Verboticisms

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: ob - SESS - seh - leb

Sentence: Every day Prunella would obsessceleb endlessly over her favorite show biz personalities as she pored over the gossip magazines.

Etymology: obsession - celebrity

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Very descryptive! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:29:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: dis fan shun al

Sentence: Mommy's day was always hectic, between trying to think of baby names for TomKat,Brangelina,NicKeith,ToriDean,GwenGav and JLoMarc and planning Fergie/Josh's wedding and deciding what designer Eva,Teri,Nicolette,Charlize,Cameron,Lindsay,Zac,Halle and Queen Latifah would wear on the Oscar Red Carpet. People thought her dysfantional, but honestly, her kids,Paris,Britney,Elvis,Rihanna,Drew and the Olsen Twins were perfectly capable of nuking their own tv dinners!

Etymology: dysfunctional (impaired in function) & fan (as in fanatic - obsessive, irrational enthusiasm)

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COMMENTS:

good but very scary! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-15: 05:30:00

I'm almost dysfantional about your name-dropper sentence! Great creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:01:00

Who let the dysfantionals on this site?!? Nice verbotocism! - DeltaRho2K, 2008-02-15: 13:32:00

Wow, you know a lot of celeb nicknames! Do you a little bit of dysfantion yourself? ;) Very funny. - Tigger, 2008-02-15: 22:46:00

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Created by: picabomama

Pronunciation: /fame/fat/u/ate/

Sentence: Despite hunger pangs, eye fatigue and loss of circulation to her legs, Deb could bring herself to do nothing but sit and FAMEFATUATE over her latest copies of trashy tabloid magazines all the while tuned in to E Entertainment Television.

Etymology: fame + infatuate

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COMMENTS:

Nice alliteration! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 11:35:00

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Created by: lauram22

Pronunciation: ce-le-bre-man-ia

Sentence: Jenny has celebremania, she is obsessed with celebs!

Etymology: celeb- a famous person re- mania- excessice addiction

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Created by: lindseyhamrick

Pronunciation: Sen-seb

Sentence: Annie has a sencebtion with celebrities. She belives she can be just like them.

Etymology: Sen: Holy Ceb: comes from celebrity

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: səlebrəmentl

Sentence: You can call them superstars, VIPs, or the rich & famous, whatever you like, Judy is completely celebrimental about them. She spends so much time keeping up with her faves that her husband has to schedule things like discussing their kids.

Etymology: a combination of celebrity (the state of being well known), mental (suffering from disorders or illnesses of the mind) & sentimental (prompted by feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia)

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: speer/i/tu/a/list

Sentence: In the States now there are so many crazed spearitualists that it is impossible to get through the day without being bombarded by her escapades. These people really believe she is a close friend.

Etymology: Britney Spears + spiritualist

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COMMENTS:

Had to vote for it! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-15: 07:52:00

Do spearitualists get speared? The 'spear' of it has so many connotations! So appropos at this time! But best of all ... hysterically funny! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 09:53:00

Ah, the religious order of Spearitualists. A scary thought. Great creation! - Tigger, 2008-02-15: 22:24:00

Three britneyspears for a great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-17: 16:21:00

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Created by: alphabetapolothology

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Created by: purpleman

Pronunciation: void/rea/th

Sentence: its when your life is empty

Etymology: void+breath

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COMMENTS:

Your voidreaths immediately conjured up those Grateful Dead fanatics ... the deadheads! Dreathfully good! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:35:00

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Created by: Banky

Pronunciation: vahp-ah-rot-see

Sentence: The cubicle walls appeared to waver and then fix, and spots began to appear at the edges of Robert's sight. The worst headache of his life was beginning to effect his vision. He tasted blood in his mouth and realized he had nearly bitten through his lip. A peal of shrieking laughter washed over the wall from the adjacent cubicle. "I can't believe she left Ryan Phillipe! He's so cute!", squealed a nasally laser voice. "And did you see Kirstie Alley got dropped from Jenny Craig for getting fat again." the other gasped with breathless exhileration. Robert had done all he could; he had taken the issue to his supervisor, to HR, to the anonymous complaint line, but no one seemed concerned with the fact that the mind-splitting caterwauling day in and day out had prevented Robert from finishing the same report for three weeks straight. He swore he could hear their giggling in his sleep, and as his bloodshot eyes flicked aimlessly around the cubicle, the fabric walls beginning to get closer, as he looked desperately for a way out. A day later the headlines would declare "Lesbian Network Support Pair Found at HP in Apparent Murder-suicide". Photographs showed the Blade server unit used to bludgeon Marie, and the ethernet cable Darlene had managed to hang herself with. As he wiped the last traces of the tawdry note he had left at the scene from his thumb drive, and demolished it with a hammer, Robert thought that the two vaparazzi would be proud. Instead of reading sensational headlines, they were now making them.

Etymology: vapid + paparazzi

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COMMENTS:

Frightfully good sentence. Your sentences make me wonder if you are a professional author of mysteries and murder mysteries! Vaparazzi is so fun to say and evokes lots of mind play! Excellent etymology and creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 11:33:00

Thanks for the compliment, but I'm just a scientist...I obviously do enjoy writing the stories, though. Quite possibly as much as making up the words, as witnessed by this exceedingly long Tolstoy (in length only, not quality) - Banky, 2008-02-15: 12:19:00

Your colleagues are in for a treat if you write your scientific papers as interestingly and excitingly as you write here! I was stunned you are not a professional author of fiction! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 20:36:00

Like a modern-day Edgar Allen Poe. Creepy, but ultimately satisfying story. Great Verboticism too! - Tigger, 2008-02-15: 22:38:00

Great word and tale! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-17: 16:53:00

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