Verboticisms

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ee/nun/see/lay/tur

Sentence: Dave spent so much time worrying about pronunciation while conversing that he became know as an enuncilater.

Etymology: enunciator + later

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: nah-da-yah-da-yah-da

Sentence: we all wanted him to summarise the story but he was a well known nadayadadyada so we had to hear the whole damn thing

Etymology: nada [none], yada yada [used to summarise stories]

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COMMENTS:

a bit long - but he idea is brilliant and the sound of the word is nice. here's my vote. - w5lf9s, 2007-03-02: 11:43:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: in/som/ni/yak

Sentence: Chris was a motivational speaker at sleep deprivation conferences - his sessions always sold out first

Etymology: insomnia + yack

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COMMENTS:

I likes this one. - erasmus, 2007-03-02: 10:39:00

thanks erasmus - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-02: 10:46:00

when i need to sleep its hard to decide between an imsomniyak and a saidative - rikboyee, 2007-03-02: 17:06:00

I've found tranquspielizers quite effective. - petaj, 2007-03-02: 20:19:00

Narcotalks work too! - Discoveria, 2007-03-02: 21:35:00

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Created by: aj3131

Pronunciation: Talk-u-mentary

Sentence: Everybody want the dude to stop giving us a talkumentary about how he scraped the pimples off his back.

Etymology: talk + (doc)umentary

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COMMENTS:

i really like it but it seems to be more the things the person is saying instead of the actual person...? its good otherwise - ekath, 2007-03-06: 22:16:00

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Created by: EonaFrae

Pronunciation: Sp-laud-er

Sentence: If Tom kept splodding along, I would never make the 6:30 reservation.

Etymology: Speak [to utter words] + Plod [the act of moving or walking heavily and slowly]

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Created by: toralora

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Paul is a typical jabbler. He told a short and unimportant story in 2 hours.

Etymology:

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: draul ful

Sentence: W h e n F r e d t o l d a j o k e i t w a s s l o w a n d d r a w l f u l .

Etymology: Drawl (a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels; lengthen and slow down or draw out) & Awful (not nice)

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Created by: catgrin

Pronunciation: shprek-en-lah-ger

Sentence: I'm sorry I'm late! Some sprechenlager at the DMV kept me there for two hours while he explained why it's bad to run a red light!

Etymology: Take off on the German for "speak"="sprechen" + "lag" meaning "to delay" + "er" which is the ending for changing a verb into a personal noun in German

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Created by: Shellbow

Pronunciation: mo-LASS-tur

Sentence: He was such an extreme molasster it took him five minutes to ask for the ketchup.

Etymology: Molass- from molasses, a notoriously slow-pouring substance, especially when cold.

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COMMENTS:

I know it sounds dangerously close to molester, but so be it. - Shellbow, 2013-11-01: 23:26:00

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Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation: Blah-guy

Sentence: That blahguy is so slow.

Etymology: blah+ guy

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