Verboticisms

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: theDoad

Pronunciation: blank-ah-mewze

Sentence: "I'm sorry, what did you say? I'm afraid I was blancamusing the whole scenario!"

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Created by: googly

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Don't make a big deal out of lying about his weight - its just a glibfib.

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Created by: SmoothP

Pronunciation: fib-uh-shoo-rants

Sentence: It was clear to the adults that Mr. Puddles hadn't gone to any "happy doggy farm", but the fibassurance seemed to satisfy little Tommy.

Etymology: From the latin "fibassi" meaning comfort, and "uranceum" meaning "to lie".

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Created by: Guthlaf1

Pronunciation: LOOTH

Sentence: Yes, the government is always right, and that's the luth.

Etymology: A combination of 'truth' and 'lie', substituting "L" for "TR".

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: en fay belur

Sentence: Most parents are enfablers to ease their little ones through life's stages. Case in point is when the kiddies start losing their baby teeth. If the tooth in question is put under the child's pillow, their parents tell them that the Tooth Fairy will take it away while they sleep and leave them money. Truth is, they should tell the kids to put away that money for when their adult teeth start falling out and they need to pay a dentist huge sums to replace them...

Etymology: Enabler (one who can render capable or able for some task; makes it easier) & Fable (a deliberately false or improbable account; a short moral story; often using imaginary or supernatural events)

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COMMENTS:

You mean there IS no tooth fairy? I'm shattered! - metrohumanx, 2009-11-02: 01:48:00

Relax, though...there is a Santa Claus and an Easter Bunny! - Nosila, 2009-11-02: 09:29:00

So trutooth. - splendiction, 2009-11-02: 23:13:00

splendid - mweinmann, 2009-11-03: 07:52:00

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Created by: vonnegut

Pronunciation: fo-ma

Sentence: Nothing in this book is true. "Live by the foma* that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy." The Books of Bokonon. I: 5

Etymology: Created by Kurt Vonnegut for Cat's Cradle, published in 1963.

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foma - accept no substitutes. - Alchemist, 2007-04-16: 06:51:00

we can't go through the whole week respelling Vonneguts words....or can we? - rikboyee, 2007-04-16: 09:24:00

It's the best way to win the prize.... :-) - jedijawa, 2007-04-16: 12:54:00

What's the singular? And should I have heard of Vonnegut? Has he been on TV? Recently? Bliss. - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-16: 15:11:00

The singular form is "fomum", like phenomena (plural) and phenomenum (signular). Comes from Latin. Did you study Latin in highschool? I did, and I'm still trying to get over it. - wordmeister, 2007-04-16: 15:22:00

It's all Greek to me! - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-16: 16:14:00

you can even go into the news/blog section and it will tell you which word this definition comes from.... i honestly feel that using Vonneguts word taints the wampeter of our humble karass - rikboyee, 2007-04-16: 17:44:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: sooth/dol/uh/gee

Sentence: In all shaky governments and dictatorships, one of the key posts in the government is the department of psoothedolgy which sends out the media messages to comfort the masses and promote stability.

Etymology: PSOOTHEDOLOGY - noun - from PSEUDOLOGY (lying considered as an art) + SOOTHE (to tranquilize, or calm a person, or their feelings)

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COMMENTS:

Interesting blend - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-24: 08:13:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: chi-ken-poop

Sentence: I thought his concern was sincere when I told him of my hamster Kitty's passing. I later realized it was just chickenpoup for my soul when he suggested I flush her down the toilet.

Etymology: chicken soup for the soul; poop (as in a line of crap)

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Never understood the notion of chicken soup being comforting, cos frankly the stuff I've had has always been vile. That opined, the connotation of cowardice is good. - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-16: 14:59:00

Well, after you pick out all the mushy vegetables, add more noodles, a dash of lemon and pepper, it's palatable. I guess chicken soup sounded better than Whopper with Cheese. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-16: 15:26:00

That sounds suspiciously like actually cooking something to me. Gimme the can of cream of tomato instead. - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-16: 16:11:00

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: chEEr-ful-of-it

Sentence: Jill is cheerfullofit, telling David that no one noticed him in the fancy restaurant, as he walked around with the store tags still hanging from his pants and shirt.

Etymology: cheerfulness, to comfort/full of it, slang for telling lies or full of sh**

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COMMENTS:

hahah reserve this for Bring it on 2... but clever i like it - ekath, 2007-04-16: 18:50:00

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