Verboticisms

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Smell-chek

Sentence: Rob smellchecked every item of clothing he wore. It was a small price to pay to avoid doing laundry until the mouldy patches became noticeable.

Etymology: Smell + check + spellcheck. Spellcheck: that thing on Microsoft Word that tells you if your spelling could use some correction.

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COMMENTS:

simple and defining ;) good word - allwise, 2007-03-05: 04:03:00

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Created by: sonic101

Pronunciation: ol-fac-tor-ize

Sentence: Roger is so lazy he olfactorizes his clothes.

Etymology: olfactory nerve=what you smell with

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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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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: artr

Pronunciation: pyoo-dred

Sentence: With a huge sense of pudread Josh sniffed his socks to see if they could go another day or not. The fact that they walked to the hamper on their own when he took them off should have been enough of a clue.

Etymology: putrid (having the odor of decaying flesh) + P.U. (Used to indicate a bad or offensive smell, from "phew")+ dread (to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of)

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Created by: subakamoo

Pronunciation: Remove-al-funk-o-meter

Sentence: Jeff is such a removalfunkometer.

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: ward/prohb

Sentence: On washing day I always do a wardprobe on my shirts to try and cut down on the number of loads I need to do. Wardprobing is now listed in all energy saving pamphlets as a way to cut back on the wasteful use of hot water.

Etymology: wardrobe + probe = ward(p)robe

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COMMENTS:

I like this one too, shame I've ran out of votes. have a woohoo! instead. - erasmus, 2007-03-05: 09:34:00

I'll vote for it - I loved The Lion The Witch and The Wardprobe - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-05: 10:18:00

sometimes I need to rewardprobe, just to make sure... - Alchemist, 2007-03-05: 20:47:00

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Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Gotta do a sniffandgo before I wear this again.

Etymology: sniff and go

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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: 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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Created by: urbanwookie

Pronunciation: stin-kwizi-shun

Sentence: Bob subjected each item to a thorough stinquisition before sentencing the worst offenders to the laundry basket...

Etymology: stink + inquisition

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