Verboticisms

Created by: javex

Pronunciation: pah-stih-fist

Sentence: By using her upbringing in a small Mexican village as an excuse for why we couldn't buy our kids a Wii, my wife outed herself as a total pastifist.

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cute - Nosila, 2009-11-05: 00:23:00

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Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: dis-in-jen-oo

Sentence: Doug really believes that by being a disingenue he can make people change their viewpoints.

Etymology: a contraction of "disingenuous" (not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does) and "ingenue" - a harmless, naive character

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Created by: hooterbug

Pronunciation: \ˈflash\ yak\

Sentence: "Kill me now" little Lisa thought as her Dad spew forth another reason she couldnt get a new computer whilst having another flashyak.

Etymology: Combination of Flash meaning to appear suddenly :an idea flashes into her mind or to move with great speed and Yak: to talk persistently to chatter

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COMMENTS:

good one! - wordmeister, 2008-06-26: 11:02:00

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Created by: AnnieChandon

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Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: back-in-the-days-er

Sentence: Bill was such a backinthedayser with his irrelevant stories about his youth growing up in the "school of hard knocks."

Etymology: some moron talking about "back in the days" when things were better than they can ever be again

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Created by: Silent0

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Created by: zrotv

Pronunciation: ăn'ĭk -dŏt'ə-fīl

Sentence: I try to have logical conversations with people who don't read, but they are always such anecdotophiles. They never have any sources for information, just nebulous myths and stories.

Etymology: anecdote and phile (New Latin -philus, from Greek -philos, beloved, dear, from philos, beloved, loving.)

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Created by: mana1066

Pronunciation: re-dile-on-get

Sentence: every time i mention rings, or chappels, my boyfriend becomes a redialongate and tells me about how silver and gold are really a conspiracy

Etymology: redirect + language + elongate

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Created by: pinwheel

Pronunciation: piss/tor/ee/an

Sentence: I don't believe grandpa really lived in a cardboard box and only had stale bread and water when he was a child. He must be a pisstorian!

Etymology: Piss (as in taking the piss) + historian

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: flaw jik

Sentence: When Vanessa asked her father for a new computer, he tried to diminish its value. His flawgic was not understanding that in today's Internet world, his daughter could easily draw her own conclusions, based on accurate data. His daughter was not a silicone chip off the old block!

Etymology: Flaw (add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective) & Logic (reasoned and reasonable judgment)

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