Verboticisms

Created by: joelb

Pronunciation: WIND-lag

Sentence: By now I knew the directions, but the windlag wouldn't stop telling me where to find the on-ramp.

Etymology: wingbag + lag

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Created by: Neej13

Pronunciation: Mo-not-a-log

Sentence: The politician was a true monotologue, the perfect one to fillibuster the bill.

Etymology: monotony + monologue

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: blah + say

Sentence: Oh good lord, that guy can blahsay his way through 10 minutes of explaining why X-wing fighters are inferior to Y-wings even though they're both made up things in a movie..

Etymology: It's supposed to be like "blase" only I can't do that little accent thingie over the e. But that's the etymology, anyway.

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COMMENTS:

If you're on a PC, make sure your keypad is set for numerical. Hold down your ALT key, and at the same time, enter 0233 on the keypad. If you're on Mac, I don't know what to tell you. - mplsbohemian, 2007-08-27: 15:15:00

I'm on a laptop with no keypad. :( - Osomatic, 2007-08-27: 17:23:00

Or you could copy and paste from a web page, or from a word processing application (insert symbol) - petaj, 2007-08-27: 23:08:00

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Created by: Scrumpy

Pronunciation: ep-uh-plod

Sentence: Ken was a bigger epiplod than most politicians.

Etymology: epilogue - (a concluding speech) and plod - (trudge, slow)

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Created by: StigAllan

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I have no time to discuss with such a slowworder

Etymology:

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Created by: DrHarvey

Pronunciation: Ver-tard-i-us

Sentence: The intern stood there, pencil on paper, waiting for the daily plan from his vertardious consultant who meandered on about the importance of vigilant fluid management.

Etymology: 'Ver' - of the verbal form. 'Tardus' - Slow, latin.

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Created by: skepsis

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Jimmy, a major spalker, seems to have trouble stringing sentences together.

Etymology: space and talker

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Created by: rosska

Pronunciation: per-new-sense

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Created by: jesster

Pronunciation: DUL - ser - tation

Sentence: Arnie's dullsertation on the chemical compounds used to make modern deodorant was more lethal than his body odor.

Etymology: dull + dissertation

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: tur-tell

Sentence: Bob was a true turtell. He was so slowquacious that by the time he yelled "Fire!", the garage was nothing but a pile of smoldering embers.

Etymology: turtle, tell

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