the sight of blood makes his life a lot more difficult.

Etymology: job (a paid position of regular employment) + stubborn (having or showing dogged determination not to change one\'s attitude or position on something)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: mob jek tiv

Sentence: Vito had trouble adhering to his mobjective. His heart told him killing was not necessarily a good thing, but his bosses felt it was the only way to initiate him him into the family business, to prove his worth as a valued and trusted team member. The only way Vito could meet his mobjective was to try and shoot his victims, but just to mame, not to kill them. Once he had accomplished this, he was demotivated to learn that his uncles had enrolled him in gun school, so he could improve his marksmanship. Yes, he kept trying to get out, but they kept pulling him back in...

Etymology: mob (group:a disorderly crowd of people, a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities) & Objective ( the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: nok u pay shun

Sentence: Contrary to what her family and guidance counsellors decided, Rosa kept her nose to the grindstone to avoid her planned knockupation as a Nobel-prize-winning writer. Yes, instead she was going to hone her skills and become a sharp-nosed reporter for the Daily PlanIt.

Etymology: Knock (find fault with;point out flaws;express criticism of) & Occupation (career; way of earning income)

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COMMENTS:

I guess work isn't what it's knocked up to be. - mrskellyscl, 2009-06-08: 10:30:00

I guess work isn't what it's knocked up to be. - mrskellyscl, 2009-06-08: 15:49:00

Sounds like a relative of the school of hard knocks. Good word! - Mustang, 2009-06-08: 21:38:00

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Created by: stache

Pronunciation: dĭs-mĭsh'ən

Sentence: It had always been assumed that, as the eldest son, Iggy would go to law school, join his father's firm and eventually assume the reins as senior partner, but even though his real name was Pontious Albert Poppagopolus III, Iggy knew that, for him, the law school route was a dysmission.

Etymology: 'dys,' bad, as in dyspepsia, dysentery; mission, an assigned or self-imposed duty or task; calling; vocation.

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Created by: green

Pronunciation: nose-grind-off-ism

Sentence: For ten grueling years, Matt slogged at his accounting job, dragging himself into work each day, only to be berated by his boss for his inability to add two plus two. But Matt persevered, believing what his parent's taught him: nosegrindoffism will pay off eventually.

Etymology: bleeding nose, grindstone

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