Verboticism: Fragmentia
DEFINITION: n. Something, or someone, that/who always seems to break or fall apart, just when you need it/them the most. v. To fall apart just when you need to get it together.
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Jerkalist
Created by: jasjamson
Pronunciation: jurk ul ist
Sentence: The jerkalist never returned my call.
Etymology: The act of being a jerk. Even if it means making yourself look good!
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COMMENTS:
Being the jeralist effects everyone to the degree that if you're not careful you'll end up doing the same to others - jasjamson, 2009-05-07: 03:41:00
I think I know that guy - mrskellyscl, 2009-05-07: 06:07:00
Everyone is bound to run into a jerkalist at some point in our lives. Thanks for the comment mrskellyscl! - jasjamson, 2009-05-08: 07:39:00
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Reliefragile
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: really fragile
Sentence: Sandra spent most of her time on tenterhooks as steward of the women’s shelter relief kitchen. Lately, she had become reliefragile in her personal affairs as well. It was a relief for her to lean on the pillars around her for support.
Etymology: From the words relief and fragile.
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COMMENTS:
Slendid!!!! Splediction :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-05-08: 05:25:00
Ooops SPLENDID*....dang where's the spell check LOL! It's way to late and I'm way too tired....after 5 am here...(I'm a night owl) - abrakadeborah, 2009-05-08: 05:27:00
Thanks abrakadeborah! - splendiction, 2009-05-08: 18:25:00
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Iphoneular
Created by: BeauKnows
Pronunciation: I-Phone-U-Lar
Sentence:
Etymology: Iphone + Failure
Quitessential
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kwit-uh-sen-shuhl
Sentence: Marsha assumed that the owner's manual had a typo when it described her new computer as quitessential. Not so. All too often, when she was at a crucial juncture in a tabulation, it would just quit. She wouldn't even get the dreaded blue screen, just a few Chinese-looking Kanji characters and a shutdown. When she had the characters translated, they said "I have a headache, goodnight". So much for buying a cheap PC from the back of a van.
Etymology: quit (of the pure and essential essence of something) + essential (absolutely necessary; indispensable)
Dylanthropologist
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dil anth ro pol ojist
Sentence: His card stated he was a Dylanthropologist, so when Joan kept calling to make an appointment, she would invariably get his answering machine which would either play "It ain't easy"; "It ain't me, Babe"; "Lay, Lady, Lay" or "Don't call me no more, cause I'm knock, knock, knockin' on Heaven's Door!".
Etymology: Dylan (Bob Dylan, stage name of Robert Allen Zimmerman, an American songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941) & Anthropologist (the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings) & Apologist (A person who expresses regret at having caused trouble for someone)
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COMMENTS:
perfect! - splendiction, 2009-05-07: 22:26:00
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Widgetwreck
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: WID-jit-rek
Sentence: Sandra calls her appliances, tools, cell phone and other gadgets widgets and sadly for her many of them seem to fail at the most inopportune moment, a condition she lugubriously refers to as widgetwreck.
Etymology: Blend of widget and wreck
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COMMENTS:
wizard of widgets! - Nosila, 2009-05-07: 21:41:00
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Dependafallible
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: deep - pend - eh - fal - eh - bull
Sentence: Everytime I need you, you always seem to leave; you're so dependafallible.
Etymology: dependable, fall, fallible (likely to fail or make errors;wanting in moral strength, courage, or will)
Fethrend
Created by: tigress
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My fethrend dentist has an appointment available whenever I don't need him.
Etymology: fair weather friend
Emergencyalater
Created by: dekra
Pronunciation: emergence-see-u-later
Sentence: Dan always disappeared when it came down to crunch time, definitely an emergencyalater kind of guy.
Etymology: Emergency + See you later