Verboticisms

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: wiss-con-sin-ners

Sentence: In one particular state, men who were convicted of a crime and sent to the state penitentiary were made to shave their heads but grow their whiskers long to show that they were convicts. They were known as the Whiscons because of their distinctive beards and attire. Once day a Franciscan friar who was quite a gifted preacher came to convert the convicts. He was so persuasive that the entire jail repented of their sins and were baptized. They all shaved their beards into the form of a cross to show that they were "Whisconsinners" and spent the rest of their sentences doing fasting, penance and good works. The men who were sentenced to life with no parole began a Priory at the jail where they specialized in making delicious cheeses, jellies and license plates. They were called the Little Brothers of the Whiscon Cross which was eventually shortened to "Whiskers." The unfortunate brothers who were on death row were called Fryers.

Etymology: whiskers: facial hair + con: person imprisoned for a crime + sinner: one who commits a sin

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: lib/er/trim

Sentence: When entering the customs line at the airport, we always sought out the official with the most obvious libertrim who would be open to discussions about us helping him to help us.

Etymology: libertine + trim

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: hāərēətīp

Sentence: Billy has adopted the haireotype of the local motorcycle group. At least 80% of the group*s mambers have taken on the shaved head, goatee look. She had to work extra hard to grow the chin fur.

Etymology: hair (any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of humans) + stereotype (a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing)

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Created by: petersn1

Pronunciation: fal-lick-le-for-ward

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Created by: allawson

Pronunciation: Status Shave

Sentence: Alex performs his statushave every morning before work.

Etymology: Somewhere is this large head of mine!

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: patrio-TRIM-ism

Sentence: Barney's patriotrimism was a carefully sculpted and dyed flag in his sideburns.

Etymology: patriotism + trim

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COMMENTS:

oh say can you see, by the torch shaped goatee... - galwaywegian, 2007-05-02: 05:41:00

Advance Australia fur! - petaj, 2007-05-02: 05:49:00

God save our gracious coif - petaj, 2007-05-02: 06:03:00

Oh Mutton Chops our baaaaaaa leader. Don't pull the wool over our eyes!! - Stevenson0, 2007-05-02: 12:17:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: eye dent uff tie

Sentence: she identuftied with the artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as.....where was I?

Etymology: identify, tuft.

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: len/in/twist

Sentence: He carefully let the hairs in the centre of his chin grow until they were long enough to fashion into a lenintwist to show his solidarity with the Marxist-Lenintwist philosophy.

Etymology: twist (a type of hair style) + Lenin + Leninist

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COMMENTS:

Excellent - TJayzz, 2008-07-16: 08:29:00

After reading that, i could use a drink...with a twist of lenin. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-16: 20:18:00

Clever twist. I guess he was a "red" head? - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-17: 06:41:00

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: poe/lip/tikl/stanse

Sentence: His polipticklestance was expressed by his Bushy beard

Etymology: political stance + lip + tickle

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-02: 12:56:00

good one! - HubbMU, 2007-05-03: 12:51:00

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Created by: trunktickle

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