Verboticisms

Created by: loofarama

Pronunciation: pra-fi-dic-a-ment

Sentence: as soon as she started yelling I knew we were in a profidicament

Etymology: profit(money) + Perdicament

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Created by: KristinA

Pronunciation: clash-out

Sentence: What started as Mandy's request for her husband to put the cap back on the toothpaste after brushing soon turned into a clashout over him being passed over for a promotion at work for not smiling enough in front of customers.

Etymology: "lashout" + "cash"; also, "cash" + "blowout"

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: yell + ook + er

Sentence: She was complaining about the laundry, but it was really just another yellucre.

Etymology: yell + lucre

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: pet tee klaa sssh

Sentence: They had another pettyclash over his friday night plans. He thought they should drive a mile or so downwind of the open air concert so they could enjoy the music without any of the pushing and shoving involved in attending the concert in the stadium. She answered by attempting to neuter him with the compilation cd he picked up in the bargain bin at the supermarket earlier.

Etymology: petty cash clash.

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COMMENTS:

hopefully they were on their way to a Clash concert - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-16: 11:17:00

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Created by: administraitor

Pronunciation: are-gue-mon-ee

Sentence: Regardless of whether their differences were about the kids, the house or the family pet, any issue turned into argumony when assisted by both parties' lawyers.

Etymology: argue + money + alimony

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COMMENTS:

funny but sad - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-16: 16:18:00

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Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Frack-a-shing

Sentence: Trudy, discovering that Eddie had secured a home equity loan and purchased a plasma television and a pool table for the game room, slid over the edge from disbelief to rage in about 7 seconds and began fracashing him for nearly two solid hours, during which time he could only offer his "pouty lip face" in a hollow, yet ineffective, attempt to persuade her to be reasonable.

Etymology: Fracas+cashing

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COMMENTS:

it looks like a pouty lip face but in reality he's watching his plasma televsion at the same time - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-16: 11:15:00

pouty lip = lipflop - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-16: 13:52:00

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Created by: jesster

Pronunciation: war - ri - en

Sentence: The fight that started over whos turn it was to do the dishes quickly escalated into a full-blown warrien. She wanted a complete kitchen remodel, while he wanted a live-in swedish nanny/housekeeper. Of course, they didn't have the money for either.

Etymology: war + rien (French - nothing)

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: cash + clash

Sentence: Whenever Craig started to line up his pennies along the kitchen counter top making a long line all the way down and across the kitchen floor, Wanda knew she was in for one doozie of a cashclash with him.

Etymology: cash + clash

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: fnort

Sentence: Frank fnought with Nora although she had spent only ₣5 on her trip to Paris.

Etymology: fought + nought + symbol for Franc

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Created by: MisUndrstd

Pronunciation: {Koin-in-si-duhnt}

Sentence: My cousin Joey "Big Cannoli" Romano (you know, my cousin Vinnie's brother from the Bronx). Started a fight Saturday night at "Vito's bar" on 5th and Vine. Joey said he didn't like how the guy looked at him. But Vinnie later told me that the guy's uncle owed Joey money.

Etymology: Coin (metal money) + incident (a situation) = Coinincident.

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