Verboticisms

Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: com-pul-stooped

Sentence: Rob Dimbulb has this bad habit of being compulstuped by the easiest of tasks.

Etymology: "Compul" - Taken from part of the word Compulsive: Psychology Caused or conditioned by compulsion or obsession. "(Stup)-ed" Taken from part of the word Stupid: Slow to learn or understand; obtuse. Tending to make poor decisions or careless mistakes. Marked by a lack of intelligence or care; foolish or careless.

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ree kehrring

Sentence: these hangovers were a recerring problem

Etymology: recurring erring

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sna foo bar

Sentence: The fact that Jim was almost broke again, late for supper again, his bile duct was doing the Liverdance again and his wife was waiting to kill him when he got home again, did not prevent him from doing the snafubar thing of ordering another one for the road.

Etymology: Blend of 2 American WW 11 military slang acronyms:SNAFU (Situation Normal, All F***ed or Fouled Up and FUBAR (F***ed or Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair)

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Created by: Brodobaggins

Pronunciation: stew-peat-us-ing

Sentence: "i wish he would cease stupeatussing and get some work done

Etymology:

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: ree-dum'-duntz

Sentence: Donna was in a good mood - she had just hooked up with a new boyfriend. She'd been visiting her last boyfriend, in prison, when she'd met Spike, just being released on parole. But when Donna called sister to tell her about Spike, her sister said it was another act of 'redumbdunce.' Her last ten boyfriends had all been convicts and criminals.

Etymology: A combination of the words; Redundance (repetition of the same meaning, but using different words), Dumb (lacking in common sense) and Dunce (a person who is stupid or slow to learn)

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COMMENTS:

Happy New Year everyone! - Tigger, 2009-12-31: 01:40:00

And Happy New Year to you! Alas, poor Donna is a creature of conviction! - Nosila, 2009-12-31: 11:01:00

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Created by: monkeywerks

Pronunciation: re it r a z

Sentence: Robert once again proved he was reiterazy by ordering a "Big Mac" for lunch.

Etymology: Reiterate + Crazy

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: reh-PET-eh-gaf

Sentence: Being intensely dense, Leonardo quite frequently would ignore the fact that he'd made a silly mistake and would repetigaffe again and again.

Etymology: Blend of 'repetition' (n. the act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) and 'gaffe' (n. a noticeable mistake)

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: mis/fudj/ment

Sentence: Not willing to admit that he kept making the same mistake over and over again, Joel once again convinced himself that his decision to have that midnight latte the night before his 6 a.m. presentation was nothing more than a misfudgement...something a 5 a.m. latte could cure.

Etymology: Derived from misjudgement. Fudge: Slang/nice way of saying...yes...the "f" word. :)

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: errr ag enn

Sentence: his tendency to eragen had already cost him an arm, a leg and had severely impacted his sex life, but he was determined to convert at least one of his pet dragons to the joys of vegetarianism.

Etymology: eragon, err again

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COMMENTS:

There's nothing a dragon likes more than a good sausage sizzle, so it's going to be a tough job! - petaj, 2007-06-07: 08:25:00

mmm, arby's...curse you petaj. i know where i'm going for lunch though! - jadenguy, 2007-06-07: 09:15:00

it sounds like there's no sausage left but barbecued ribs would make a tasty treat - perhaps he could tempt him with a tofoot kebab (oops I meant tofu kebab) - great word galwaywegian - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-07: 10:18:00

It's like that little-known J.R.R. Tolkien apologue, "Where Have All the Aragorn?" - Clayton, 2007-06-07: 18:22:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: blu/pur/doop

Sentence: owing to her predisposition to blooperdupe, she had a standing order for large bottles of white out

Etymology: blooper + dupe (repeat)

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COMMENTS:

I really hate it when I keep making mistakes with the white out and covering up perfectly good text. Is that oopsablooperdupe? - petaj, 2007-06-07: 08:23:00

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