Verboticisms

Created by: pungineer

Pronunciation: dez/pear/eek/ah

Sentence: Eminent plumbing historian Prof. Desmond Shirt's whole being shuddered as the moment of despereka hit him. His long awaited action packed novel 'The History of Public Conveniences' was back from the publishers and they or he hadn't spotted the misspelling of his surname - the most important consonant was missing...

Etymology: A prefix of root of despair/desperation added to eureka! to make it an antonym

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What a moving experience for the Professor...he must have been scared shirtless... - readerwriter, 2008-08-15: 07:32:00

'tis a bowel 'oul world indeed - pungineer, 2008-08-15: 07:47:00

'tis a bowel 'oul world indeed - pungineer, 2008-08-15: 07:54:00

that must have caused quite a stink - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-15: 10:42:00

Did he write his novel in Desperanto? - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-15: 18:25:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: plite-bulb-mo-mint

Sentence: Rising the next morning to find the ground covered in a thick white frost, Tom had a plightbulbmoment when he realized he'd have to replant his entire garden.

Etymology: lightbulb moment, plight

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COMMENTS:

If only Tom had stuck to planting freesias and daffodils. Those bulbs love a good cold spell. A frost won't blightbulbs. - petaj, 2007-05-17: 06:04:00

I'd surley save the artichokes! Good one! - toadstool57, 2007-05-17: 06:40:00

surely* (correct spelling) - toadstool57, 2007-05-17: 06:44:00

Great comment petaj! :-) I'd say that Tom is not the brightest bulb in the bed, but he's brilliant in every other way. He just needs to pay more attention to that whole "last frost date" thing. Toadstool - I didn't plant artichokes this year - I didn't get them started in time. However, it appears that I'm growing a healthy and abundant crop of whatever those cows ate. :-( I obviously lack "inshite". (Thanks for that word Galway!) - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-17: 06:57:00

wow Purple - it sounds like you live in an idyllic place with crops and plants and cows and interesting weather - kind of a hippie paradise with the internet - great word by the way - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-17: 09:12:00

Yeah, it's pretty nice. I don't have any cows though - not enough land, but chickens aren't out of the question! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-17: 11:08:00

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Created by: cohenarie

Pronunciation: SIS i fuk

Sentence: It was 3am. Somehow, the warning "This Action Cannot Be Undone" failed to penetrate. In one sisyphuc, by clicking "Revert to Saved," John effectively erased half of his thesis.

Etymology: From the myth of Sisyphus, forced eternally to roll the same big rock up the same big hill. Clayton's comment inspired me to alter the word (from sisyphstant) - not sure about the ethics of such a move, but we could consider it etymological evolution?

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COMMENTS:

Hard to pronounce, but Camus would be proud. - Clayton, 2007-05-17: 15:50:00

sisyphuc would be easier to say, wouldn't it? And perhaps more expressive. - cohenarie, 2007-05-17: 17:03:00

Nice one. Just glad for the ph spelling instead of f. - texmom, 2007-05-18: 07:26:00

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: dis/kum/sob/u/lat/ed

Sentence: As Jan stood at the altar waiting for Todd, (aka "The Big Man on Campus") to appear at the church so the music could start playing...the phone rang. Yes, it was Todd and he was calling from Vegas. Not only had the bachelor party gotten out of hand, but he was now married to the girl who jumped out of his cake. There was no consoling Jan. She had become so discomsobulated, that she burst through the church doors, shouted at all the guests, "You can go home! Once again I have been screwed! I should know better!" Legend has it, that once she stormed out of the church, and down the stairs, she could be heard saying, "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!

Etymology: Derived from Discombobulated: 1. having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion. 2.confused, embarrassed; broken, mixed up

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COMMENTS:

I love a good sentence. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-16: 00:00:00

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Created by: benjamin

Pronunciation: re-krap

Sentence: Lets recrap shall we? You thought you could start a llama farm in Manhattan...?

Etymology: recap (go over) + crap (expression of dissatisfaction)

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Created by: shutz

Pronunciation: Bo-ner-rev-a-la-shun

Sentence: He had a bonerevelation when his boss remarked that his almost-complete project's plans used "double quotes" to designate measurements in 'feet'.

Etymology: From "boner", meaning a big mistake, and "revelation", the name of a particular section in the New Testament.

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Created by: greytellie

Pronunciation: oh-sh-it-fak-tor

Sentence: Staring at my formerly white dress shirts and one bright red sock, I had an oceitfactor.

Etymology:

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Created by: SnatchRaffle

Pronunciation: Crap tas troh fee

Sentence: This shit show is a craptastrophy!

Etymology: Crap, catastrophy

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Created by: AlouattaPigra

Pronunciation: Reel hore oh lies

Sentence: Prince Daviidu's eyes opened wide in realhorrolization. "I realhorrolize it now, oh woe to the error in my stirde, to be abash of these things I've done is all that I can ask of you sweet shaman. . ." The wise wizard looked at his soul and said. "No."

Etymology: Realize + horror, aggulutinative

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Gaff - veh - LAY - shun

Sentence: Miranda experienced a major gaffevelation when she realized too late that she'd given the caterers, the other vendors and the auditorium managers the wrong date for the huge party.

Etymology: Blend of gaffe and revelation

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