Verboticisms

Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: ver-brO-zen

Sentence: After playing verbotomy so much, his exotic vocabulary became a crutch. And when his co-workers demanded that he speak in plain English, he was simply verbrozen.

Etymology: verb+frozen

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: traw mo stay sis

Sentence: upon approaching her his traumostasis started with paralysis of the left foot, before quickly gripping his larynx as soon as he got the fiest syllable of his greeting out. "Hell" he said

Etymology: trauma and stasis

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Created by: adbern

Pronunciation: with-bather

Sentence: its seems to me , he's withbatter

Etymology: WITHout BATTerys

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COMMENTS:

ha! ha! - wordmeister, 2007-02-08: 15:11:00

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Created by: Ecke21

Pronunciation: AngSt La den

Sentence: He was so angstladen that all he could do was stare at her.

Etymology:

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: num/dum

Sentence: When he came face to face with his boss to ask for the deserved raise, he became totally numbdumb.

Etymology: numb + dumb

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: part-ill-is-is

Sentence: Faced with social situations, Kevin was a nervous wreck. As soon as crossed the front door of his mate's birthday bash, he went into a rigid state of partylysis.

Etymology: party (social celebration, festivities) + paralysis (unmoving state)

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Created by: urbanwookie

Pronunciation: fret-riff-ride

Sentence: Thinking of the possible consequences of screwing up his final examination paper had Tony so completely fretrified, he failed to write a single word...

Etymology: fret + petrified

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Created by: tealismyname

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I was competely stagnitized when i saw that crazy bear!

Etymology:

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: cat-a-stron-ic

Sentence: For a moment, Kelly was catastronic, when he realised the potential catastrophe he had narrowly avoided.

Etymology: catatonic (muscular rigidity and mental stupor) + catastrophic (failure - big time)

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COMMENTS:

Nice one! - BMott, 2007-02-08: 03:28:00

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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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