Verboticisms

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: eh-qui-lie-bay-shen-ism

Sentence: Jen, a strict equilibationist, was a regular at the Salad and Cigar Bar down the street from her office. Each day after work she and her vegan friends would meet during happy hour for organic cocktails, free-range Buffalo Tofu and Celery Crisps.

Etymology: equilibrize: compensate for or counterbalance; make up or adjust for + libation: an alchoholic drink + -ism: a suffix that denotes a distinct system of beliefs, logic or social movement such as vegetarianism, veganism, consumerism, etc.

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Created by: FayeWord

Pronunciation: ad-dict-a-fake

Sentence: "Shut up you crazy addictafake! I can eat whatsoever I wish."

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Created by: ettutortilla

Pronunciation: Die-et-kot-o-mize

Sentence: Jennifer absolutely abhors the disgusting chemicals used in consumer products these days, especially if they can make her fat. Since cigarettes tend to keep her skinny and a steady influx of alcohol holds thoughts of dying alone at bay, however, she's had to dietchotomize her lifestyle.

Etymology: A combination of "diet" and "dichotomize." Literally meaning to break one's diet into two or more well-defined groups.

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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: scrabbelicious

Pronunciation: /Free-range-dun-hill/

Sentence: Skye's ambition to live a long and fulfilled life was secured by her choice of tobacacao, which was the finest blended freerangedunhill. She had her donor card tattooed on just in case of a tragic accident. She thought someone ought to get the benefit of her careful lifestyle.

Etymology: Freerangedunhill. Person who makes poor lifestyle choices due their own ignorance or blindness. From Free Range, allowed to roam as a chicken or stock animal, and Dunhill, a branded tobacco.

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Created by: Nounsense

Pronunciation: rē-gă-strŏ-lāt'

Sentence: After a hedonistic week away in Europe, Helen desperately tried to regastrolate before her parents returned. // The fear of having to use an electrolarynx encouraged Carlos to become a fully-fledged regastrolate.

Etymology: derived from the Greek word gastronomia, γαστρονομία

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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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COMMENTS:

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: grllkme

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I always end up crashfasting after Thanksgiving.

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: kom-pen-sot

Sentence: Finding her liver spots to be totally unacceptable, Sue became a compensot, eating only vegetables and drinking plenty of water through the daylight hours.

Etymology: compensate, sot (drunkard)

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COMMENTS:

Sot is a great word. Haven't heard it in ages. Great combination! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-10: 08:38:00

very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-10: 10:23:00

Sot is a great word. Very creative! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-10: 17:30:00

Thanks! Sot is one of those words we seemed to have buried years ago. - purpleartichokes, 2007-10-10: 19:23:00

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Created by: milorush

Pronunciation: shlub - sti - too -shun

Sentence: The now-infamous Thanksgiving "tofurkey" incident became the call to address Margot's insane desire to impose her twisted dietary schlubstitutions on her friends.

Etymology: schlub (a boorish person) + [sub]stitution

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