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DEFINITION: n. A person who constantly corrects other people's grammar. v. To habitually correct the grammar of everyone with whom you speak regardless of the social context or the minuteness the perceived error.
Verboticisms
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Conversatianal
Created by: Northwoodsman
Pronunciation: kŏn'vər-sā'shā'nəl
Sentence: She is so conversatianal that a small chat turns into an English lesson.
Etymology: conversation + anal-retentive
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COMMENTS:
kinda hard to say, but it hits the mark, I must say. - stache, 2008-03-26: 14:03:00
funny word - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-26: 16:04:00
"Teaching is the fine art of imparting knowledge without possessing it. " Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-26: 18:00:00
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Parsnickety
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: par-SNIK-ety
Sentence: Being a stickler for grammar, Miriam was always quick to correct even the most insignificant grammatical blunders, and was especially critical of her boyfriend, Maxim, whose grammar skills were particularly weak.
Etymology: Blend of 'parse' (To break (a sentence) down into its component parts of speech with an explanation of the form, function, and syntactical relationship of each part. ) and 'persnickety' (Overparticular about trivial details; fastidious)
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-16: 02:09:00
love it - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-16: 16:14:00
He should MAXIMize Miriam's skills as his own personal editor...great word. - Nosila, 2009-01-16: 20:49:00
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Wrecktify
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: Rek ti fy
Sentence: Killsay was excellent at morphemes and constituents. He was born a Grammar. Killsay was very in tense, and always in the accusative. He was overly generous in sharing his grammar. Killsay would restruckture the speecch of any one. No was was safe from his guydance (guidance) ... shuffling his feet, waving his finger, tweaking your verbose, nitpicking through one's words ... he would wrectify everything said.
Etymology: RECTIFY, WRECK. RECTIFY - correct, amend, revise. WRECK - to damage and destroy with too much revision. --- (Morphemes are basic word-building units. Constituents are sentence-building units. They are true grammatical words, not verbotomies.) Killsay Grammar is a pun on actor Kelsey Grammer, star of the tv show Frasier.
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COMMENTS:
Bet she had a bad rectutation.... - Mustang, 2009-01-16: 04:17:00
After she irritates enough people, she might turn a wreckluse. - mweinmann, 2009-01-16: 08:12:00
Thank you for the clever comments. But Killsay is a he ... not a she! Men are guilty of doing this, too! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-16: 10:03:00
nice - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-16: 16:16:00
Killsay Grammar...love it! - Nosila, 2009-01-16: 20:43:00
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Gramopoop
Created by: kashman
Pronunciation: gram-o-poop
Sentence: Alicia's act of gramopooping every sentence spoken by her mismatched boyfriend Billy Bob was fully justified in her heard; she had a Master's degree in English Language, while poor Billy Bob never even completed his high school education. Even though Alicia was the biggest ever gramopoop Billy has come across, he knew that's the highest level of intellectual dating chain he will ever get, so he kept hoping for Alicia's "gramonstipation".
Etymology: Grammar + Poop (slang for a person regarded as spoiler/fun destroyer).
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COMMENTS:
"Gramonstipation"! Oh, that takes the cake! No pun intended. - diyan627, 2008-03-26: 03:45:00
It seems that Billy Bob knew all about the "dative case" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-26: 17:54:00
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Sintax
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sin tax
Sentence: Joel knew that contant correction of his dreadful grammar by the lovely Davina was the sintax he had to pay for her affections.
Etymology: Sin (commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law) & Tax (set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine);use to the limit) & Syntax (the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences)
Grammarcracker
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: gramerkraker
Sentence: James hates e-mail, not for its intrusive nature but the way most people use it. Worse yet is text messaging. (He refuses to call it texting) When someone sends him a message, he replies with a corrected edition of the original message with commas, hyphens, spelling and proper verb tense. He won't respond to the content until the originator sends it back in its corrected form. His friends have started calling him a grammarcracker. He is amused by the term but won't actually type it because it isn't in the dictionary.
Etymology: grammar (the whole system and structure of a language) + cracker (a fine example of something)
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COMMENTS:
I h8 txtn 2. - wayoffcenter, 2009-01-16: 04:46:00
And a very nice play on graham crackers! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-16: 10:12:00
Show them no Grammercy! - Nosila, 2009-01-16: 20:44:00
Those purists can really contaminate our ebonics. - metrohumanx, 2009-01-21: 15:35:00
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Tagmemicrectificationophile
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Tag-mem-ic-rect-if-i-Kay-shun-o-file
Sentence: Verbosity and gramatic eloquence cannot singularly direct the attentive comprehension of the average individual through auditory reception; without the proper corrective parameters being established by a fully qualified tagmemicrectificationophile!
Etymology: Tagmemic (Words) Rectification (Correction) Phile (To admire or be devoted to)
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COMMENTS:
indubitably, a singularly meritoreous and commendable candidate, no component occluded. - stache, 2008-03-26: 11:38:00
Alas, I lament my reiteration of your expression, "singularly." - stache, 2008-03-26: 11:43:00
Albeit unheeding, and contextually distinguishable. - stache, 2008-03-26: 11:45:00
One for "The Dictionary of Longest Verboticisms" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-26: 17:46:00
A preeminently jocular submission, (although hard to say in one breath). - Tigger, 2008-03-26: 22:16:00
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Converseditor
Created by: GlobalGallery
Pronunciation: Kon-ver-sedit-ta
Sentence: Mike was annoyed by the continual corrective interjections of his fiance Tanya every time he spoke. He called off the wedding because her incessant conversediting had become unbearable.
Etymology: 1.Conversation - informal interchange of thoughts by spoken words. 2.Editor - one who edits material for publication.
Cunnilinguist
Created by: lplybon
Pronunciation: "Kun-EE-leeng-WIST"
Sentence: Everyone dreads the Thursday afternoon staff meeting: Bob, the office manager, makes what should be a 30-minute meeting addressing staff concerns a 2-hour lecture on correct grammar. Bob is such a cunnilinguist he spends more time correcting every little mistake people make when speaking than actually hearing what they are saying. If Bob reminds us that his name is a palindrome one more time, I swear I will scream!
Etymology: Combination of the words "cunning" and "linguist"
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COMMENTS:
Brilliant !!! - XMbIPb, 2010-06-02: 19:34:00
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Linguisbitch
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: lin GWIS bitch
Sentence: I am sick and tired of her linguisbitch, annoying behaviour.
Etymology: LINGUISTICS: connected with language BITCH: complain
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by stache. Thank you stache. ~ James
stache - 2008-03-26: 09:16:00
You're welcome, JG. Very worthy submissions today
doseydotes - 2008-03-26: 09:22:00
I'm afraid stache's definition is in reference to yours truly. I looked at the suggested words and I'm floored. I might as well give up right now. Great job, everybody.
doseydotes - 2008-03-26: 10:53:00
And I gotta add, "Man, you loving bestest ever!" to my repertoire.
stache - 2008-03-26: 11:47:00
That'd be hoovy of you, 'dotes.
Yes, there are lots of gramudgeons and linguweenies here. Apparently, they're the bestest! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by stache. Thank you stache. ~ James
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