Verboticisms

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: eh-nig-mass

Sentence: All those 100-calorie snack packs were ineffective in helping George lose weight. Each day when he got on the scale, there it was - more enigmass.

Etymology: enigma, mass, ass

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COMMENTS:

Excellent verboticism. George has massive issues to deal with. He probably has indigestion too. ;-) - Mustang, 2008-03-19: 06:45:00

lol - Superb etymology and word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-19: 10:12:00

another good one - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-19: 11:47:00

Short & sweet - or, perhaps, I should say: fat & sweet! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-19: 16:34:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ass/tun/aj/ment

Sentence: Sally gasped with asstonnagement when she tried to sit in her favourite chair and found she couldn't fit any longer - so much for those protein bars.

Etymology: ass + tonnage + astonishment

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COMMENTS:

Cute word - Nosila, 2009-01-09: 19:53:00

Very memorable! Nice way to say being overweight is a real pain in the a** ...in more ways than one. Sticks in my memory like Sally's bottom sticks in the chair! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-09: 20:51:00

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Created by: Jamagra

Pronunciation: n: corp'/u/jeel v: corp/u/jeel'

Sentence: Lisa could not believe that a box of Valentine chocolates could corpugeal on her butt so quickly or so thoroughly, especially since she had been running three miles a day since Fat Tuesday, 1998. Obviously she would need to be more fats-tedious about her diet.

Etymology: corpulent (fleshy, fat) + congeal (to solidify or jell)

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COMMENTS:

Fatstedious is a word I'll use a lot. Double kudos for two first-rate creates! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-19: 10:19:00

very nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-19: 11:43:00

Fatstantistic word, Jamagra! - Nosila, 2008-03-21: 17:54:00

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: way - of - lie - f

Sentence: By a voiding calories, Cary hoped to become thin as a calla reed, but he bloomed out like the petals on that lily. Eliminating fatty acids, he still wound up fattyassed. By eating lots of cucumbers and salad veggies, he hoped to tighten his belt a notch or two, but he had to let it out a notch ... due to the inexplicable incomebrance! Cary wanted to scale down, but when he weighed in, he was up'scale'ated. "Help!" Cary cried, "I'm sick of this weighoflife. Please, lettuce turnip and pea it off!

Etymology: Way of Life, Weigh of Life.

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COMMENTS:

Weigh to go, silveryaspen! I love the weigh you pepper your sentences with sayings that are hard to beet! - Nosila, 2008-03-19: 01:14:00

Very good! If Cary doesnt 'meat' this problem straight aweigh, he'll be doomed to simply vegetate and perhaps even grow scales. - Mustang, 2008-03-19: 06:49:00

very nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-19: 11:44:00

Good one! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-20: 05:00:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: snee kee lo

Sentence: He couldn't believe all of those sneakilos that had made their way onto the scales with him, humiliating him in front of his gorgeous personal trainer. Now he could never ask her out. He peered through the window at the gym across the raod, where he could just about see her on the pilates ball over the top of his mcbreakfast.

Etymology: sneakily, kilo

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COMMENTS:

Wonderful sentence and word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-19: 10:03:00

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Created by: idavecook

Pronunciation: FAL-OR-EES

Sentence: These 100 calorie packs have added like 500 phalories on me!

Etymology: Phantom Calories

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COMMENTS:

I've never seen a calorie, never felt one, so I think phalories is a perfect word for them! Well done! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-19: 20:31:00

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Created by: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: fat IC u lus

Sentence: I work out, I try to eat properly and then even after painstaking detailed gym attendance this damn faticulous weight appears.

Etymology: FAT: + RIDICULOUS: not serious, unreasonable METICULOUS: careful attention to detail

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: thin bawl

Sentence: Tommy could not understand why his waist line was not shrinking. To offset the odd Big Mac (3 a day, which offered him something from most every food group)he incorporated rigorous exercise into his daily routine, like: he jumped to conclusions;his nose ran;he flew off the handle;he skated on thin ice at work;he wrestled with his conscience; he broad-jumped at bars;he did the breast stroke whenever he could and he curled his hair. Yes, Tommy was indeed a thinbawl wizard there has to be a twist,A thinball wizard's got such a supple waist!

Etymology: thin (slender) & bawl (to cry, because you're not thin)

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COMMENTS:

Your word plays are a many splendored things. So rich with everything that makes for great creates! Ingenious! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 17:04:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ekstərsīz

Sentence: Bob’s extercise program consists of a brisk walk in the morning, down to the local Krispy Kreme. He spends a few minutes boxing up a few of those golden gems. Just a couple basic glazed donuts can put him in a spin. Next step? airobics.

Etymology: extra (added to an existing or usual amount or number) + exercise (activity requiring physical effort)

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COMMENTS:

good one! - Nosila, 2010-05-27: 01:01:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: rē-inkärbnāshən

Sentence: It wasn't his fault. It was a matter of reincarbnation. The more Phat thought about it the more he believed in regirth. He must have been a sumo in a former life or perhaps a large animal. That would explain the hippobottomus. It was all in his jeans. After another fruitless trip to the gym, he went out and bought another pair of elepants.

Etymology: reincarnation (a person or animal in whom a particular soul is believed to have been reborn) + carb (short for carbohydrate)

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COMMENTS:

Love them elepants. - wayoffcenter, 2009-01-09: 06:34:00

Funny! - kateinkorea, 2009-01-09: 09:53:00

Love it and the story...so deja vu, all over again! - Nosila, 2009-01-09: 19:51:00

Super punsome and funsome! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-09: 20:45:00

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