Verboticisms

Created by: suzanne

Pronunciation: ch -ee-ken- sh- eet

Sentence: when I saw them together I knew I was in chickensheet.

Etymology: chick- smal bird, young lady sheet- long bolt of material used as bed dressing.

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Created by: metapsyche

Pronunciation: Mur-them

Sentence: I caught 'em! I want to murthem!

Etymology: Mur (murder) + them (them!) = Murthem

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: trist-cov-er-y

Sentence: Jen was angered by the trystcovery of her new husband and her best friend tangled in the new satin sheets her grandmother had given her as a wedding gift. "Dammit," she thought, "now that they've been used I can't exchange them for the leopard print sheets I saw in the catalogue.

Etymology: tryst: an agreement between lovers to meet at a certain place and time + discovery: to discover, or learn for the first time + cover - as in bedlinen

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COMMENTS:

good word. Chuckled at the twist at the end! - splendiction, 2009-10-14: 18:59:00

good one Mrs. K.!! - mweinmann, 2009-10-15: 09:10:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: nyves/in/wyte/satin

Sentence: The discovery of the tryst sent her into a state of knivesinwhitesatin hopefully "never reaching the end"

Etymology: knives (the kind that in literature come flying out of ones eyes) + Nights in White Satin (Moody Blues)+ knights + knives and wives rhyme

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COMMENTS:

No Sir Galahad in this tale; very creative word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-12: 07:28:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: bryd - gloom

Sentence: Coming into the honeymoon bedroom with joyful expectations only to find her new husband, Brad, and her best friend Miranda staining grandmas heirloom satin sheets, Samantha first had a hysterical fit followed by a case of very deep and foreboding bridegloom.

Etymology: Blend of bride and gloom, play on the word 'bridegroom'.

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COMMENTS:

great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-11: 12:13:00

good one... - Nosila, 2008-06-11: 21:40:00

Excellent - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-12: 08:19:00

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: jig-uh-MAWR-tis

Sentence: "Nana! nana!-where are you?" I cried out. The door of Bob's and my bedroom was for some reason closed; but pushing against it I forced it open. My nana lay on the ground. A horrible feeling came over me, - I thought she was dead. On bending down I could find no injury, and I found that she still was breathing, so I trusted that she had only fainted. I sprinkled her face with water, and she shortly after heaved a sigh and opened her eyes. "Is this a hideous dream?" she asked; "and why are Bob and Trixie here wrapped only in the satin sheets I gave you for a wedding present!" "There's nothing to be alarmed about, nana," I answered. "Bob has gone to work and Trixie is holidaying in Far North Queensland" "Oh! go and look for yourself," she said, " I give her FNQ!" Assured that she had fully recovered, I hurried out only to find Bob and Trixie, on all fours and still wrapped in the satin sheets, their clothes in their hands, making their way to the front door. That indeed for me was a miserable sight and jigamortis set in. Nan did her utmost to comfort me. "You haven't got anything to worry about: you better off without them!" exclaimed nan. "So here's a pen and paper; just write a note to them, and get them to send back the satin sheets!"

Etymology: JIGA from jig-a-jig, jig-jig, jiggy-jig, jig-a-jog n. sexual intercourse, often found in (pidgin) slangs & rythming with rigor MORTIS: death's stiffening; in familar terms: numbness, a sense of chilliness.

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COMMENTS:

Great word! The jigs up! - wordmeister, 2008-06-11: 08:45:00

funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-11: 12:12:00

love it - Nosila, 2008-06-11: 21:43:00

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Created by: jadklein

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: sheet-cheet

Sentence: Jill was stunned to find that her new husbum was a sheetcheat. She began to suspect something when she heard that her girlfriend just happened to book a vacation the same place they were having their honeymoon.

Etymology: sheet (a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding) + cheat (to deceive)

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /ma-truh-MOWN-ee-ul/

Sentence: Linda couldn't cry anymore — she was all out of tears by now. Having mostly gotten over the initial shock of her new husband's and her best friend's betrayal, she was now feeling matrimoanial, seeking the comfort of her family, who would listen to her complaints and try to console her. "And worst of all Grandma, they were doing it right there on those lovely silk sheets you gave us." Her grandmother patted Linda on her knee and said, "If it's any consolation dear, that wasn't real silk anyway."

Etymology: Matrimonial - of or relating to the state of marriage (from Latin, matrimonium "wedlock, marriage") + Moan - complaint or lamentation (from Old English, mænan to mourn)

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COMMENTS:

Good one! - Nosila, 2008-06-11: 21:41:00

Good word; nice story. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-12: 07:29:00

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: sh-itch-t

Sentence: Not only was Coralie shitched, she was also shockled when she realised she was married to rake and would never be able to use the sheets her Nanna had given her.

Etymology: sh*t (exclamation of shock) + hitched (slang for married) (shock + shackled)

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COMMENTS:

love the layers in your words - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-27: 12:22:00

Maybe should have spelt this differently though sheetched - petaj, 2007-03-28: 05:07:00

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