Verboticisms

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: KASH-bash

Sentence: I only asked when dinner would be ready, but soon Susan and I were in a full-fledged cashbash.

Etymology: cash (money, currency) + bash (hit or smite)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: do ag gro

Sentence: Let's start at the very beginning, a very good place to start. When you sing you begin with do-re-mi. When you mate you begin with Doughaggro, no mo dough means plenty of aggro! Dough, it's deer, way too deer;Ray, drop of clear moonshine; Me, a name I call myself; Fa, a long long time to pay;So, as my mother told me I told you So; LA- I wished I lived there now; Ti a drink with jam and dread; That would bring us back to Dough...I still need more dough...doughnations kindly accepted!

Etymology: Dough (Cash, funds, informal terms for money) & Aggro (aggravation;aggression)

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Created by: lebeast

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I've been known to be slightly obsessash in the past, but if I didnt worry about who was bringin home the bacon, who would?

Etymology: obsessed + cash

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Created by: nonpossumus

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Their explosive arguments were debtonations hardly worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Etymology: Detonate

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Created by: Bulletchewer

Pronunciation: klash-oh-kash

Sentence: When he ignored her efforts, a cashoclash ensued.

Etymology: Simple stuff today, "clash of cash".

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Created by: Maureen

Pronunciation: kwibble - loot

Sentence: Jane said why do you quibbleloot over my cooking when I know you really want to know how much I spent at the dress shop.

Etymology: Quibble - to argue. Loot - money

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: fra/ca/sh

Sentence: They had a huge fracash that escalated to whipping coins at each other. For weeks after they sported the queen's face on their temples.

Etymology: fracas + cash

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Created by: Krixwell

Pronunciation: are-gold-ment

Sentence: Jack and Jill had a huge fight over the destination of their summer vacation. Jack wanted to go to a much more expensive location, and while Jill pretended her reasons for not wanting to go there were based purely on the locations, they both knew it was, in essence, an argoldment.

Etymology: argument (fight, dispute, heated debate) + gold (Au, element 79, soft precious metal often synonymous with treasure or money although it is too soft to practically use for coins)

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COMMENTS:

If it was up to Jill alone, they'd probably just go up some hill nearby and fetch a pail of water. Much cheaper than hotel water. - Krixwell, 2013-09-17: 09:15:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: awl-ter-kash-shuhn

Sentence: Whenever Tony is feeling down he likes to buy himself something, usually something stupid or unnecessary. Last week's purchase of a batmobile replica brought on the expected altercashion with his wife. It's not that they didn't need a car, to her, it was a concern that she had no space to bring home the groceries.

Etymology: altercation (a heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy) + cash (money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government)

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Created by: grammatically

Pronunciation: mun-eh-MOHN-e-fi-cate

Sentence: There was no need to monemoanificate after Jim lost his paycheck.

Etymology: "mone" from the root MONEY; "moan" from the root MOANING; "ificate" from the root IFICATE MAKES THINGS SOUND FANCY

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