Verboticism: Alteregotist
DEFINITION: n. A person who adopts the stylings, mannerisms and even of the personality of their favorite rock, movie or television star. v. To derive your identity from someone else, especially a famous person.
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Autocroon
Created by: dekra
Pronunciation: Auto-crewn
Sentence: Johnny couldn't resist breaking into falsetto every time the Bee-Gees came over the airwaves. Janice just laughed, "Here we go again with the autocroon!" Although Johnny could really stand to prop up his vocals with some Auto-Tune.
Etymology: Auto-Tune + Croon
Personalistality
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: purr-son-ay-list-al-ity
Sentence: Chad started to develop a personalistality based on his mancrush Brad Pitt. Of course he looked nothing like him. He also asked his girlfriend if they could adopt 3 children.
Etymology: personality + a-list (the beautiful people, elite, high society)
Alteregotist
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: all-ter-E-go-tist
Sentence: Sheldon was a shameless alteregotist, truly believing if he could do reasonable impressions of famous entertainers he could adopt their persona and their popularity.
Etymology: Play on the term alter ego.
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An alter ego toast! - emdeejay, 2009-05-06: 03:13:00
nice - galwaywegian, 2009-05-06: 09:39:00
great combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-06: 13:20:00
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Lilwaynker
Created by: BeauKnows
Pronunciation: Lil-Wayn-Ker
Sentence: Dave struggling through a midlife crisis, did not buy a Corvette. He decided to unleash is inner rapper. When the auto tune craze hit he was unstoppable. He was so obsessed, he even got a tear drop tattoo. He became a lilwaynker.
Etymology: Lilwayn (the rapper) Wanker (pejorative term of English origin)
Fakeryrocker
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: fake-er-ree-rock-er
Sentence: Al emunlates Bob Dylan with his fakeryrocker renditions,singing into a kitchen scrub brush used as a mic.
Etymology: Fakery: One that is not authentic or genuine; a sham, to contrive and present as genuine; counterfeit,to simulate; feign as in music To improvise. Rocker: A rock musician ~
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COMMENTS:
There's more bugs in here than in my back yard with adding twitter...it ONLY took my link and not my sentence? What's up with that? It usually accepts sentences...instead it locked up & only took the code...this has been FUN this week though thx JAMES~ - abrakadeborah, 2009-05-06: 07:04:00
good word - Nosila, 2009-05-06: 23:21:00
Thank you VERY much Nosila!!!! - abrakadeborah, 2009-05-10: 06:37:00
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Transglamorphrenia
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: trans-glam-ur-frehn-ee-uh
Sentence: His transglamorphrenia made him think he was deceiving others into believing he was Diana Ross. He pulled it off fairly well considering he weighed three hundred pounds and lived in a homeless shelter for men.
Etymology: trans (change, transfer, as in transvestite) + glamor (an air of compelling charm, romance, and excitement) + phrenia (mental disorder, as in schizophrenia)
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funny sentence - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-06: 13:25:00
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Emutwolate
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: em/yu/tu/late
Sentence: Bob changed his name to Bono and now talks with an Irish accent as he desperately tries to emutwolate his favoutite rock star. He's even started wearing those clunky spongy shoes to make himself look taller.
Etymology: emulate + U2
Replicrooner
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: rep-li-kroonr
Sentence: When Alvin is in the shower he seems to think he is the embodiment of Frank Sinatra. More than once the neighbors have called animal control on this replicrooner sure that he is abusing some poor defenseless animal.
Etymology: replica (any close or exact copy or reproduction) + crooner (singing or humming in a soft, soothing voice)
Meroxoceleb
Created by: ankur
Pronunciation: may-rocks-o-celeb
Sentence: See that guy over there doing the moonwalk?he's been a Michael Jackson meroxoceleb since he saw the "thriller" video...
Etymology: me = the person who is impersonating the start. Xerox = co. name or the popular word used for photocopies. o = of. celeb = celebrity.
Dragzillamimic
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: drag-zil-a-mim-ik
Sentence: Everyday before Earl got home from work, Doralee would dragzillamimic Tammy Wynette, and the likes of her colleagues, trying not do do them any injustice. Singing into her frying pan, what little life was left in it, and her sanity.
Etymology: dragzilla + mimic
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