Verboticisms

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: ko-ma-THROWS

Sentence: When Roxie went into spazombic hyper-attentive focusing whilst creating a verboticism, Bob was worried that her condition might turn into svitustrance. Friends thought that she might be marcelvish. But, as her comathroes continued unabated, all agreed that some sort of cerebrawl was going on in her mind.

Etymology: Coma: profound insensibilty, stupor & throes:spasm, convulsion.(with the "math" needed for hyper-attentive focusing.) Svitustrance- pun on St Vitus Dance. Marcelvish: uniname that combines elements of Marcel(Marceau) & Elvis.

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COMMENTS:

so many good words!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-13: 11:59:00

Great sentence and etymology! Really unique word! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-13: 21:04:00

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Created by: Scrumpy

Pronunciation: gaj-it-a-shun

Sentence: After 12 hours of Quake, John's whole body vibrated with advanced gadgetation.

Etymology: gadget + agitation

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COMMENTS:

excellent! - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-13: 11:56:00

I'm not certain why - but I'm locked in. Top word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-13: 20:16:00

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Created by: loofarama

Pronunciation: lee-sure

Sentence: his leizure was overwhelming him. i even tried hurting him, but it didn't work

Etymology: leisure + seizure

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Created by: torpid

Pronunciation: tweeking

Sentence: After buzzing Billy's apartment five times, the pizza deliveryman returned home, not realizing that Billy was there, but twiiking, and thus unable to hear the doorbell.

Etymology: tweak/tweaking (meth and other drug user's hyperactivity) + wii

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Created by: Nettle

Pronunciation: fo-ko-LAY-shun

Sentence: Ivan spent the morning in a state of extreme focolation, attempting to finish the new Zelda game before any of his friends.

Etymology: Focus + isolation

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: vid-geym-ur-steyt

Sentence: Ritalin was the only medication that curbed his vidgamerstating behaviour and allowed him to sleep the night. It also halted his evening ritual of tearing apart his bed and using its wooden pieces to beat holes in the wall.

Etymology: vid (short for video)+ gamer + state (as in a particular condition of mind or feeling)

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: pack-MANner-ism

Sentence: Colby's pacmannerism had worsened considerably since the 1980s. It had evolved into captaincomicalysis, but it seemed he always had a frogger in his throat.

Etymology: Pacman + mannerism

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COMMENTS:

I'm old enough to remember Pacman but I had to look up what Wii was! lol - Scrumpy, 2007-09-13: 07:53:00

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Created by: doig1394

Pronunciation: ka-leen-ew-ul-eech

Sentence: that kid at the park was totally kaliualeach

Etymology: ....

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: fray/stay/shun

Sentence: The squeels and the jumping meant that he had entered the dangerous zone of fraystation

Etymology: fray (frazzle) + station (sphere) + playstation

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COMMENTS:

Has a great ring to it! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-13: 07:14:00

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Created by: duluth

Pronunciation: voh-tism

Sentence: Vautism is a brain development disorder characterized by impairments in social interaction and communication, and restricted and repetitive behavior, occurring at any age and often induced by environmental interactions with computer-based games.

Etymology: The term is a derivation of autism with the "v" at the beginning signifying the video game interaction factor.

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