Verboticisms

Created by: asphalt

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Created by: Biscotti

Pronunciation: fayk-mayk-ur

Sentence: Jon went to the car lot and bought the cheapest piece of junk he could find. He then went to the junkyard and picked up a Mercedes Benz hood ornament for two bucks. He dolled the car up and tried to pass it off as a Benz. His friends saw the car and said among themselves, "...Jon...what a fakemaker..."

Etymology: fake + maker

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Created by: freiflug

Pronunciation: /ʌpˈleɪbəl/

Sentence: "Your shirt looks kind of uplabeled. Are you sure it's really designer wear?" "Jamie's shoes aren't Prada ones. When I was alone in his room, I saw the corresponding shoe box. Those hooves are an uplabel."

Etymology: up-label; label: (transitive) to put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something); uplabel therefore is to label something up, as in "to upgrade sth." antonym: downlabel

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Up-roarious - Nosila, 2010-05-13: 00:34:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ree low gow ay ted

Sentence: His relogoated hyundai coupe with the dancing horse on the bonnet drew lots of attention, but for all the wrong reasons.

Etymology: relocate, logo

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Choice words, logistical blending! Very nice word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-03: 08:52:00

great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-03: 12:17:00

Excellent. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-03: 18:34:00

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Created by: 584642

Pronunciation: sub- leb-ing

Sentence: He was clearly sublabing when he tried to sell the knock off subaru when it was clearly of phillipian brand.

Etymology: sub- below lab- to take, sieze ing- the act of

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: lam bowr wee neee

Sentence: he put hios foot down and it immediately became obvious that the only horses under the hood of his lamborweenie were on the way to the knackers yard

Etymology: lamborghini, weenie

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Jolly good word! - silveryaspen, 2008-12-26: 10:17:00

It's a weener! - Nosila, 2008-12-26: 18:50:00

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Created by: BIANCAGRAY1

Pronunciation: ad-come-bus

Sentence: You are adcumbous.

Etymology: ad-to cumb-to lie ous

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Created by: drewsky

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Created by: queenjane75

Pronunciation: la·bel·aire n. Pronunciation: ley-buhl-air

Sentence: I knew that skanky labelaire in high school and she hasn't changed a bit: those are the same payless shoes with the prada label hot-glued to the heel.

Etymology: la·bel·aire - n. a combination of:the word label - a trademark or classification - in this case a brand name and the prefix -aire, which implies a heavy association with the root word, in this case, label. Combined, the word is labelaire - a person

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Your sentence planted a funny image in my mind. Your create has a fun flair and a great 'aire' about it! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-03: 23:09:00

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Created by: gelsomina17

Pronunciation: ree-sigh-foh

Sentence: Allison suspected that the Tiffany necklace she received from her normally cheap boyfriend was just recyfaux.

Etymology: recycle + faux

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