Verboticisms

Created by: Zahira

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Etymology: 'irri' from irritation 'pain'from the resulting factor of irritation

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Created by: playdohheart

Pronunciation: Peer-ah-tate

Sentence: Susan stood with her boss's dry cleaning, peeritated as hell, while Randy handed him tickets to a performance of his favorite opera... in Vienna.

Etymology: peer- an equal, fellow in community; irritation- a state of anger

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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: artr

Pronunciation: mirərtāshən

Sentence: Like father, like son, they say... Whenever Jack and Jack Jr. spend more than 5 minutes together you can be assured that sparks will fly. They are so much alike that the mirrortation is inevitable. Friends and family always hope that the phrase **You can cut the tension with a knife**, is virtual and not literal.

Etymology: mirror (a reflective surface, now typically of glass coated with a metal amalgam, that reflects a clear image) + irritation (the state of feeling annoyed, impatient, or angry)

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Reflective word... - Nosila, 2009-10-22: 01:33:00

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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: angel23

Pronunciation: (hall-air-i-um)

Sentence: She was in a natural state of hollarium when he showed up on her doorstep.

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Created by: oswald

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: car-bon-cop-eevd

Sentence: he became so carboncopeeved that that he had no choice but to find somewhere else to live

Etymology: carbon copy, peeved

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missed this the first time round - good one - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-05: 14:50:00

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Created by: timmy

Pronunciation: Im hungrey

Sentence: I'm hungry!

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Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: ha BITCH yu ate

Sentence: Kevin had to habitchuate himself to his girlfriend Mona*s frequent complaining. Usually he would respond in a high-pitched voice, "Would you pleeeeease stop whiiiiining? Pleeeeease? Jeeeeez, I can't even think straight! I'm so tiiiiired, and now this....It's giving me a heeeeeadache....It's sooooo annoyyyyying! Why does this always have to haaaaappen to meeeee?"

Etymology: Habit + bitch (v.) + habituate

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