Verboticisms

Created by: rebelvin

Pronunciation: dis-play-cate

Sentence: I can't stand people who are well meaning, but never actually displacate.

Etymology: display+placate

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Created by: Korinne

Pronunciation: Pro-peace-in-tegrity

Sentence: Shawn showed propeacintegrity as he wished for peace on earth and showed kindness to all those he crossed paths with.

Etymology: Pro(active) + Peace + Integrity

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Created by: gemmgemms

Pronunciation: packs-sen-sa-ma-la-staw-pa-ing

Sentence: He was instantly struck with a serious feeling of paxsensemalstopping.

Etymology: pax:peace + sense:realize + mal:bad + stop:pause

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /al-troo-in'-sti-geyt/

Sentence: Although George was a horrible cook, he had altruinstigated a campaign to distribute hot food to the homeless, but instead, he finally succumbed to the 'sugar crash' from all of the holiday candy he'd been eating, and slept the day away.

Etymology: altruism - concern for the welfare of others (from Italian, altrui) + instigate - to urge, provoke, or incite to some action or course (from Latin, instīgāre "to impel")

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: carm - quill - i - tee

Sentence: Justine had achieved karmquility at last. She spend the holiday season cooking at the mission, read to senior citizens and collected coins for the Salvation Army. For some reason, she felt that she had become more fulfilled than ever before and also, helped to bring others a sense of being cared about also.

Etymology: Karma (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation) + Tanquility (peace, calm)

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Created by: anafausta

Pronunciation:

Sentence: He has finally reached his obiturest and is resting in peace.

Etymology: Obituary (a notice of the death of a person) + rest (refreshing inactivity after exertion or labor)

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: peace by piece

Sentence: Let each person, one by one, piece by piece, strive to live in friendly accord, in harmony, with everyone and everything, thereby achieving peacebypeace.

Etymology: "Piece by Piece" - a way to get most things accomplished. "Peace by Peace" - a way to accomplish world peace.

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Created by: freakystyley

Pronunciation: U-nee-o-dance

Sentence: With a little uniodance from everyone, anything is possible.

Etymology: Union + Guidance

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Created by: natbumpo

Pronunciation: Get-em-peace

Sentence: Due to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, I decided to getempeace by working for the UN.

Etymology: Get 'em + Peace

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Created by: runningdiva

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