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DEFINITION: v. To insist on helping someone solve a problem only to make it worse... much worse. n. The satisfaction that comes from knowing you have done your best to help someone, even if it did not turn out as well as expected.
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Goodindentions
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: good in dent shuns
Sentence: Debugging Georgia's computer seemed easy enough until Roger whacked it with a sledge hammer. He had goodindentions, he just should have used the Raid.
Etymology: Good intentions (well meaning actions/thoughts) & Dent (an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
Windfail
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: winfāl
Sentence: Having a friend help with her homework turned out to be a major winfail. He knew less about the subject than she did. He was apparently interested in a wholly different form of chemistry.
Etymology: windfall (an unexpected, unearned, or sudden gain or advantage) + fail (to fall short)
Satassistfaction
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sat ass ist fak shun
Sentence: I can't get no Satassistfaction, I can't get no Satassistfaction 'Cause I try and I'm shy and I'm a guy and I cry I can't get no, I can't get no, no,no no,no ay hay hay hay! That's what I say.... When I'm drivin' in your car And a man comes on the radio He's telling me more and more About some useless information Supposed to fire my imagination I can't get no, oh no no no Hey hey hey, that's what I say I can't get no Satassistfaction ... (With Apologies to Mick & the Boys...maybe it should be Sadassistfaction...)
Etymology: Satisfaction (the contentment you feel when you have done something right) & Assist ( the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)
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COMMENTS:
Oh how this song fits the the definition! I like sadassistfaction as much as satassistfaction! Cheers, you gave us two for the road! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-02: 16:12:00
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Zealiadous
Created by: JamesDonovan
Pronunciation: Zeal ade i us
Sentence: Ja' Crispy was a little too zealaidious when attempting to fix my gutter.
Etymology: Zealous+Aid
Lamenaid
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: lāmənād
Sentence: Ralph’s favorite quote is ”When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” Unfortunately, his assistance turns out to be lamenaid. As a youngster, he was asked to resign from the scouts when the little-old-lady he was helping cross the street ended up face down in a mud puddle.
Etymology: lame (unconvincingly feeble) + aid (help, assist, or support) A play on lemonade
Determinedator
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: de TER minned AE ter
Sentence: My determinedator boyfried lost the files off my computer, wiped clean my back-up drive when he tried to install it and then in a last ditch attempt he took my computer to a nearby repair service to retrieve what he had lost. That was when he had a car accident and pretty much finished off my computer so that nothing could be salvaged.
Etymology: DETERMINED:someone who has made a firm decision to do something TERMINATOR: the name of a movie which was associated with destruction; also someone who terminates TERMINATE: to end something or end the life of something
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COMMENTS:
De Terminator sure is a popular word in the etymologies so far this year - silveryaspen, 2009-02-02: 16:19:00
You'll be Bock! - Nosila, 2009-02-02: 20:07:00
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Auxeddamn
Created by: Artomun
Pronunciation: AHKS-eh-dam
Sentence: n. The aid provided by Robert turned out, in the end, to be an auxeddamnation. v. In the end, Robert's auxeddamning resulted in the demise of my laptop.
Etymology: Auxilium- aid (Latin); sed- but (Latin); damnum- damage (Latin).
Contemptment
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: kənˈtɛm(p)tm(ə)nt
Sentence: George was so full of contemptment for his neighbours he just loved giving them a dig out, a generous helping of klutz pie was always on hand when George was around. Alas, by the time he was finished he needed an alias.
Etymology: A fusing of 1-contempt: a feeling of disrespect or scorn 2-contentment a feeling of inner peace and satisfaction
Nothanuckorse
Created by: leeannhamers
Pronunciation: Ne-oh-thh-A-ing-uh-kah- or- c-
Sentence: omigod my boyfriend has sweet intentions but he is very Nothanuckorse
Etymology: No thank you, luck, worse
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James