Verboticisms

Created by: torvaldhightower

Pronunciation: distract-a-stray-shun

Sentence: I'm experiencing so much distractastration, standing here, bending over, and staring blankly. I'm going to put my hand on my forehead in distractastration.

Etymology: distraction + frustration

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Created by: leeannhamers

Pronunciation: la-us-aa-twa

Sentence: i was all like losatwa~!

Etymology: lost/ monwatwa

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: miss-plust

Sentence: Her misplussment was obvious as she crawled on the floor instead of looking up to the ceiling for her helium filled balloon.

Etymology: misplaced + nonplussed

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COMMENTS:

Good etymology! - skeeterzirra, 2007-09-10: 22:01:00

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Created by: trace45

Pronunciation: rec·ol·lecti·cide

Sentence: When Mary was looking for her purse she experienced recollecticide because her thought in the mind was put to death when she stopped to ask her friend did she know what she was looking for.

Etymology: recollect + cide

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Created by: loofarama

Pronunciation: con-fownd-sent-tration

Sentence: he was lost in his confoundcentration. Frustrated he left his house, but to his surprise he couldn't lock the door. He wondered why.

Etymology: con-found-it(frustration) + concentration

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Created by: apathy42

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: room-roh-ming

Sentence: even though his sunglasses were on his head, he had spent a good five minutes searching for them and then he had spent a further ten minutes roomroaming

Etymology: room, roam

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COMMENTS:

Exactky what happens to me in the situation. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-11: 01:05:00

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Created by: sparkles510

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Matt's continued to flakesearch even though the keys are in his hands.

Etymology:

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Created by: gazissax

Pronunciation:

Sentence: He was so stricken with biaphasia that he couldn't find the words for what he had lost.

Etymology: From "aphasia" which is loss of ability to remember language; and "bi" meaning double.

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Created by: ScrabbledEgg

Pronunciation: es-kuh-laps

Sentence: He couldn't remember where he set his cellphone, and it just escalapsed from there. Now he's just standing there, gazing into the refrigerator, hoping it has what he needs.

Etymology: escalate (to increase in magnitude, intensity, amount...) + lapse, as in "a lapse of memory"

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