Verboticisms

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: pin-up-oh-pree-at

Sentence: Neil's collection of several hundred photos of Shelley was wildly pinupropriate. His Canonising had gone too far.

Etymology: pin up (a large photo) + inappropriate (not proper or suitable)

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Created by: cohenarie

Pronunciation: dAt-nü-'män

Sentence: His protestations that he'd invited me over just for beer and pizza continued until the datenouement - looking for the bathroom, I found an entire wall devoted to enlarged photos from my facebook page.

Etymology: denouement & date

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Created by: splendiction

Pronunciation: creep GAL er e

Sentence: When Jill stumbled upon Jack's creepgallery, she knew he'd become a real creep. How DID he get those pictures? His collection revealed he'd really fallen for her. Who would want a picture of her picking her nose? Jill was certain Jack's fall last year had warped her friend's frontal cortex (or whatever part of the brain responsible for judgement and reason)!

Etymology: From: creep (the noun and verb) and gallery.

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈstɑkəɡˌnaɪz/

Sentence: The first time you stalkognize anyone, it's mildly flattering for a moment, but it gets creepy _really_ quickly.

Etymology: From stalk + recognize

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: stawk/port/foh/lee/oh

Sentence: Joe had spent a lot of time assembling his stalkportfolio and just had to share his investment with Jenny.

Etymology: STALKPORTFOLIO - noun - from STALK (to pursue, or follow prey)+ PORTFOLIO (pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potential customers)

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COMMENTS:

Another good one. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-04: 06:26:00

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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Stork-off-der-town

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Created by: Ellemorpheus

Pronunciation: Vid-ay-go-sank-tumm

Sentence: The obsessive teenage boy regretted her videgosanctum.

Etymology: From vid(to see), ego(self), sanctum (sanctuary/church/holy place).

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Created by: pepperpatti

Pronunciation: as written: stalker-wareness

Sentence: Shirley thought that John was just another guy on her floor until stalkerwareness hit when viewing his Facebook albums

Etymology: Stalker, an individual with a consuming obsession with another person; awareness, the consciousness of some event, behavior pattern, or other previously unknown concept.

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Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: creep-eh-tood

Sentence: Jill experienced creepitude at seeing that her friend had collected hundreds of picture of her in his bedroom.

Etymology: creep + itude

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: revel/ay/shun/slip

Sentence: The revelationslip that made her aware that Jim had feelings for her caused her to hurl all over his new laptop

Etymology: revelation + relationship + slip

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COMMENTS:

Good one! - Mustang, 2008-07-02: 19:26:00

Not all newa is good news -but good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-04: 06:33:00

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