Verboticisms

Created by: urbanwookie

Pronunciation: tee-sep-shun

Sentence: Hiding her mug in the billowing folds of her skirt, Lisa traced a circuitous route towards the scullery...praying none of her office colleagues would catch wind of her intended teaception. She knew they would frown on her act of sculleryduggery!

Etymology: tea + deception

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COMMENTS:

Why can't we have more than one word each? I wanted to add "sculleryduggery" too! - urbanwookie, 2007-04-01: 12:37:00

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Created by: azazn

Pronunciation: Rash-in-Dash-in

Sentence: Lots of people around, looks like I'll be doin a little rationdashin.

Etymology: Ration: as in an amount of food. Dashin: as in a sudden movement

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Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Mis-em-iz-pos-ibel

Sentence: Sue had to come up with a great missemispossible if she wanted to get herself a coffee without anyone spotting her and placing various orders as if she were the office waitress not a secretary.

Etymology: Missem(miss them) -Mission)An important assignment) + Possible(Capaple of happening or being achieved) Origin Latin possibilis from posse 'be able' = Missemispossible - opposite of Mission impossible.

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COMMENTS:

excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-13: 10:41:00

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Created by: ajcor

Pronunciation: slink..oholic

Sentence: The youthful slinkoholic enjoys slithering unseen around corners to enkoy a solitary cuppa!

Etymology: slink and "oholic" meaning compulsive

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COMMENTS:

kitcheninjitsu - rikboyee, 2007-03-30: 01:59:00

wow...i just typed my word into your comment box instead of in the 'create-a-word' section... i apologise for my verblunder - rikboyee, 2007-03-30: 02:00:00

he he! I've almost done that a few times - petaj, 2007-03-30: 03:03:00

Seems we all need coffee today, but hey, TFI Friday. This one kinda refers to "sink", the central feature of any self-respecting kitchen. Good stuff. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-30: 04:32:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: GO - first - whyl

Sentence: Once the office errand girl and flunky at large, Miranda had found a way to surreptitiously avoid those tasks she'd become expected to run, and had become a goferstwhile extraordinaire.

Etymology: blend of gofer (errand boy/girl) and erstwhile (formerly)

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COMMENTS:

neat blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-13: 10:34:00

Lovely word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-15: 20:09:00

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Created by: Rutilus

Pronunciation: cup-oh-flaj

Sentence: Linda carefully placed her cup in the box, the one she kept her 'tissues' in and headed in the direction of the ladies. She diverted to the stairwell to the next floor, walked back across, and down again straight into the kitchen. Tea made, she carefully crept back up the stairs, back across to the other side and down again, to make it look like she'd been to the loo. Once she was back at her desk she carefully took the mug of tea out of the box and enjoyed the moment. She had become quite adept in the execution of cuppouflage; she wasn't going to hang around making brews for all and sundy that's for sure.

Etymology: Cuppa - cup of tea/coffee; Camouflage - the art of concealment

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COMMENTS:

great plan - I'll have to try it sometime - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-13: 10:38:00

Another good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-15: 20:09:00

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: kit-chen-slink

Sentence: Nora used the kitchenslink method of getting to the coffeepot without being seen so she wouldn't have to engage in meaningless conversations or fetch treats for lazy coworkers. She became so good at it that she was able to raid the snack drawer and the refrigerator with impunity and soon built up a nice snack stash in her drawer.

Etymology: kitchen + slink: to sneak (wordplay on kitchen sink)

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COMMENTS:

Great word. - artr, 2009-10-16: 09:40:00

Yes I agree! - splendiction, 2009-10-16: 19:07:00

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: sea-crete

Sentence: Fiona wasn't mean. It's just that with ten colleagues all wanting no sugar, just black, not too strong, special hand-sewn tea bag brewed for the time it takes the earth to rotate one inch.... she'd never get any work done. So she resorted to a carfty bit of midday secreation.

Etymology: secrete (to hide) + eat (to cosume; to chew and swallow food) + secret (something kept hidden or concealed)

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Created by: friskidu

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: käfēloōd

Sentence: Down the back stairs, around to the side of the building, into the loading dock entrance, up the service elevator to the 5th floor and back down the stairs and a few quick steps to the snack room. This is the formula Georgia uses to coffeelude ”Could you get me” requests from co-workers. Now she needs to explain to her boss why a coffee break takes her 30 minutes or more.

Etymology: coffee (a drink made from the roasted and ground bean-like seeds of a tropical shrub) + elude (evade or escape from)

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