Verboticisms

Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: stair-uh-lyzd

Sentence: Jimmy was certainly not sterile, but with the way he starelized every time an attractive woman was around, he might as well have been.

Etymology: (stare + paralyzed) = a homophone to sterilized

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I think this is very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-08: 14:21:00

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Created by: cryptc

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Etymology: Error, and Immobilis from latin.

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: trans/fig/urrd

Sentence: He became tancefigured before every exam. He became famous as moveable art.

Etymology: trance + transfigured

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Created by: w5lf9s

Pronunciation: para.lump

Sentence: "So, what did he do when she finally spoke to him?" - "Well, you know him, he's a paralump, stood there like a statue."

Etymology: paralyse+lump

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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: In-com-pet-triff-fy

Sentence: Bob, a soft-spoken geologist, always became incompetrified whenever he had to give a speech in public.

Etymology: Incompetent+petrify. Incompetent: unable to do something well. Petrify: to turn to stone.

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: freeze + tried

Sentence: I was going to attempt the high jump, but I got so scared that I freezetried.

Etymology: Like freeze-dried, but with "tried."

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Created by: Madamemojo

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Created by: Guthlaf1

Pronunciation: TERR-a-LI-sis

Sentence: He was halfway to the group when the terralysis hit, and he was stuck there, thinking "Oh no - how are you supposed to break into conversation again?".

Etymology: 'terra' - from 'terror' '-lysis' - from 'paralysis'

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Created by: josje

Pronunciation: thiktonque

Sentence: hecould not speak he had a thicktonque

Etymology: thik as in fat en tongue as in your mouth

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And maybe his head was thick too! - wordmeister, 2007-02-08: 17:38:00

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Created by: BMott

Pronunciation: Kat - u - feer

Sentence: Bob headed for the stage and then froze with catafear, he knew he could never give the speech without stuttering.

Etymology: Cata - From Catatonic- An abnormal condition characterized by stupor, and either rigidity or extreme flexibility of the limbs. Fear - A reason for dread or apprehension.

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