Verboticisms

Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: sed/a/fib

Sentence: A saidafib should be taken at bedtime to discourage nightmares.

Etymology: said a fib + sedative

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COMMENTS:

I like it... - Nosila, 2008-06-23: 22:03:00

Sounds funny when you say it out loud - wordmeister, 2008-06-24: 00:33:00

Clevre. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-24: 08:09:00

"Sedafib" would have been nice too. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-24: 08:15:00

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Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: MIND-Grrr-OUT!

Sentence: Life is depressing- there can be no doubt . But a blow from a mallet won’t sort it all out. Truth can be awkward, And bullshit can calm… So break out the MINDGROUT It’s a pretty cheap balm!

Etymology: MIND:recollection, memory,the element or complex of elements in an individual that feels, perceives, thinks, wills, and especially reasons; Middle English, from Old English gemynd; akin to Old High German gimunt memory, Latin ment-, mens mind, monēre to remind, warn, Greek menos spirit, mnasthai, mimnēskesthai to remember....... GROUT: thin mortar used for filling spaces (as the joints in masonry), any of various other materials used for a similar purpose; Middle English, coarse meal, from Old English grūt; akin to Old English grēot grit 1638

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COMMENTS:

http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html - metrohumanx, 2009-11-02: 01:49:00

Welcome back, metropoet! - Nosila, 2009-11-02: 09:30:00

Thanks, Wordforge! - metrohumanx, 2009-11-03: 02:16:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: com fib er rate

Sentence: Jessie was able to comfiberate her young son with the lore of Santa Claus, The Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy to help him understand and look forward to special holidays and events. Finding a comfiberation for Halloween was a lot harder to do, especially when Uncle Les insisted on dressing up as a female, Aunt Dorothy, each October 31st as well as on many other occasions during the year...

Etymology: comfort ( give moral or emotional strength to or a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment) & fib (tell a relatively insignificant lie)& liberate(to free from confinement or ideas)

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COMMENTS:

Great word AND hilarious usage! - lumina, 2008-06-23: 22:54:00

Good word and sentence. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-24: 08:08:00

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Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: PLUH-CEE-BALM

Sentence: I told the panic-stricken crowd that all would be well. It was only a PLACEBALM, but it was sorely needed.

Etymology: PLACEBO-a harmless sugar pill which can have theraputic results. BALM- a soothing salve or oinment.

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COMMENTS:

Very pleasant word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-24: 08:12:00

Hehehe lol! GREAT create! ;) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-25: 14:14:00

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Created by: playdohheart

Pronunciation: Free will

Sentence: "You were sick and now you're well again," shouted Trout, a freewill message that started Trout's creed.

Etymology: For Vonnegut (circa Timequake)... had to do it... I'm writing my thesis on him.

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Created by: Sharpedgeshurt

Pronunciation: San-tooth-eest-oark-fayr-buh-nee-izm

Sentence: "I don't care, I'm still not using sleeping pills." The insomniac argued when told by the receptionist that he wouldn't be able to get an appointment with the Sand Man because he was a santootheastorkfairbunnyism.

Etymology: First used in mid 1980's during a drunken round of "Say-all-the-fictional-childhood-characters-that-visit-your-house, in-one-breath game." It has rarely been used since.

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Created by: pinwheel

Pronunciation: skull/hug/ar/ee

Sentence: It's a massive spot on the end of my nose but my boyfriend says you can hardly see it. He's either blind or telling me a skullhuggery!

Etymology: Skullduggery + Hug

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Created by: reverb

Pronunciation: troos

Sentence: Some people thought CEO was stealing money from the shareholders, but troose was that he was just borrowing it.

Etymology: loose truth

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COMMENTS:

seems to fit - reverb, 2008-07-12: 15:40:00

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Created by: suzanne

Pronunciation: lull-ay-ly

Sentence: martha was afraid her wedding dress made her looked fat but as we were already walking down the aisle I felt that a lullalie would be safer than admitting she looked like a cruise liner from the back.

Etymology: lull- to gently rock or soothe lie - untruth.,

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COMMENTS:

Oooo. Like it! - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-16: 07:12:00

I cannot tell a lullalie! very good - galwaywegian, 2007-04-16: 07:18:00

Perfect for sleep-inducing and deceitful politicians - wordmeister, 2007-04-17: 05:08:00

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Created by: emmyb2

Pronunciation: sal-vo-mint

Sentence: I'm not feeling bad about that lie; it was just a small salvoment, meant to ease my mother's pain.

Etymology: salv-save ment-lie

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