Verboticisms

Created by: hooterbug

Pronunciation: 3/M/nezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzia

Sentence: Hillary was having Staple's withdrawal. Her Office Manager had forbidden her to order anymore of the colorful post-it notes that covered her desk, adorned her monitor and every free-space available in the office, hoping to cure her of her threemnesia. Where's the EASY button now?

Etymology: Blend of 3M and Amnesia

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COMMENTS:

so many good words - terrific - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-25: 13:17:00

Good word,hooterbug, Stick to it! - Nosila, 2008-08-25: 22:14:00

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: miss/ee/vee/us

Sentence: To be missiveous is to play havoc with post-it notes

Etymology: mischievous + missive

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Created by: tizher

Pronunciation:

Sentence: She would be stuck with the stickma for the rest of her life.

Etymology:

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: poe sti cheee

Sentence: She was so postitchy, the company auditors found out her stationery bill exceeded her salary. They sent her a short (yellow) memo.

Etymology: post it. itchy as in trigger happy but without the trigger or the happiness.

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Created by: Durotriges

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Penelope was overcome by pafflement as she struggled to remember the purpose for her existence but was unable to find a meaningful answer in the multitude of notes crowding around her.

Etymology: pap/paper+baffle+cement

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Created by: scrabbelicious

Pronunciation: /Earn-e-i-tis/

Sentence: Sandra had to remind herself to remind herself to remind herself; always busy but never finished, she reminded me of a Jim Hensen creation with a bad case of Ernieitis.

Etymology: Ernieitis is a disease named after the Sesame St. character "Ernie", the constant companion of Burt, much to Burt's chagrin

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: stik-uh-FEE-tee

Sentence: When Bob started to post strange words on "stick-it-notes", the walls of his home soon began to resemble a crazy man's kaleidscope. And when, upon returning home one day he found the words: "Blissknell, Gloombane and Mindgeld" in Roxie's handwriting on "post-it" notes on the kitchen-table, he started to think that all this stickifitti might have gone a bit too far.

Etymology: Blend of STICK-IT & GRAFFITI

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COMMENTS:

...Another chilling tale! Good one, O-Bob! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-25: 08:40:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: stik-um-PUL-shun

Sentence: Phyllis had a severe case of stickumpulsion, wherein she'd create a stickum for every notion that entered her mind and would stick them on whatever appliance or kitchen cabinet that was near at hand.

Etymology: Blend of 'stickum' (An adhesive substance) and 'compulsion' (n. a strong, usually irresistible impulse to perform an act, especially one that is irrational or contrary to one's will)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: stikēdikshən

Sentence: Phyllis has been a fan of sticky notes for years. She realized it had become a stickydiction when she found herself writing a note and trying to stick it on her husband reminding herself that he had a doctor’s appointment.

Etymology: sticky (A Post-it note is a piece of stationery with a re-adherable strip of adhesive on the back, designed for temporarily attaching notes to documents and other surfaces) addiction (the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity)

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: mem oh see dee

Sentence: a bad case of memocd, she noted

Etymology: memo OCD qas in obsessive cumpulsive disorder

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