Verboticisms

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: irst 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: 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: 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: 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: josje

Pronunciation: total loss

Sentence: my life my brain my body are all total loss

Etymology: total as in complete Loss as in lost

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Created by: PythianHabenero

Pronunciation: solace-ep-tion

Sentence: Lying through your teeth when a girl asks you if that dress makes her look fat is a common form of solaception.

Etymology: solace + deception

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: nay - VERR - uh - lee

Sentence: Spinning yet another nayverily, Nathan assured his family and friends that his emaciated state and absence of energy was due to his strict diet and not the result of serious disease, though his doctor had told him otherwise.

Etymology: Blend of nay ... 'deny', and verily...'truth'

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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: 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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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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