Verboticisms

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: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: bar - beks - pres

Sentence: In an effort to barbexpress how bald, stubby and chubby is US President material, George Bush took on some weight, got into a new wardrobe and shaved EVERY INCH of his body. Now, he looks less like a president and more like a bowling ball.

Etymology: barber (to trim hair, to shave) + express (to set forth the opinions and feelings of oneself)

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Created by: HubbMU

Pronunciation: republi-chin

Sentence: Due to his staunch Conservative leanings, Christopher proudly displayed his republichin.

Etymology: Republican and chin

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Created by: thinkbolt

Pronunciation: face-ver-tize

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: vin/cent/van/goa/tee

Sentence: The commune of artists all sported vincentvangoghtees out of reverence for their muse.

Etymology: Vincent Van Gogh + goatee

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COMMENTS:

I won't ear of it. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-17: 06:48:00

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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: jonobo

Pronunciation: wooblimify

Sentence: She wooblimified so well, that i could read her soul on her cheeks.

Etymology: cultyouralhairytagefacetagginginawookiefyingsubliminalmessagestyle AKA wooblimify

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Created by: AnnieChandon

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Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: Tre-bul-clef-chin

Sentence: Courtney loved to accentuate the bristle of her trebleclefchin into a perfectly shaped musical note.

Etymology: Treble clef- A symbol indicating that the second line from the bottom of a staff represents the pitch of G above middle C. Also called G clef. Chin- The central forward portion of the lower jaw.

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈʍɪskɚˌkoʊd/

Sentence: The Whiskercode is very subtle and finicky; a few hairs is all it takes to go from "neo-Nazi" to "silent-film fanatic."

Etymology: From whisker + code, as in the "handkerchief code"

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