Verboticisms

Created by: realnutty01

Pronunciation: Bi-on-cred-it-fix-a-shon

Sentence: He got his divorce on the grounds she had byoncreditfixation and he had no money left.

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Created by: administraitor

Pronunciation: Vee-sal-ium

Sentence: An afternoon of visalium would dampen Josie’s worries, especially if she stumbled upon a shoe sale, but she experienced a boomerang mood swing when the bills arrived.

Etymology: Visa + valium

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: bye/pohl/ar

Sentence: Her buypolar personality was responsible for her extravagant spending habits.

Etymology: buy + bi-polar

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COMMENTS:

Buyagra may help. - purpleartichokes, 2007-08-20: 11:33:00

This is an awesome word! Me thinks I suffer from this disorder. - buggy96, 2007-08-20: 22:04:00

How much can a buypolar bear? Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-20: 23:24:00

A little word recycling I see. - petaj, 2007-08-21: 05:12:00

best word in ages! - galwaywegian, 2007-08-21: 05:38:00

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Created by: mythman

Pronunciation: feh-durr-LIHN-ih-tee

Sentence: Britney didn't have new shoes, and was hoping for a man with some Federlinity to solve that problem.

Etymology: How else would a backup-dancer earn the love of such a diva?

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Created by: leeannhamers

Pronunciation: sh-op-or-ee

Sentence: i had a hard day at work i need some shopery.

Etymology: shop/therapy

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: re-splurj-er-ate

Sentence: Renae had an oversupply of Eskies (cooler boxes) in her garage, but in her search for the ultimate chill pill, she had just purchased a bar fridge and was eyeing off a side-by-side refrigerator/freezer. Not only was her credit card maxed out, but she was in danger of missing payments on her electricity account. Maybe there's a sweet little retro Kelvinator that will take the edge of the debt stress if she resplurgerated one more time.

Etymology: Refrigerator (a major appliance with a nice chill factor) + splurge (retail binge)

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: ang-zi-binj-E-tee

Sentence: Roxy used shopping as a quick fix for the blues. Each spurgisode was squandipitious:whenever she saw for sale something stromboid, she had to buy it to slake her anxibingety. Also her squandapathy, whilst at times an all consuming passion, became afterwards a pangfull prodigall, with terrifying squandread.

Etymology: Anxibingety:(anxiety+binge)"anxiety for binge-buying). Prodigall(prodigal+gall)"vexed by waste." Squandapathy:"indifferent to waste."

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Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Noo-roh-WIDGE-uh-tize

Sentence: Cynthia liked most of her earrings, but none of them seemed to say "look at me, I'm the newest assistant marketing manager for Macy's catalog sales," so she simply drove down to COSTCO and neurowidgetized a pair that did.

Etymology: Neuro (psychology prefix) + widget (gadget or insignificant sundry item) + ize (suffix that turns nouns into verbs)

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Created by: pwincess9430

Pronunciation: dunno

Sentence: i have ovemorspennedingy this month

Etymology: wot duz dis meen?

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COMMENTS:

Yes, will etymology kind of means "what does this mean". You can explain the derivation of the words (history of the words) if you like. - petaj, 2007-08-20: 06:49:00

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: pelf + esteem

Sentence: Sure, the new 452" Plasma was expensive, but I was feeling low and needed some pelfesteem.

Etymology: No doubt you've heard of self-esteem? Well then.

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What does "pelf" mean? - mplsbohemian, 2007-08-20: 20:07:00

"pelf" means wealth or goods, especially those ill-gotten. - Osomatic, 2007-08-21: 13:05:00

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