Verboticisms

Created by: Crabtime

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Sentence: Staring obsessively at the nuclear control panel, she couldn't help but compresilicate every last button that her instructor showed her.

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: com/push/yuhn

Sentence: He has to be sure he is in total control of his life and makes things happen for himself. As a result, he has to push all the buttons and make all his own choices to ensure he has forged his own path. His compushion is annoying to those around him, but he must control the panel of his life and be assured he caused what is to take place in his life.

Etymology: compulsion + push

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COMMENTS:

must...stop...compushion...with...snooze...button - Alchemist, 2007-04-10: 06:58:00

Could be an obsession with murder by smothering with a cusion. - petaj, 2007-04-10: 07:26:00

er cushion. - petaj, 2007-04-10: 07:27:00

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Created by: PythianHabenero

Pronunciation: re-ca-push-yu-late

Sentence: Notwithstanding the fact that Jack had just pushed the button, Jill had to recapushulate it anyways.

Etymology: recapitulate, push

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Created by: LankyJane

Pronunciation: RE dun DAY shun

Sentence: The guy that just pushed the glowing "Ground floor" button in the lift was suffering from some major redundation.

Etymology: From the words "reduntant" and "retardation". Performingly a stupidly pointless act, such as pushing an elevator button that has clearly already been selected.

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COMMENTS:

interesting - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-19: 11:44:00

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: mun kiss em

Sentence: monkism overtook Ray in the lift like a rage, he couldn't let anyone else press all the buttons.

Etymology: have you ever seen monk? he needs to touch EVERYTHING but stay clean.

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: push/kin/i/tis

Sentence: The group originally met to read Pushkin poetry but soon pushkinitis ensued and the confused members began pushing around their families (kin)

Etymology: pushkin ( Russian poet) + itis

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COMMENTS:

I hate it at poetry readings when pushy people show up. - Stevenson0, 2007-04-10: 09:38:00

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: ob/stres/selector

Sentence: Jim was gorgeous, funny and just a blast to hang out with. The first time Danielle invited him up to her apartment, she found that he was an obstresselector! No way was she going down THAT road again. So she quickly changed her mind and pushed the first floor button, TO WHICH Jim obstresselected!...and told him it was just not going to work out. Can you believe, after he got out of the elevator and CLEARLY saw Danielle push the "close door" button, he OBSTRESSELECTED YET AGAIN! She definitely made the right decision.

Etymology: ob:obsess as in obsessive compulsion stres: stress; tend to get stressed easily selector: THEE one who selects

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: rep-i-diji-tish-uhs

Sentence: Six people got on the elevator all going to the same floor. They all felt the need to push the button. It was so repedigititious.

Etymology: repetitious (recurrent) digit (finger)

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Created by: Kreaper

Pronunciation: /dih-GEE-com-pul-shun/

Sentence: Robert had to push the button again; he had digicompulsion.

Etymology: digit + compulsion

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: push-wackd

Sentence: Although it was already pressed, Jill pushwhacked the buton continuously until the elevator arrived.

Etymology: push, bushwhack

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COMMENTS:

Jill was a pushover. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-10: 09:21:00

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