Verboticisms

Created by: vonnegut

Pronunciation: si-noo-ka

Sentence: Dr. Hoenikker himself was no doubt a member of my karass, though he was dead before my sinookas, the tendrils of my life, began to tangle with those of his children.

Etymology: Created by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., for Cat's Cradle, published in 1963.

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: WEEV-ehn-ness

Sentence: When his girlfriend slipped out of Alex's weavenness, it was as if he fell through a hole in a hammock.

Etymology: weave + evenness : The weave that keeps you even.

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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: Nosila

Pronunciation: vill aj peep hole

Sentence: In our little town many years ago, no one had a telephone except for the drugstore at the bottom of the street. The pharmacist was next to the butcher's shop. Long ago, some clever person decided to drill a peephole in the side wall between the two shops. The butcher had a packle of kids and the family lived above the shop. Whenever a call came in for someone up the street, the pharmacist would yell through the hole who the call was for and the butcher would dispatch one of the brood to go get the recipient. This social network system was called the villagepeephole and was used constantly, until the day that phones became more affordable to the town's people. Eventually the shops were knocked down in the name of progress and to divert the youth of the town, a recreation centre was built and you guessed it, the villagepeephole gave birth to the Y.M.C.A.!"Young man, there's a place you go..."

Etymology: Village (little town) & Peephole (hole cut in something to peek through;spyhole) & Wordplay on Village People

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COMMENTS:

heehee! - galwaywegian, 2011-03-25: 04:57:00

The funniest part is that is a true story... - Nosila, 2011-03-25: 22:48:00

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: the/brade/ee bunch

Sentence: Thebraidybunch is a new dating network which selectively chooses people with long hair.

Etymology: braid (weaving together of hair, starnds etc) + the Brady Bunch (popular 70s sitcom)

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COMMENTS:

Good one, Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! - Nosila, 2008-06-26: 23:02:00

Clever & funny. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-27: 17:58:00

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Created by: vonnegut

Pronunciation: si-noo-ka

Sentence: Dr. Hoenikker himself was no doubt a member of my karass, though he was dead before my sinookas, the tendrils of my life, began to tangle with those of his children.

Etymology: Created by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., for Cat's Cradle, published in 1963.

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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: ArtistInTraining

Pronunciation: sow -shawl -tahk

Sentence:

Etymology: social - from socail, communicate talk - talk

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Created by: suzanne

Pronunciation: web-bee-ung

Sentence: Having him as her teacher profoundly improved her webbeing.

Etymology: web -as in a complex connection of finr material. being - to be/ exist

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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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