Verboticism: Nosense
DEFINITION: n. An ingrained habit which is so entrenched in individual's personality that they practically have an identity crisis if anyone tries to change it. v. To try to modify a person's instinctive behavior and/or unconscious habits.
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Alterashun
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: al ter ay shun
Sentence: When Lidia triewd to change George's behaviour of ignoring others, she found it difficult to make such an alterashun.
Etymology: Alteration (change) & Shun (to avoid;banish;ignore)
Alternature
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: al-TER-nuht-sure
Sentence: Thoroughly fed up with Arties slovenly habits, Miranda devised a complicated alternature scheme wherein she planned to create changes in his long standing habits if only little by little
Etymology: Blend of 'alter' (change, remake) and 'nature' (inherent quality of a person or thing)
Mehavior
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: mee - hae - vur
Sentence: Our mehavior is what defines who we are....it is a combination of our thoughts, habits, actions and reactions to the world around us. It is what makes us unique; what defines you and me and sets us apart....I will get very upset if someone tries to change my mehavior because I might not know who I am anymore.
Etymology: me (referring to the person him/herself), behavior
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COMMENTS:
good word! - splendiction, 2009-07-01: 15:20:00
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Idiction
Created by: melodydrama
Pronunciation: eye-dick-shun
Sentence: Time and time again she tried to break his idiction to singing, but he was so tone deaf it had become a part of his daily routine.
Etymology: identity+addiction
Intrinsick
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: in-trin-sick - I defy you to pronounce it any other way
Sentence: Gordon collapsed to the floor with a seizure every time his girlfriend tried to work on his intrinsicks. There was no way she would ever be able to get him to have a back, sac and crack wax.
Etymology: intrinsic (inherent, elemental, innate) + sick (unwell, suffering from a malaise)
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COMMENTS:
He's intrinsically no good! - daniellegeorge, 2008-05-21: 15:50:00
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Convertid
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: con-vert-id
Sentence: Marlin resisted being convertid. To do housework was an affront to his manly identity and he was in crisis. Why can't he just go play some golf and let Jenna dust and everyone would be happy? Jenna thought this attitude was Neanderthal and swore that if she had a son he would be trained better.
Etymology: convert: to change something from one use to another; to cause someone to change opinion or belief + id: Freudian theory identifies ID as the division of the psyche that is responsible for unconsious instinctual impulses + ID: a form of identification that verifies status or maturity
Reformatetion
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: re-for-mate-shon
Sentence: Kat determined at the altar that Martin needed altered so she began the reformatetion as soon as they left the church, despite his protestations and begging her indulgence.
Etymology: reform; to improve by alteration, correction of error or removal of defects; to cause a person to give up harmful or immoral practices + reformation: act of reforming or state of being reformed + mate: spouse
Joklivity
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: joh-kliv-i-tee
Sentence: Andy sees humor in almost every situation. He is always clowning around to make his friends laugh. His joklivity ran head-first into the noclivity of the TSA agent at the airport and almost got him excluded from his flight. That could have caused woeclivity.
Etymology: joke (something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act) + proclivity (natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition)
Propensidensity
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: prəpensədensitē
Sentence: Tomtom is a drummer, not by occupation but by avocation. He drums on his desk. He drums on his steering wheel. Air drumming puts holding hands with his wife out of the question. She has tried to alter his propensidensity but has given up. To save her own sanity she has replaced most of the furniture in their house with padded versions.
Etymology: propensity (an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way) + Density (the degree of compactness of a substance)
