Verboticisms

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: mana1066

Pronunciation: food- zilud

Sentence: being a vegan was most difficult when i was being foodzillaed by tofu

Etymology: godzilla + food

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Created by: amysmiles2000

Pronunciation: grrr-jeah-mal-stray-shun

Sentence: Gerjimalstration early warning signs include:change in skin tone, and cooked cabbage smelling flatulance.

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

Sounds tasty lol. watch out for the killer cabbage lol. - realnutty01, 2007-07-05: 17:44:00

IS that cabbage I smell? - MisUndrstd, 2007-07-05: 20:17:00

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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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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: 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: 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: eezycheez

Pronunciation: pros-for-i-sized

Sentence: Her food prosphorisized her.

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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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Created by: realnutty01

Pronunciation: chip-o-kilo-fodder

Sentence: A potatoe farmer became "chipokilofodder" after trying the local fish and chip shop.

Etymology: growing potatoes and eating them is not a good idea.They will bite back.

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COMMENTS:

And I have a craving for fish and chips.. now I have some reservations! - MisUndrstd, 2007-07-05: 20:11:00

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