Verboticisms

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: FUNK-snuh-fel

Sentence: Nah, man I can't play X-box, I gotta do laundry. Everything I own has failed the funksnuffle test.

Etymology: funk + snuffle

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COMMENTS:

I love the sound of this one. Can also be used to describe the sniffing of outdated refrigerator items. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-05: 06:37:00

If it smells too bad, you involuntarily do the yuckshuffle. - Alchemist, 2007-03-05: 08:33:00

...and if it gets worse still, you'll be doing the gagmuffle. - w5lf9s, 2007-03-05: 09:07:00

And if it's really, REALLY bad, you could become comanose. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-05: 10:22:00

or get into a stinkscuffle over who cleans up... - Alchemist, 2007-03-05: 20:44:00

hahaha - lalaland6868, 2007-03-06: 18:02:00

*stifles a giggle - paintergrl1313, 2007-03-10: 21:15:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: uh-ROM-un-a-ter

Sentence: Upon his return to the gym, Vince's workout partners quickly learned that the stench of body odor he was giving off made him a particularly repulsive and very unlikeable aromanator.

Etymology: Blend of the words 'aroma' and 'emanate' and is a play on the word 'terminator' from a movie with that title.

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Created by: BMott

Pronunciation: pu-tri-test

Sentence: He gave his shirt the putritest before putting it on. It failed miserably and his eyes watered from the smell.

Etymology: Putri: From Putrid, meaning foul odor. -- Test: judge suitability.

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: prO-boss-cO-ob-er-ation

Sentence: David used his simple, yet failproof method of proboscorroboration, to determine if he could squeeze one more day out of his bugs bunny boxers.

Etymology: proboscus, nose/ corroboration, to test

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COMMENTS:

Oh man, crazy word! - subakamoo, 2007-03-05: 16:55:00

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Created by: josje

Pronunciation: snifsjekking

Sentence: Is it safe to worn again, do sniffchecking

Etymology: sniffing and checking

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: o/dor/ah/met/er

Sentence: An odorometer is a device which indicates how long a piece of clothing has travelled on a body.

Etymology: odometer + odor

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COMMENTS:

How do you use it? Stick it up your nose? - petaj, 2007-03-06: 02:21:00

I think it's more like a wand - it would be embarassing if they used it at the airport to detect dirty clothes - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-06: 13:40:00

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Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: smellscan

Sentence: I did a quick smellscan on my stuff and decided that it can go for another year ;)

Etymology: smell + scan = smellscan

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Created by: gamurray121

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: hi-jeens-test

Sentence: half way into the first date he realised he'd failed to conduct a highjeanstest..

Etymology: hygene test, jeans

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COMMENTS:

I do like what you've done with that. I just don't have enough votes to go round! have a HooRAH instead. - erasmus, 2007-03-05: 09:04:00

good one! - toadstool57, 2007-03-05: 09:12:00

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Created by: w5lf9s

Pronunciation: ohl.scan

Sentence: He was very diligent about subjecting each individual piece of clothing to a triple olscan after he took it off, the first one at arm's length, the second, closenosier to determine the type of deodorant that would cover up whatever the particular odour of the day and the third to make sure he would remember the smell for later comparison.

Etymology: olfactory+scan

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COMMENTS:

closnosier and closnosier, the funk did creep...great sentence! - Alchemist, 2007-03-05: 08:38:00

Very creative, loved this! - BMott, 2007-03-09: 00:07:00

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