Verboticisms

Created by: xMelody

Pronunciation: rep-er-tee-go, -tey-go.

Sentence: He's suffering from an oversized reparteego.

Etymology: repartee; ego

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Created by: qwerty

Pronunciation:

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Etymology: auto = self, phasia from aphasia

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Created by: Holey

Pronunciation: nahr-SISS-you-dite

Sentence: Dorian continued to narcissudite long after the rest of the partygoers had edged away, but he received excellent feedback from the echo of his own voice, and reflected with satisfaction upon his half-witticisms.

Etymology: narcissist + erudite

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: wit/ti/sis/sis/tic

Sentence: Paul is a perfectly proud, puffy, pompous witticissistic, unashamed of his own lack of humour in the so-called jokes that he constantly pushes on his unlaughing friends.

Etymology: witticism + narcissistic

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Created by: alecstevenson

Pronunciation: ego-iso-lated

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Etymology: ego + isolated

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: prēˈäkyəproud

Sentence: Harry is so preoccuproud that he refuses to sign up for any but his own Twitter feeds. After all, how could he possible learn anything from anybody who is far less clever than himself.

Etymology: preoccupied (dominate or engross the mind to the exclusion of other thoughts) + proud (feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one\'s own achievements)

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COMMENTS:

another subtle excellent word - Jabberwocky, 2009-07-17: 12:27:00

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Created by: jmedaris

Pronunciation: wit-ig-nor-a-mus

Sentence: As usual, the wittignoramous commandeered the conversation, dropping pearls of wisdom at the feet of us swine!

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Created by: Jabberwocky

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Sentence: His vanwitty was so astonishing - he kept himself amused all day with his clever banter

Etymology: vanity + wit

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Created by: rombus

Pronunciation: kaws - bee - ing

Sentence: Bart was known for his cosbeing behavior. He thought he was a comedian; but he was really just annoying everyone with his "unfunny" routines and self-amusement.

Etymology: Cosby (as in Bill Cosby), Being

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Created by: Paloma

Pronunciation: NAR-sih-vay-ted

Sentence: John was so narcivated he would laugh at his own pretentious jokes before he'd even said the punchline.

Etymology: Narcissus (Greek hero who fell in love with his own reflection) + captivated

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