Verboticisms

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌmɚsəˈfɪkʃən/

Sentence: Most of the new security policy instituted by the TSA are at best mercifiction and at worst malignacity.

Etymology: From mercy + fiction (reminiscent of merciful)

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Created by: playdohheart

Pronunciation: Free will

Sentence: "You were sick and now you're well again," shouted Trout, a freewill message that started Trout's creed.

Etymology: For Vonnegut (circa Timequake)... had to do it... I'm writing my thesis on him.

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Created by: wurdless

Pronunciation: troo-lish

Sentence: You look great! he said troolishly

Etymology: true + foolish

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COMMENTS:

yup. everyone I know will be using this now. I love this word. - Headcrab, 2012-06-09: 04:38:00

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: pla-FEE-bo

Sentence: "What do I say?" thought Bob. That was what he had been asking himself all week. But Roxie's questions were flying faster than any of his answers were coming in to land. He needed a plafibo to allay her fears; he hoped he would find one before she found out that he had lost the tickets for their upcoming overseas trip.

Etymology: PLACEBO: ME from Latin: I shall be pleased;an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier & FIB: a small trivial lie, minor falsehood.

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COMMENTS:

great - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-23: 16:03:00

Good one! - lumina, 2008-06-23: 22:55:00

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Created by: thinkbolt

Pronunciation: san-ta-tude

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: kuhm - fer - lahy

Sentence: Knowing that Mom would be upset if she heard how her son died, the doctor told the best possible comforlie: "Your son is in heaven."

Etymology: Comfort + Lie

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: en fay belur

Sentence: Most parents are enfablers to ease their little ones through life's stages. Case in point is when the kiddies start losing their baby teeth. If the tooth in question is put under the child's pillow, their parents tell them that the Tooth Fairy will take it away while they sleep and leave them money. Truth is, they should tell the kids to put away that money for when their adult teeth start falling out and they need to pay a dentist huge sums to replace them...

Etymology: Enabler (one who can render capable or able for some task; makes it easier) & Fable (a deliberately false or improbable account; a short moral story; often using imaginary or supernatural events)

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COMMENTS:

You mean there IS no tooth fairy? I'm shattered! - metrohumanx, 2009-11-02: 01:48:00

Relax, though...there is a Santa Claus and an Easter Bunny! - Nosila, 2009-11-02: 09:29:00

So trutooth. - splendiction, 2009-11-02: 23:13:00

splendid - mweinmann, 2009-11-03: 07:52:00

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Created by: Guthlaf1

Pronunciation: LOOTH

Sentence: Yes, the government is always right, and that's the luth.

Etymology: A combination of 'truth' and 'lie', substituting "L" for "TR".

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ly ab ili tee

Sentence: Kurt's lieability helped improve his likeability.

Etymology: Lie (untruth;to deceive) & Ability ( possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done0 & Woredplay on Liability (the quality of being something that holds you back)

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Created by: justinchau

Pronunciation: con-sol-lie

Sentence: I had to consolie my patient when he wanted assurance that x-rays had no radiation. I consolied the hypochondriac by assuring her the pill wasn't a placebo.

Etymology: console + lie

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COMMENTS:

Hmm, what about alieviate (alleviate + lie)? - justinchau, 2008-06-23: 05:55:00

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