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DEFINITION: v. To share a true but extremely embarrassing story about a close personal friend at the worst possible time. n. A moment of ill-timed honesty.
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Rickledicule
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: rickel/di/cule
Sentence: Everyone cringed when they saw Don approach the mike at the wedding because they knew he was about to rickledicule the groom.
Etymology: ridicule + Don Rickles (comedian famous for embarassing roasts)
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COMMENTS:
Ricklediculously good word! - Nosila, 2009-07-23: 01:37:00
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Humiliout
Created by: skeeterzirra
Pronunciation: hyue mill ee owt
Sentence: Chastity concluded her roast by humiliouting Hillary's torrid affairs.
Etymology: humiliation and outing
Distake
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: distāk
Sentence: Letting Joan have a mic at the gathering was a big distake. Maybe it was an tacky to have a bull roast wake but Joan's alcohol-enhanced "roast" of the deceased was beyond tasteless. The silence was deafening.
Etymology: dis (act or speak in a disrespectful way toward) + mistake (an action or judgment that is misguided or wrong)
Anabarrass
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: an/uh/bar/uhs
Sentence: Give Jenny a wedding, a microphone and three drinks and she can anabarrass anyone she knows in the room, especially the bride.
Etymology: ANABARRASS - verb - from ANA (a collection of miscellaneous information about a particular person) + EMBARRASS (to make uncomfortably self-conscious)
Candidlaudbomb
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: can/di/lawd/bawm
Sentence: The mood was set. The long table in the darkened hall was gently illuminated with softly glowing candles. The huge candelabrum at the head of the table was waiting to be lit by the happy couple when suddenly one of the guests beat them to it and lit off instead a candidlaudbomb.
Etymology: candid + laud + bomb + candelabrum (large branched candlestick holder)
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COMMENTS:
Very clever - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-04: 18:24:00
Shedding new light on things. I like it. - Mustang, 2008-06-04: 19:45:00
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Divulgauche
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: die vul goshe
Sentence: The maid of honor’s speech divulgauched stories about some darker moments in the bride’s past that would smear a thick film of bitterness over their honeymoon
Etymology: From divulge and gauche.
Awkwords
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ôkwərds
Sentence: Having been asked to say a few words at his best friend\'s wedding, they all turned out to be awkwords.
Etymology: awkward (uncomfortable or abnormal) + words (something that someone says or writes)
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COMMENTS:
awksidentally good word... - Nosila, 2009-07-23: 01:40:00
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Blabomination
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /blab-bom-uh-NAY-shun/
Sentence: Susan realized that she should have assigned someone to curb her best friend's consumption of Fuzzy Navel's at her wedding reception when Brandi suddenly grabbed the microphone. Her scandalous chronology of Susan's ex-boyfriends, and her awful breakups with them, was a total blabomination, and was recieved only with shocked silence. Afterward, Susan calmly walked over to the videographer, who had recorded the whole thing, threatened him with violence if didn't edit that speech out of the wedding video, borrowed a phone and tried to find a number for a Homicide Hotline, if there was such a thing.
Etymology: Blab - to reveal indiscreetly and thoughtlessly (back formation from Middle English, blabberen "to talk idly") + Abomination - a vile, shameful, or detestable action (from Latin, abominatus "shun as an ill omen")
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COMMENTS:
A blabariuos success! - wordmeister, 2008-06-04: 12:53:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-04: 14:56:00
Good one, Tigger...I'd have givewn her a punch in the blabdomen! - Nosila, 2008-06-04: 22:58:00
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Inappropriyak
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: in-uh-proh-pree-yak
Sentence: As Blurt and Ernie were checking out at Aberzombie & Snitch, they struck up conversation with the clerk. They told her how their buddy, who was about to get married, was working hard to see how many women he could "be with" before the event. From the look on this woman's face they suddenly felt their inappropriyak may have introduced them to Bob's fiance.
Etymology: inappropriate (not proper or suitable) + yak (to talk, especially uninterruptedly and idly; gab; chatter)
Shockward
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: shok ward
Sentence: When Melanie got up to give an impromptu speech at her friend Melodie's wedding, people knew that things would become shockward. Melanie had consumed more than her share of bubbly and spoke slurringly, but clearly into the microphone. She was bitter because Melodie was marrying the only man that Melanie had ever loved...the groom, James. Not only did she declare her undying love for him, she announced that she was carrying his baby and wanted him to leave Melodie for her. Even the dance band striking up "YMCA" could not divert people from this debacle.
Etymology: Shock (an unpleasant or disappointing surprise;the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally) & Awkward (hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment;not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner)
Comments:
Today's definition is inspired by Miranda's moment of honesty during the Wedding Rehearsal scene in the Sex in the City ~ James
scrabbelicious - 2012-01-06: 01:44:00
Nice. The bride's annals inndeed.