Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: snif spekt

Sentence: Daniel's laundry day routine consisted of keeping his washload size to one basket. This meant carrying on a sniffspect routine each week to determine which clothes just had to cost him a quarter to wash and which others were good for another wearing or two. Gosh, he missed his ex...

Etymology: Sniff (inhale odor) & Inspect (to look over carefully)

| Comments and Points

Created by: Harlequin

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Hey, how long has that shirt been on the floor? I don't know, but I rankorated it before putting it on.

Etymology: From the adjective rank and a verb form.

| Comments and Points

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

| Comments and Points

Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation:

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

Etymology: sniff and go

| Comments and Points

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.

| Comments and Points

Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: sniff-E-ling

Sentence: He was sniffeling his week-old socks and woke up the next morning with a humongous headache!

Etymology: It has association with sniffing, and it sounds a little painful, so I thought it fitted the description ;)

| Comments and Points

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: snuffl/up/ah/dress

Sentence: Part of my daily routine is to make sure I snuffleupadress to determine what clothing is still noseworthy

Etymology: snuffleupagus + dress

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

Quite creative! Snuffleupundress would have been good as well. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-05: 11:38:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Created by: chercherlalun

Pronunciation: seco day precaution

Sentence: I had to stay up all night to write a paper and forgot to do the laundry. I did the secodayprecaution on yesterday's jeans. It was doable.

Etymology:

| Comments and Points

Created by: gamurray121

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology:

| Comments and Points

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: snifsjekking

Sentence: Is it safe to worn again, do sniffchecking

Etymology: sniffing and checking

| Comments and Points