Verboticisms

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: my kid

Sentence: this is not a moron, it is my kid.

Etymology: my kid.

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: in-com-pre-tense

Sentence: Marcus expended more effort on his displays of incompretence than he would have done on actually finishing off his chores. He was a real laboor.

Etymology: incompetence (lack of ability) + pretence (the act of pretending; a false claim)

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Created by: HipHop247

Pronunciation: res-pon-si-bil-i-ty-foe-bee-a

Sentence: He has responsibilityphobia because he cannot (or so he says) clean the cat litter box or mow the lawn.

Etymology: Responsibility/Phobia

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Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation: select-skill

Sentence: Nnot being able to take out the garbage do to lack of knowledge is a selct skill

Etymology: Like selective hearing.

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: work/a/stall/ik

Sentence: A workastallic never runs out of excuses for putting off chores.

Etymology: workaholic + stall

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: dish id ens

Sentence: When Jake's Mom asked him to tidy up and load the dishwasher after the 6 meals he ate at home each day, he reacted with dishidence. His mother, fed up with his laziness and failure to contribute financially to all these meals, placed an embargo on his activities by putting a padlock on the fridge and pantry cupboards. They could only be unlocked in exchange for chores performed around the house and getting out of bed before the crack of noon.

Etymology: Dishes (chore of washing crockery after each meal) & Dissidence (resistance/disagreement with existing rules/government;express opposition through action or words)

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: skill-oo-zhun

Sentence: My son is a master at the art of skillusion. His latest task evasion tactic was to weedwhack all my violetto artichoke plants, claiming he thought they were just giant thistles, which, of course, they are.

Etymology: skill, illusion

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COMMENTS:

What a skilljoy... - Discoveria, 2007-03-29: 09:34:00

Been there only the skillusion in this case involved a Watering Can..or was that a Watering Can skilluding and many dead plants.... - ajcor, 2007-03-29: 17:32:00

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Created by: Loreshai

Pronunciation: Im-mat-your-ish

Sentence: Jake couldn't handle the news about the higgs boson because he was immateurish.

Etymology: immature - inexperienced due to youth v amateur - non professional.

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: OF-UHL-doj

Sentence: At the first sign of any worthless rubbish, two-minute-old trash, household garbage or scraps of meat not worth getting upset about, offaldodging Bob would turn a whiter shade of pale. Ready to do all sorts of things and make numerous excuses to avoid any task he thought even a little unpleasant, this offaldodger thought that he fooled others. However, everyone quickly saw it as nothing more than an obvious offaldodge.

Etymology: OFFAL:waste parts,refuse,rubbish, garbage; inedible parts of a butchered animal DODGE: evade obligation by cunning, trickery.

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COMMENTS:

Well that's just awful. - Mustang, 2008-06-18: 08:10:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: pro/trash/tin/ay/shun

Sentence: Billy's protrashtination resulted in his room looking like a garbage dump.

Etymology: trash + procrastination

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COMMENTS:

Omg...love it! ha - lumina, 2008-06-18: 12:27:00

OMG it's TDF, if you are OACG! (It's to Die for if you are over a certain age! - Nosila, 2008-06-19: 00:43:00

Very good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-19: 05:41:00

Good word. I guess it left Billy down in the dumps. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-19: 05:45:00

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