Verboticisms

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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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: REHT-troh-grayz

Sentence: Alex's attempt at retrograzing cow's brains proved unsuccessful--he was no smarter.

Etymology: retrograde (backwards) + graze

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COMMENTS:

no wonder he's cowed by his girlfriends - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-05: 13:25:00

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈanˌθelm/

Sentence: After eating nothing but carrots for a week, the yellow tint of his skin betrayed the fact that he was slowly being anthelmed by them.

Etymology: From Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, who originally said "Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es," ("Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are,") from which we get the phrase "You are what you eat."

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COMMENTS:

you're a very smart guy ErWenn - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-05: 13:15:00

Would it decrease your opinion of my intelligence to learn that I only know this quote because it shows up at the beginning of every episode of Iron Chef? - ErWenn, 2007-07-05: 21:37:00

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: engrossed

Sentence: "Lettuce Prey" intoned the minister. "It is so sad that a member of our flock has been engrocered in her vegetable garden.

Etymology: engross + grocery

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COMMENTS:

"Lettuce Prey" intoned the minister. "It is so sad that a member of our flock has been engrocered in her vegetable garden. - petaj, 2007-07-05: 02:58:00

Sigh - petaj, 2007-07-05: 02:58:00

"herd" you the first time - galwaywegian, 2007-07-05: 05:56:00

Can you rephrase that in grosser terms? - Clayton, 2007-07-05: 06:46:00

Why, I artichoke you, but I'm too busy munching on my freshly picked lettuce. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-05: 07:23:00

At least lettuce isn't as cucumbersome to manipulate grammatically. ;D - Kyoti, 2007-07-05: 13:37:00

I love a gramma pie. - petaj, 2007-07-06: 02:18:00

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Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Vick-tyoo-all-vohr-ass-it-tee

Sentence: The mad cow was stricken with a sudden wave of victualvoracity.

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

Got Milk? - MisUndrstd, 2007-07-05: 20:14:00

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Created by: administraitor

Pronunciation: mac-morf-ee-kayt

Sentence: Because of their shared passion for fast food, Joan and Russ were mcmorphicated into two all-beef fatties.

Etymology: Mc(Donalds) + morph + masticate

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-05: 13:23:00

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Created by: katrina

Pronunciation: fa-gil-ion

Sentence: I was fadilioned by my apple

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

i like this word - katrina, 2007-07-07: 17:02:00

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Created by: Lapper

Pronunciation: in-VORS

Sentence: Jane's friends noted that she was invoresing; she had bought over twelve onion novelty items, and had eaten the same amount, in the past half hour.

Etymology: Inverse and -vore

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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: Clayton

Pronunciation: suhp-STEYJD

Sentence: Joe knew he was supstaged the instant he climbed out of the cryo-chamber and came face to face with Floyd, the 800 year old man-eating turnip.

Etymology: sup + upstaged

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COMMENTS:

that must have been Purple Floyd, Pink's brother - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-05: 09:33:00

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