Verboticisms

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: did-ja-voo

Sentence: Annie, who frequently suffered from attacks of didjavu, could empty an entire bottle of shampoo on a really bad day.

Etymology: Pun on deja vu, to sound like "did ya?" as in 'did you or did you not...?'

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COMMENTS:

Wonderful! - ErWenn, 2007-02-10: 01:50:00

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Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation: high-deo-amneesia

Sentence: The unexpected instance of hydroamnesia made him move his hand from the soapy lather on his chest to his feet to make sure he had remembered to first remove his shoes.

Etymology: hydeo - water added to amnesia. Easy, eh?

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Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: show-er-ing-slow-er

Sentence: Aquamaureena got swept away into a dream state by the soothing tranquil warm waters using her lavender aromatherapy bodywash. When she finally opened her eyes, she realized she was showeringslower and had to be at work in ten minutes!

Etymology: Showering; the act of taking a shower. Added > Slower;to slow down.

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COMMENTS:

Welcome Back, abrakadeborah...we have missed you! - Nosila, 2009-09-07: 23:36:00

WOW~thank you! I've kinda missed doing this...:)~ - abrakadeborah, 2009-09-16: 11:14:00

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Created by: w5lf9s

Pronunciation: ee.lap.sicl

Sentence: "Your honor, I must have gone through an elapsicle - I truly don't remember, whether he was in the shower with me that morning or not."

Etymology: "elapse" as in "not much time had elapsed" and "icicle" the idea of "frozen, still and transparent"

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COMMENTS:

Good! Phonetically brilliant and legally sound. - wordmeister, 2007-02-09: 09:32:00

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Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: lapse-uh-quest-shun-oo

Sentence: I had a particularly acute lapsaquestionoo this morning, thats why i'm late... and why my hair smells so good.

Etymology: from lapse (in time) + question + shampoo

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: sh-ow-erm-hole

Sentence: sure she was clean but how come it was suddenly 1836...obviously she'd fallen through another damn showermhole

Etymology: shower, worm-hole

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: spray-dream

Sentence: Melanie was caught up in a lovely spraydream when she suddenly realized that she was going to be late for work and she hadn't finished her shower yet.

Etymology: wordplay on daydream

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COMMENTS:

Very nice. I love it when the base word fits the definition too. - artr, 2009-09-07: 10:34:00

Spray, just a little bit longer... - Nosila, 2009-09-07: 23:38:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: tar dis sham poo

Sentence: When Liz goes into her shower, she actually loses all sense of time and space. When she has trouble remembering whether or not she washed her hair, she knows it's because she is in her tardishampoo zone.

Etymology: Tardis (name of Dr.Who's British Telecom Phone Box,come timetravelling/universe hopping vehicle, whose acronym means Time And Relative Dimension in Space) & Shampoo (hair cleaner)

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Created by: NohWoman

Pronunciation: splash-dash-gash

Sentence: Emerging from a daydream, Winona found herself under a stream of cold water, her arms covered in shaving cream, and, oh no, it was already dark out. She was used to the occasional splashdashgash during her morning shower, but this was ridiculous.

Etymology: Splash: as in the splashing of water in the shower Dash: brief, momentary; Gash: break, tear.

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COMMENTS:

All day in the shower? She must have turned into a prune. - wordmeister, 2007-02-10: 14:10:00

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Created by: Franneke

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I took me five minutes to take a showerhour

Etymology:

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