Verboticisms

Created by: jeatyet

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Sentence: Walking by the shop window, she turned towards it to reflectaglance.

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Created by: sharktrager

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Sentence: Narcissus: the Father of Reflexers

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: sigh-t-see-t-her

Sentence: Her eyes couldn't pass a relective surface without a quick sightceiter.

Etymology: sight for seeing - ceit from conceit - er for her ... and all being a play on the word sightseer.

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Created by: sosibo1

Pronunciation: Sc-ee-ni-k

Sentence: He pretends to hate mirrors, but he always scaneaks on window glasses.

Etymology: Scan + Sneak

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Created by: thebaron

Pronunciation: re-flec-ta-ego-ing

Sentence: Once again, she was found reflectaegoing in the glass cabinet.

Etymology: reflecta (reflection) + ego (I)

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Preen - OH - gul

Sentence: A vain and pompous sort, Minerva could not pass any reflective surface without taking a moment to preenogle with self admiration.

Etymology: Preen + ogle

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Created by: Korinne

Pronunciation: Sneek-A-Flek-Shun

Sentence: While watching Mimi strolls through the mall, it never fails that she'll sneakafflection in every reflective surface.

Etymology: Sneak + Affection (loves themself) + Reflection

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Created by: maryamwebster

Pronunciation: ree-FLEK-to-chek

Sentence: I had to reflectocheck my lipstick because Betty kept looking pointedly at me and wiping her mouth. Or: The way Bob was looking at me, I wondered if something was hanging out of my nose. Thank goodness, a quick reflectocheck proved otherwise.

Etymology: reflect = a self-image as seen in mirror form check = to take notice of

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COMMENTS:

Nice word - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-29: 17:35:00

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Created by: xirtam

Pronunciation: Glim-spĭf

Sentence: Madeline took a quick glimspif, at her reflection in the store window, to be sure her hair was still ok.

Etymology: Glimpse: a very brief, passing look, sight, or view. + Spiff: To make attractive, stylish, or up-to-date.

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /kroh-meg-uh-loh-mey'-nee-uh/

Sentence: When Ben showed Vanessa the engine of his hotrod, at first he thought she was really 'into' cars by the way her eyes lit up, and that she was leaning over to admire his custom-chromed exhaust manifold, until he realized she was just admiring herself and checking her make-up.

Etymology: chrome - chromium, or other shiny metallic plating (from Greek, khroma "color") + megalomania - having delusion of greatness (from Greek, megas "great" & mania "madness")

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