Verboticisms

Created by: willster

Pronunciation: will-or-iz-ed

Sentence: She was extremely willorized by his touch.

Etymology: Will being in the first person; of his magnificness

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Created by: mana1066

Pronunciation: per-jilled-ence

Sentence: granpa always had a perjildance for every question we asked as kids, but he still uses them even tough were in our late twenties

Etymology: perjury( of course, not in the court of law) + child (as in how you're spoken to when lied to in this sense)

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Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: pre VARE uh cree AY shun

Sentence: When Sara asked if she were ever going to have a baby brother or sister, her mother was ready for the question. She told Sara a little prevaricreation about how she was "so special that God only gives out one like you every once in a while." Well, actually, that was kind of true, if by "special" one meant "insufferable," "obnoxious," "time-sucking," and/or "über-bratty."

Etymology: prevarication (n.: a statement that deviates from the truth; a fib) + create

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COMMENTS:

Good one - Nosila, 2009-11-03: 01:09:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: inn ah kurt

Sentence: the statement was inakurt but onne understood the gut feeling

Etymology: inaccurate, Kurt

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: spin + nice

Sentence: Sometimes you have to just throw out a few spinnices to settle folks down.

Etymology: spin + nice.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ly ab ili tee

Sentence: Kurt's lieability helped improve his likeability.

Etymology: Lie (untruth;to deceive) & Ability ( possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done0 & Woredplay on Liability (the quality of being something that holds you back)

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: ben/uh/fib

Sentence: To keep their spirits up and help them through the day to complete their tasks, the boss would often encourage his staff with a benefib or two.

Etymology: benefit + fib

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COMMENTS:

Dude, you come up with the best words without making them long and cumbersome. - jedijawa, 2007-04-16: 12:55:00

And people love voting for the obvious ones! ;) - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-16: 15:13:00

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Created by: thinkbolt

Pronunciation: san-ta-tude

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: dall-i-ing-lama

Sentence: You might think His Holiness would never tell an untruth, but when it comes to sparing someone's feelings, he becomes the DalyingLama.

Etymology: Dalai Lama (Buddhist leader) + lying (not telling the truth)

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Created by: mac33

Pronunciation: flub-bish

Sentence: "Fluffy's in Cat Heaven now," she said to little Susie, feeling guilty for feeding her child such blatant flubbish.

Etymology: flub - an instance of botching or bungling; failure (here failure to tell the painful truth) rubbish - nonsense (UK)

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