Verboticisms

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: foi - st - ai - d

Sentence: Lucy insisted on practicing foistaid on her mother's prized petunia patch. Mom reminded her that everything had been cultivated and weeded and that Lucy need not touch her flowers while she was gone. When Mom got home, Lucy had incorrectly identified them as weeds and pulverized the prized petunias into pitiful piles of dried out debris.

Etymology: foist (to force onto another,to falsely; identify as real; to defraud) aid (help, assist) play on first aid

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COMMENTS:

love saying this - Jabberwocky, 2009-07-07: 11:52:00

I know....does it sound like Elmer Fudd? - mweinmann, 2009-07-07: 12:07:00

I\'m thinking of the Three Stooges - mrskellyscl, 2009-07-07: 20:14:00

Could have been forcedaid too but foisted doesn\'t get enough play. Great word! - artr, 2009-07-09: 08:46:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: no sis tants

Sentence: When Larry got his fly stuck, Mary insisted on fixing it for him. Her help was of nosistance, because she yanked too hard, broke the zipper and had to call 911 to help Larry. Now, there's something about Larry, which is no longer hairy...

Etymology: No (negative,not) & Assistance (help, aid,resource contributing to fulfillment)& Insistence (urgently demanding attention)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ənhelpkəm

Sentence: Jill’s assistance is almost always unhelpcome. It’s not that her efforts are insincere, it’s that they are often bungled and cause pain and suffering.

Etymology: unwelcome (not gladly received) help (assist)

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Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Help-full-stress

Sentence: Although being helpfulstress, and despite Jill's objections, Joe insisted on aiding with the washing up. Unfortunately, just like the previous occassion he managed to break more items than he actually cleaned.

Etymology: Helpful(giving or eager to give help)+ Stress(A state of mental or emotional strain.) =Helpfulstress

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: skar amm edd ik

Sentence: His aunt was a noted scaramedic, with her own methods of first aid from door handle dentistry to air hammer cpr. to her a bit of zippercumcision was a piece of (bloody) piss.

Etymology: paramedic scare

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COMMENTS:

scary but funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-26: 11:56:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ade/a/mant

Sentence: Sally's grown children must now always wear shoes with velcro fastenings as a result of her being so aidamant about helping them tie their shoes.

Etymology: aid +m adamant (stubbornly resolute)

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COMMENTS:

Sally to easy with her kids: she needs to give them a good lacing.... - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-27: 20:30:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Foyst - ayd

Sentence: Rhonda seemed unable to resist the notion that others couldn't possibly do without her helpful intervention, and as so often was the case those she provided foistaid to became victims rather than recipients of genuine assistance; it was almost as if she heard voices calling....."Help me Rhonda."

Etymology: Blend of foist and aid

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COMMENTS:

Love those Beach Boys...too bad one of them is a Soprano now thanks to Rhonda! - Nosila, 2008-05-26: 00:57:00

Awesome word, but...aren't you s'posed to use it IN your sentence? - stache, 2008-05-26: 01:05:00

Just sayin'.... - stache, 2008-05-26: 01:05:00

Hmm, Beach Boys and the Sopranos....seems an odd mix. :) - Mustang, 2008-05-26: 02:35:00

Oopsie...yep, it IS supposed to be in the sentence and now it is. Thanks for the reminder. - Mustang, 2008-05-26: 02:35:00

Those victims should band(aid) together to provide hoistaid to each other and pull Rhonda out of the way. - petaj, 2008-05-26: 02:59:00

very clever - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-26: 09:40:00

Git her outa my pants... - galwaywegian, 2008-05-26: 11:15:00

de nada, amigo - stache, 2008-05-26: 12:34:00

Hang on, help is on its way - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-27: 20:28:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: foyst-ayd

Sentence: Mary Jo seemed unable to resist the notion that others couldn't possibly do without her helpful intervention, and as so often was the case those she provided foistaid to became victims rather than recipients of genuine assistance.

Etymology: Blend of 'foist' (To impose (something or someone unwanted) upon another by coercion or trickery) and 'aid' (assistance)

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Created by: sydviscious

Pronunciation: suh-mare-a-zip

Sentence: The girl was just trying to help so she did what any good person would do and samarizipped that zipper because she knows best and is addicted to helping, which doesn't need an intervention.

Etymology: Samaritan: a good, helpful person Zipper: is there really a need for am explanation?

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Created by: stache

Pronunciation: ĭn-trōō'sŏlv

Sentence: Mark only wanted to know how to indent the first line of a paragraph in MSWord, but Ethel intrusolved the issue by creating a macro that formatted the entire paper.

Etymology: intru(sive), coming without invitation or welcome; solve, to find the answer or explanation for; clear up; explain.

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