Verboticisms

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ape/a/thy

Sentence: Jill's habit of greeting everyone who approached the desk with "what's up guys?" stereophonically in sync with her own sent her into state of apeathy

Etymology: ape (to mimic) + apathy (cool detachment

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Created by: unclerobb

Pronunciation:

Sentence: After following the trail of Dorito crumbs from their rooms into the hallway, Tom and Joe were overcome by a feeling of palindromony.

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Your entymology will give you more points and votes! - Nosila, 2009-10-22: 01:30:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: herr ed it ik

Sentence: the hereditic was finally proven when aunt Agatha replayed her video recording of john's christening to find a conversation where four generations of Murphy men had their fingers up their nostrils while talking.

Etymology: heredititary, tic

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Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: twin-FYUR-e-ate

Sentence: My roommate Karl is so twinfuriating! I hate it when he covers my dirty dishes with his! Like there isn't enough dishcord around here...

Etymology: twin, infuriate

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: mi-ri-tay-shun

Sentence: It wound Zach up no end when antisocial eejts in the quiet carriage shouted their stupid lives into their stupid mobiles. It was interfering with the sound of his chirruping Angry Birds app.

Etymology: mirror (to reflect or depict faithfully) + irritation (to excite to impatience or anger)

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Created by: Sketchy

Pronunciation: twin-CH

Sentence: Today I saw Earl drink milk from the carton and I started to twinch. I thought I was the only one in the house who did that???

Etymology: twin, twitch

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: mih-rih-TAY-shuhn

Sentence: As Alex left the dishes in the sink unwashed, he contemplated the hypocrisy of his own mirritation.

Etymology: mirror + irritation

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ərkō

Sentence: Mike doesn’t care for his new intern. Instead of learning and adopting Mike’s best talents and habits he irchos the worse. All the bad habits and traits he tries to hide behind his cubicle walls come back to smack him in the face.

Etymology: irk (irritate; annoy) + echo (a person who slavishly repeats the words or opinions of another)

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Created by: josje

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Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: aN-oy-mirr-age

Sentence: As their habbits reflected each other, they got annoymirraged, and upped the anté by chewing even louder!

Etymology: to annoy + a mirrage

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