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DEFINITION: v. To enthusiastically tell and share a lame joke with an unwilling audience. n. A person who does not realize that their sense of humor is not appreciated and laughs loudly at their own jokes.
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Hilariassault
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: hələrēəsôlt
Sentence: Mel finds himself very funny. His friends think his humor is rather droll. Most consider his long-winded anecdotes to be hilariassault.
Etymology: hilarious (extremely amusing) + assault (make a physical attack on)
Obliviass
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: ə-blĭv'ē-as'
Sentence: "HE SAYS HE THINKS HE KNOWS YA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Glen shouted the punchline and roared with laughter, utterly convinced his joke had killed, as the silent group around him at the cocktail party began to dissipate. "He's such an obliviass," muttered Fran to Zoey as they made their way to the bar.
Etymology: 'obli,' var. of 'obla,' from Lennon and McCartney, normally associated with 'dee' or 'dah,' denoting a carefree attitute; 'via,' by way of; 'ass' (bef. 1000; ME asse, OE assa, prob. hypocoristic form based on OIr asan < L asinus; akin to Gk ónos ass), beast of burden.
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COMMENTS:
nice twist - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-01: 14:38:00
I heard that Glen is not as big a obliviass as he used to be - he's on a diet! Good word & great etymology. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 22:34:00
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Missterical
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: miss/tare/i/cal
Sentence: Ralph thought everything he said or did was hysterical but it was in fact missterical.
Etymology: miss + hysterical + mystery
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COMMENTS:
Interesting blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 22:34:00
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Sillyhammer
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sil-ee-ham-er
Sentence: Reggie doesn't just tell a joke. He hits you upside the head with it. He loves it when he has a captive audience and can sillyhammer them in a lame attempt to entertain. Few, if any, find this appropriate for a Funeral Director.
Etymology: silly (absurd; ridiculous; irrational) + hammer (a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails)
Standupbombic
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: rhymes with stand up comic
Sentence: The standupbombic had no idea he was 'dying' on stage. His raucous laugh drowned out any feedback from the audience. But when the houselights came up he found the audience had all gone home.
Etymology: stand up comic (an enthusiastic performer of jokes) + bomb (slang for something that goes badly)
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COMMENTS:
good one petaj - we have a few of those in the office - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-01: 14:36:00
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Ignorrant
Created by: Jamagra
Pronunciation: ig/nor/rant
Sentence: It was April Fool's Day and Justin, the small company's sole male employee, was making more of an "ignoranus" of himself than usual. In hysterics, he explained over and over why that "Empty Folder Virus" was so funny. Molly paid no attention to Justin's ignorrant. She did, however, wonder if the Saran-wrap covering the toilet bowl in the men's washroom would ever be traced back to her.
Etymology: ignorant + rant
Farcefeed
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /FAHRS-feed/
Sentence: As a travelling PC Technician, Dominic often had a captive audience when he worked on people's home computers. Few people would walk away when he was working on their PC's, either because they were trying to learn or because they were afraid he'd do something to mess it up. So, while he was working, he would farcefeed them jokes. They sometimes laughed too, although it was usually a nervous kind of laugh. A lot of people didn't get his jokes, but still, a laugh was a laugh. Dominic wanted to be a standup comedian one day.
Etymology: Blend of: Farce - A ludicrous comedy; a mockery (from Old French, farcir "to stuff" as in 'a short comic sketch in between the acts of a play') + Forcefeed - to physically compel one to take food (from Latin, fortis "strong" & Old English, foda "to tend")
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COMMENTS:
I've been farcefed a few times - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-01: 14:39:00
May the farce be with you, Tigger. - Nosila, 2008-04-01: 15:03:00
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Witticissistic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: wit/ti/sis/sis/tic
Sentence: John was a witticissistic who loved his own sense of humour and the jokes that he wrote and was constantly pushing them on his unlaughing friends.
Etymology: witticism + narcissistic
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-01: 11:06:00
you da man. - stache, 2008-04-01: 18:41:00
Outstanding. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 22:16:00
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Comicentric
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: com-mi-sen-trick
Sentence: Sean, fully comicentric, began hysterically laughing at inside jokes much to the annoyance of his friends who had no idea what was so funny.
Etymology: comic - comedian eccentric - strange, unconventional person
Jerkster
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Jerk - stir
Sentence: Elliot fancied himself a master of the practical joke, but most folks considered him to be a jerkster of the first order and a buffoon completely bereft of social graces.
Etymology: A play on the word 'jokester'.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James
stache - 2008-04-01: 08:58:00
Nice seasonal selection; I have to admit you had me for a minute.
Thanks stache. I was wondering if anyone would get my joke... I was starting to think that I'm just a nilarious jestersmuck, or maybe a farcefeeding obliviass. ~ James
purpleartichokes - 2008-04-01: 13:27:00
Got me as well, ya toonatic!
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James