Verboticisms

Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: tchir-pon-dur

Sentence: While trying to come up with a good word for today's Verbotomy, I found myself chirpondering.

Etymology: chirp + ponder

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: scat-tic-u-late

Sentence: Jan could tell by the grinding and squeaking noises coming from the study that Paul had begun to scaticulate about the budget.

Etymology: scat: in jazz-- a vocal style where the singer shows vocal dexterity by improvising a melody over the chords or rhythm using sounds or meaningless syllables a la Bobby McFerrin, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway or Popeye + tic: involuntary movements or vocalizations (often seen in persons with tourette syndrome) + speculate: to meditate or reflect on a subject

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COMMENTS:

scategorically good word! - Nosila, 2009-08-24: 20:56:00

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Created by: hoylus

Pronunciation: skitz oh rith mettic

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: sahy-koh-blath-er

Sentence: When Leo gets a tough programming problem he begins to talk to himself and his computer. His psychoblather has been known to send much of the office to an early lunch. Sometimes they will bring him lunch or a large bag of candies just to occupy his mouth for a while.

Etymology: psycho (mentally strange) + blather (chatter, talk a lot)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: thot tik yoo layt

Sentence: Kim could always tell when Sheldon was having a brainstorm. His process to thoughticulate involved making weird sounds, similar to dolphins calling to coyotes. His heretofore mental constipation would erupt into a noisy verbal diarrhea...That was why she panelled his office in sound-proof materials.

Etymology: Thought (the process of thinking, especially thinking carefully) & Articulate (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way;expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language)

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COMMENTS:

I wonder what the coyotes would think of dolphin talk? - artr, 2009-08-24: 11:21:00

They would probably wonder at the porpoise of it all... - Nosila, 2009-08-24: 20:54:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: men tahl jim nas teeks

Sentence: They were not ordinary eeks. they were mentalgymnasteeks, but unfortunately the examiner had no sense of perspective.

Etymology: mental gymnastics, eek

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: far-TIC-u-late

Sentence: Bob's farticulating every time he worked on a project that required a little thought was only made more annoying by the wild hand gestures that accompanied it.

Etymology: fart - an adverse sound best made out of earshot of others. articulate - to speak

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COMMENTS:

Sounds like Bob was blowing a lot of hot air... - wordmeister, 2007-01-24: 10:03:00

Most definitely! I actually work next to this guy - flailing hand gestures and all. Quite annoying! - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-24: 13:36:00

Are you flailing to clear the air? Or is he flailing to punctuate the point? - wordmeister, 2007-01-24: 14:55:00

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: ser-i-bol

Sentence: She couldn't bare the sound of his cerebawlling whenever he got writer's block.

Etymology: cerebral (relating to the brain, intellectual) + bawl (to shout or cry loudly)

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COMMENTS:

Call a wah--mbulance! - Nosila, 2011-01-13: 21:37:00

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Created by: fmgene

Pronunciation: bath-mat-ics

Sentence: .

Etymology: bat + math _ gymnastics

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: inter mensa coo stick ate

Sentence: Albert Einstein while at work, could while away hours twiddling his hb pencil, occasionally intermensacousticating out of the corner of his mouth.

Etymology:

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