Verboticisms

Created by: fredm

Pronunciation: bum-bel-ass

Sentence: "Oh, shoot", I exclaimed, "I've made a complete bumbleass of myself!"

Etymology: Bumble (To move, act, or proceed clumsily) + ass (as in 'to make an ass of oneself')

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: mee-lit-l

Sentence: Janice will melittle herself in the hope that friends will counter by encouraging her. It doesn't always work that way.

Etymology: me (self) belittle (to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage)

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: crap + uh + chee + no

Sentence: The milk went everywhere and I yelled "crappucino!"

Etymology: Heh.

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: mared/di/doo

Sentence: "Merdededieu" he screamed as the toner cartridge exploded all over his new suit. That's okay he explained to the startled client - I'm just praying.

Etymology: merde (shit in French) + mere de dieu (mother of God

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COMMENTS:

magnifique! - galwaywegian, 2007-05-22: 07:32:00

naturellement, Jabberwocky is famous for mots tres magnifique - petaj, 2007-05-22: 09:23:00

Ooh la la - I am blusheeng - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-22: 11:53:00

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Created by: serendipity9000

Pronunciation: b-lick-s-it

Sentence: Just one more drop of glue and it is done. Perfect... wait.. did I just glue this upsidedown? Blixit! I am going to have to start over to fix this.

Etymology: Starting with 'B' for 'bad'...blix rhymes with fix.. 'it' because many interjections have 'it' added on to the end.

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: holy-barry-crocker-batman

Sentence: "holybarrycrockerbatman" said Robin, when he realized he'd made it this far into the season without any powers of his own.

Etymology: holy .... batman (catchphrase of TV's famous interjector, Robin) + Barry Crocker (Aust. and NZ. rhyming slang for a blunder -- as in "he's having a shocker today", "he's having a barry crocker today" or even just "he's having a barry today"

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COMMENTS:

BTW, Barry Crocker is a real Australian -- http://www.barrycrocker.net/ - petaj, 2007-05-22: 08:51:00

that's grouse - cohenarie, 2007-05-22: 10:18:00

is Barry married to Betty Crocker - she could make it all better (batter) with a cake - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-22: 12:15:00

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: cuss-er-ance

Sentence: A cusserance will come to mind when a stupid mistake is found, but it must never be expressed when grandchildren are around. Although they love their grandma so and overlook her failures, it's best that they should never know she cusses like a sailor.

Etymology: cuss: to use an expletive or curse word + utterance: vocal expression or articulation

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COMMENTS:

cute - Nosila, 2009-12-07: 21:07:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: inn fek shun

Sentence: there was a serious infecktion in her voice as she realised that it was indeed the now lifeless cat's tail which was protruding from the large pot of seafood chowder which she was in the process of serving to her guests. The grief would come later.

Etymology: inflection, feck.

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COMMENTS:

are you sure it wasn't a chow chow's tail sticking out of the chowder? - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-22: 12:19:00

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Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: /iks - zuc - doz - jjjjraaaaaa/

Sentence: "Majimbo! Why didn't I kill you when I had the chance? Ixzucdosj! Now you killed Vegetta, Trunks, Gohan, Piccolo and Krillin and all the other tards that existed! I'll kill you! Super Sayan!" And Goku died a horrible death when his hair stood on one end and lost its color & died a sudden death of prostate cancer.

Etymology: Just one of the random words you get when you type in frustration. Among other words involved in this series is: ijhefib, jsdhfjxcv, and the infamous sodihgvnwoei. Apparently, this word has a resemblance to "exact dosage" and may signify nothing at all.

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: blund - dur - speek

Sentence: Ohhh Nooo, Ohh Sheeet, Nnnnnn, BLGXXXXGT is all blunderspeak to signify that Nora has messed up again. She is always thinking of new words and phrases to express her displeasure at her mistakes.

Etymology: blunder, speak

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COMMENTS:

dagnabit good - Nosila, 2009-12-07: 21:08:00

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