Verboticisms

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: figg say shun

Sentence: She found it difficult to put words to her figsation. "Figs move me" she would state simply. And they did, regularly.

Etymology: fixation, figs.

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COMMENTS:

It made her meloncholy - petaj, 2007-07-05: 04:49:00

but not meloncolic - galwaywegian, 2007-07-05: 05:57:00

and I bet her best friend was Prunella - they probably moved in the same circle - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-05: 06:06:00

Did you know that diarrhea is a genetic condition? It runs in your jeans. - ErWenn, 2007-07-05: 12:48:00

I mean "genes." Damn you, puns that only really work spoken out loud! Hm...I wonder if there are any good puns based on homonyms instead of homophones, so that they only work when written, and not when spoken. - ErWenn, 2007-07-05: 12:49:00

jeans is much funnier - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-05: 13:20:00

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Created by: Guthlaf1

Pronunciation: DI-et-FOB-ik

Sentence: Jenny had become dietphobic at age thirteen, never realising that all the 'cool' girls were anorexic.

Etymology: diet - relating to one's intake of food phobic - the fear of an object or concept

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Created by: surdut

Pronunciation:

Sentence: OBITUARY:The gardener was found vegerized after the revolt in the community garden. Fed up with her relentless squeezing, touching and pillaging, the greens, beans and tomatoes attacked, leaving nothing but her bones. In lieu of flowers, please donate organic fertilizer to your politician of choice.

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: con/sum/ated

Sentence: After falling into a batch of boiling consomme, he became consommated.

Etymology: consume + consomme + ate

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COMMENTS:

Stock up on boullion...good word! - Nosila, 2009-07-16: 01:20:00

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Created by: Kiki1234

Pronunciation: con-sum-i-food

Sentence: she never stops thinking about what she's eating, she's one of those consumifood people

Etymology: consume - I - food

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COMMENTS:

heehee - Kiki1234, 2007-07-09: 21:20:00

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: con/sum/ated

Sentence: After falling into a batch of boiling consomme, he became consommated.

Etymology: consume + consomme + ate

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Created by: rahullotli

Pronunciation: gold-am-ut

Sentence: the rat was goldamutted

Etymology: konkani-english-hindi

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Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Swal-low-mane

Sentence: It is a weird and rare phenomenon, to be swallomeined, of course it does have benefits... cannibalism has never been more popular, or tasty!

Etymology: Swallow (to consume) + lo mein (a common Chinese food dish)

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Created by: bubbos

Pronunciation: Me-ta-mor-phi-gest

Sentence: With the new Hollywood diet, Sally eventually metamorphigested into air.

Etymology: Metamorphosis + digest

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Created by: iamthesexcninon

Pronunciation: vick-tate-id

Sentence: After all these years of being told, "Eat your vegetables!" I stopped listening to my mother when the celery victated me.

Etymology: Victim, ate, eliminated

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