Verboticisms

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: veg-e-dee-TOXEE-kate

Sentence: At Yuletide, Bob was always the life of the party. And with a beer in one hand, a celery stick in the other, and a fag behind his legumiscreant ear, he always belted out his signature tune: " Cigarettes and Whiskey and Wild, Wild Wheatgerm," whilst resolutely vowing that the New Year would see him vegedetoxicate himself back to full health.

Etymology: Vege (vegetables) & detoxicate to remove poisons.

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Now that there's funny! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-10: 08:32:00

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Created by: wordslikevenom

Pronunciation: Arti-cho-ker

Sentence: Lucinda fumbled around the bottom of her handbag for a matchbox, gasping for a light. Striking the match she lit the end of the celery stick drawing a deep drag from it. The uncontrollable hacking that accompanied being an artichoker must surely have it's benefits?

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Created by: Double

Pronunciation: hippo-krunk

Sentence: Mandy, a typical hypocrunk, scolded Jim about eating his "artery-clogging" fried chicken as she swilled down her fifth martini.

Etymology: Hypocrite + Crunk

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Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Vie-ce-re-ver-ser

Sentence: Sarah thought she would become a strict vegetarian to compensate for the binge drinking and smoking that had recently taken over her life, in the hope that this may vicereversa some of the more harmful effects.

Etymology: Vice(a bad habit, weakness of character) + Reverse(revoke,to work in opposite direction) = Vicereversa. See also vice-versa(in-turned position)

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terrific word T - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-10: 12:36:00

Very good!! - Mustang, 2008-09-10: 21:53:00

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Created by: ajnemajrje

Pronunciation: VEE-Gan-A-Hall-IK

Sentence: John is a veganaholic to make up for his raging alcoholism.

Etymology: contraction of vegan + a(lco)holic

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kom pote say shun

Sentence: Tara believed that if she ate fruit every time she had a drink, she would find compotsation for her vice. Her theory was that if you drank wine, which was made from fruit, you had to eat fruit to make up for the fruit lost during the fermentation process. Following her logic, one would eat potatoes if drinking vodka; sugar cane if drinking rum; roast corn if drinking bourbon and rice if drinking saki. If she had lived during Prohibition, she would have starved!

Etymology: Compote (dessert of stewed or baked fruit) & Compensation (a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors)

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: hu-BITS-yew-ayt

Sentence: Caroline is something of an habitsyouate, believing that people could offset the harmful effects of over indulging in alcohol and tobacco merely by eating what she regarded as healthy foods.

Etymology: Blend of 'habits', and the phrase 'you ate' - A play on the word 'habituate'

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Created by: emdeejay

Pronunciation: more I banned

Sentence: Denise was becoming paranoid due to her moribanned state - cigarettes and martini's had taken their toll. By way of compensation she had taken to a strictly ascetic dietary regime, and tried to remind herself of her fathers last words of advice: The more I banned, the more I ...

Etymology: From moribund, as in close to death

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COMMENTS:

I tried to cheapun it up this week, if you catch my drift ... - emdeejay, 2010-02-05: 08:29:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: dīetkätəmē

Sentence: Though Jim decided to ”clean up” what he was eating he found it impossible to give up cigarettes. It created quite a dietchotomy in his life.

Etymology: diet (a special course of food to which one restricts oneself) + dichotomy (a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different)

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Created by: yellowbird

Pronunciation: at-kin-neme-e-ah

Sentence: Joyce may be AAtkinnemic, but I have to admit she seems a lot happier now.

Etymology: Alcoholics Anonymous + Atkins diet + anemia

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