Verboticisms

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: TER-tel-tung

Sentence: Criminey! Joe is a turtletongue! It took him 15 minutes to order breakfast! How long does it take to say "coffee and a bagel"?

Etymology: turtle + tongue

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Too bad if he was also a cloth-ears, a favourite term of my Dad's - petaj, 2007-03-02: 04:18:00

What happened to slothmouth? My comment seems inappropriate now! - petaj, 2007-03-02: 20:07:00

I had a change of heart~ don't worry, your comment still applies... - Alchemist, 2007-03-02: 21:51:00

Simple and good. - ErWenn, 2007-03-03: 08:25:00

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Created by: josje

Pronunciation: lowgear

Sentence: Just let him talk, he is talking in lowgear

Etymology: low and gear as in gearbox

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Created by: rickki

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Created by: BuenoCabra

Pronunciation: (JA-bur-fuh'-dul)

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: mon-O-tone-as-city

Sentence: Jill spoke to David with monotonacity, determined to make her point, droning on and on till David finally fell asleep.

Etymology: monotone/tenacity,persistant determination

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This is the defining characteristic of Ben Stein's character in Ferris Beuller's Day Off. - ErWenn, 2007-03-03: 08:25:00

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Created by: FreakyDeak

Pronunciation: Crall-drall

Sentence: Once he starts with his crawldrawl the wide awake sleep and the comatose die.

Etymology: Crawl(to move slowly) + Drawl(lengthened syllables)

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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Tree-cull-spee-curr

Sentence: The lecturer's voice was like honey: smooth, sweet, and thick. By the end of the hour the treaclespeaker had lulled half the class to sleep.

Etymology: Treacle + speak. Treacle is sort of a sugary substance that doesn't flow very well (viscous).

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I'm going to use this word - very clever Discoveria - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-02: 10:31:00

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈwɚdˌslɑɡɚ/

Sentence: The wordslogger's tenacity might have been inspiring if context hadn't made it abundantly clear what he was trying to say three sentences into his soliloquy.

Etymology: From word + slog + -er

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Created by: Ahmad

Pronunciation: sne nik

Sentence: He takes too much time in conveying a single idea , he is a real snainic.

Etymology: snail: an animal which moves very slowly. sonic: sound waves , relating to sound

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Created by: bettyann9

Pronunciation: Ass-per-ga-droan

Sentence: That aspergadrone over there just took 45 minutes to tell me he was going to be late tomorrow. How many ways can you say "My alarm clock broke"?

Etymology: Asperger's syndrome=an autism spectrum disorder in which the sufferer does not register social queues + drone=someone who goes on and on endlessly

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