Verboticisms

Created by: amigamark

Pronunciation: my-misses

Sentence: My missus will argue till she's blue in the face that she has told me something last Tuesday, however she forgets that we were not speaking that day!

Etymology: mymissus - say no more

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COMMENTS:

Fun one! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-11: 21:01:00

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Created by: Echos

Pronunciation:

Sentence: She hung up the phone, sick of his ornodicting everything she said.

Etymology: From "ornery" and "dictate"

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COMMENTS:

Very emotive words! Great etymology! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-11: 21:31:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: huh/bich/oo/list

Sentence: Jennifer chose her girl friends with a great deal of care and foresight. They were of the lowest self-esteem with traits she could easily exploit to her advantage and control. Jennifer was an habitchualist and she knew they would put up with the constant berating and castigation she bestowed on them. As the queen faultalist, she had victims around her ready and waiting to be belittled, just to be noticed.

Etymology: HABITCHULIST - noun from HABITUAL (habit, customary, persistent) + BITCH (a malicious, unpleasant, selfish person)

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COMMENTS:

great word - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-05: 10:34:00

Sounds like several people I know. - Mustang, 2009-01-05: 19:28:00

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Created by: bigveg

Pronunciation: ob-trite

Sentence: she was so mad she shouted right!, i've had enough of all your sh*te, there will be no love for you tonight, if you don't quit your act obtrite!

Etymology: obtuse: lacking intellectual acuity - trite: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

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COMMENTS:

Rhymes are fun any time. Good word, too! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-11: 20:54:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ribəfē

Sentence: Pete and his girlfriend were the most annoying couple around. Pete (aka RePete) would restate everything anyone said in the form of a question perhaps to create time to ponder a response. ReBuffy was a contrarian, responding negatively to anything anyone had to say. She could find fault with the most innocuous statement.

Etymology: rebuff (reject (someone or something) in an abrupt or ungracious manner) + Buffy (a female name)

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Created by: stache

Pronunciation: rĭ-pyōō'dē ās'pə-rāt'

Sentence: "It's PAIL, not bucket, you dunderhead." That did it. Jill was so repudiasperated she pushed Jack right down the hill.

Etymology: repudiate, to reject the validity or authority of; exasperate, annoy extremenly

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COMMENTS:

Chuckling ... fun sentence. Excellent word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-11: 20:56:00

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Created by: mzzmee265

Pronunciation: dis-state-er

Sentence: She sure is a disstater, how she told him what he corrected what he said and made it into little details.

Etymology: dis- means not; state-short term for statement; er-referring to something or someone

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: poe/lar/ex/press/shun/ist

Sentence: A polarexpressionist insists that everything is the direct opposite.

Etymology: polar (opposite) + expressionist

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COMMENTS:

Ah, we do think of these negative type of people as grump as a polar bear! Good one! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-11: 21:35:00

grumpy ... forgive my mindstick on the grumps ... grin and bear with me! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-11: 21:37:00

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Created by: XMbIPb

Pronunciation: /zi-ge-le/ (note: the stress is on the first vowel of the word)

Sentence: WOMAN No.1: “So I tell my Moishe: ‘Don’t climb up that ladder. You’re no spring chicken!’ And what does he tell me? He tells me: ‘I’m no spring chicken, but I still know how to change a light bulb!’ And I say: ‘Don’t change that light bulb. We will call Isak. He will change the light bulb.’ And what does my old ZIGELE say? He says: ‘Go away woman. I will change the light bulb!’ So now he’s a triple impotent, can you imagine?” WOMAN No.2: “A triple impotent? What is a triple impotent? How do you go from changing a light bulb to being a triple impotent?” WOMAN No.1: “Well he fell. I tell you, that ZIGELE fell off the ladder. It was a really bad fall. Oi, vei…” WOMAN no.2: “So what? What does it have to do with impotence? What is triple impotence?” WOMAN no.1: “Well… he was a regular impotent before, you know… except now he has two broken hands and he bit half his tongue off.”

Etymology: ZIGELE (fr. Yiddish) - a goat

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COMMENTS:

So Moishe is now geschnecktigezoik? Oi, who knew! That story made me verklempt! - Nosila, 2010-05-20: 17:55:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Neg - uh - tiff

Sentence: Elmer was always a grump and no matter what topic came up in discussion he'd invariably start a negatiff with often harsh and rude contradictions.

Etymology: Blend of negative and tiff

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COMMENTS:

Great pun and word! Simply wonderful! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-11: 21:33:00

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