Verboticisms

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: SO-shyl-ite

Sentence: Elsie believed her circle of friends to be the socialight of the times, a useful network wherein all matters relating to everyday life could be resolved or heightened.

Etymology: Blend of the words 'social' and 'light', play on the word 'socialite'.

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: KITH-beems

Sentence: Kithbeams sometimes radiant; at other times frowning, chilled by the clouds of doubt and the bitter winds of mistrust; but like the sun affecting our lives every second.

Etymology: Kith, n. [OE.& AS. kith,] native land; friends, acquaintances; kindred. Meaning 1. & 4. archaic. BEAM:n. [ME. OE?]:A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat. (Fig.): A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.

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COMMENTS:

how poetic - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-26: 10:58:00

Hugths & Kithes! - Nosila, 2008-06-26: 23:27:00

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Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: yoo-yarn

Sentence: Jill contemplated her youyarn which was how she saw her self connected to everything else around her ... like a big skein of yarn.

Etymology: you + yarn

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: mesh/er/gy

Sentence: When I walk into a classroom full of students, the obvious meshergy that is taking place because of their interweaving thoughts, ideas and backgrounds, makes me feel that their school day may be worth while afterall.

Etymology: mesh + energy

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COMMENTS:

Good meshage! - wordmeister, 2007-04-19: 09:59:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: θəmyoōnəkāshən

Sentence: Joyce*s friends are worried. Ever since she acquired her Blackberry she has stopped talking. Many of her friends haven*t seen her in months. She thumbunicates with them on a regular basis, sometimes dozens of times a day but can*t seem to manage a real world interaction. For all they know she is squirreled up in her mother*s basement with a case of Cheetos and several six packs of Rockstar. An intervention may be in order.

Etymology: thumb (the short, thick first digit of the human hand, set lower and apart from the other four and opposable to them - the primary tool of text messaging) communicate (share or exchange information, news, or ideas)

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COMMENTS:

Thumb's up - Nosila, 2009-11-05: 19:32:00

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: tao-pess-tree

Sentence: on his deathbed he looked back on his rich taopestry and was pleased with what he saw

Etymology: tao [the way or the path] tapestry

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COMMENTS:

very taotful - galwaywegian, 2007-04-19: 05:53:00

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Created by: emmyb2

Pronunciation: in-ter-cre-cents

Sentence: When I went to college, I was amazed at the intercrescents in my life; all my courses seemed connected!

Etymology: inter - between cresc- growing

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Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: stimu like in stimulate, rounding like in surrounding.

Sentence: Your experience is cheavily spinfluenced by your stimurounding. The stimurounding was bad for her, i had to get her out of this city quickly...

Etymology: stimulous + surrounding = stimurounding.

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Created by: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: dub-uhl-klik

Sentence: Paul innocently double-clicked that he liked cheese whiz on the webpage, when suddenly he was inundated with emails and IMs from his newfound doubleclique! Cheese Whiz party this weekend!! BYOC (crackers)

Etymology: Double-click and clique

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: cat/ur/pil/r/ees

Sentence: The caterpilaries of her life continued to metamorphose until she became completely tangled up

Etymology: caterpillar + capillary (tiny hairlike tubes that connect arteries to veins)

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COMMENTS:

Ooo yes! Very good. - pinwheel, 2007-04-19: 11:05:00

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