Verboticisms

Created by: heb319

Pronunciation: voy-er-a-staw-ker

Sentence: One who has been watching and photographing a "friend" and then spends time at home obsessed with looking through and creating art with photographs of the person about whom he obsesses.

Etymology: Derived from voyeur, "one who likes to watch" and stalker, "one who obsessively follows, terrorizes, or harrasses another"

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kōvərtroōzhən

Sentence: Marsha thought it was a good thing when she saw \"video surveillance\" in the ad for an apartment. When she found a hidden camera in her bedroom wall she wasn’t so sure. The covertrusion was complete when she discovered one in the bathroom. Litigation is pending.

Etymology: covert (not openly acknowledged or displayed) + intrusion (the action of intruding)

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Created by: verysimplegame

Pronunciation: In-fa-tu-am-bushed

Sentence: After seeing Doyle's collection of oh-so-creepy snapshots, Jenny felt infatuambushed.

Etymology: Infatuation + ambushed

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Created by: thinkbolt

Pronunciation: creep-en-dip-i-tee

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: 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: 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: 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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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: wood stok

Sentence: When Mary discovered the shrine to her in "just friends" pal Oliver's creepy lair, she knew he must have been to wouldstalk...eeewwwwhhhh!

Etymology: Would (verabal tense of word will...to express desire or intent) & Stalk (the act of following prey stealthily;a hunt for game carried on by stalking or waiting in ambush) & Wordplay on "Woodstock" ( A village of southeast New York south-southwest of Albany. In 1969 a large rock music festival named after the village was held at nearby small town in the Catskill Mountains)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: shry nek olo jist

Sentence: When Barbie finally accepted an invitation to her friend Randy's bedroom, she was shocked. He had plastered the walls of his room with photos of her and she could not imagine where he had gotten some of the more intimate shots. She was furious. "Yes, it's true, I absolutely love you and worship you!", Randy vowed. Just then Barbie's phone went off and she grabbed it. "Oh Hi, Buffy, I can't talk now as I am visiting my shrinecologist...please call 911 and have the police and EMS come to Randy's House, as I am going to make sure he signs up to play hockey with the Castor Raiders!"

Etymology: Shrine (a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person) & Gynecologist (the branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and reproductive issues of women)

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COMMENTS:

ouch! - galwaywegian, 2009-11-11: 10:40:00

Hilarious! - splendiction, 2009-11-11: 20:57:00

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