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DEFINITION: n., The withering glare one casts down on a non-existent trip-hazard after stumbling for no apparent reason. v. tr., To fixate on an imaginary object, or person, in order to externalize the blame for one's own shortcomings.
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Fauxfault
Created by: schoolmarm
Pronunciation: fo/FAULT
Sentence: Quickly recovering her balance, she subjected the errant sidewalk crack to a fauxfault intense enough to wither lettuce at fifty feet.
Etymology: French
Getupitee
Created by: biffbig1
Pronunciation: get+up+it+ee
Sentence: His getupitee never got up and went so I tripped over him and it made me mad.
Etymology: giddyup + he
Witherump
Created by: CrayonWarrior
Pronunciation: wee-thur-ump
Sentence: Whenever David tripped up he would witherump the ground, aiming to blame a non existant trip hazard
Etymology: Wither - to stare at with hate. Hump - small bump
Ungracefulitis
Created by: Rabbit
Pronunciation: un-graceful-i-tis
Sentence: Though suffering from ungracefulitis, Alice still continues to go about daily errands denying her condition.
Etymology: ungraceful - clumsy + itis - inflamation of any part of the body consisting in the congestion of blood vessels.
Scapeghost
Created by: cduenas
Pronunciation: scape - ghost
Sentence:
Etymology: scapegoat, as in a diversion ghost, as in invisible or nonexixstant
Folleye
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: fall - I
Sentence: My psychotic episodes caused me to hold Lee Majors responsible for all my shortcomings. The threat of legal retribution forced me to refer to Lee as my Folleye.
Etymology: folly - a great useless structure, + eye - that object from which we see
Grimstigate
Created by: MichaelCampbellUK
Pronunciation: grim-sti-gate
Sentence: George vigorously grimstigated the third glowerfolly of the day.
Etymology: Grimace + castigate.
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COMMENTS:
Fine word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-04: 16:19:00
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Phantimplicate
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /fan-tim'-pli-kayt/
Sentence: After doing a superb impression of Marcel Marceau, tripping over nothing whatsoever, Josh felt compelled to phantimplicate an invisible hump in the floor, and a possible gravitational fluctuation, as the cause of his klutziness.
Etymology: phantom - creation of the imagination, (Latin phantasma) + implicate - to incriminate; to involve in an accusation (Latin, implicāre)
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COMMENTS:
Nice blend! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-04: 16:20:00
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Pseudoblamigazer
Created by: Korinne
Pronunciation: Soo-doe-blam-eh-gazer
Sentence: I sit and people watch from the mall food court everyday. On average, I see one pseudoblamigazer per week! They think no one sees they've tripped over virtually nothing, thin air, but I did...
Etymology: Pseudo + Blame + Gazer
Danghagerz
Created by: ynneg
Pronunciation: dang-ha-gerz
Sentence: He danghagerz the stone that brought him so much embarrassment to his friends.
Etymology: from a bisaya word "danghag" that means you were not careful..
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by c1mcgraw. Thank you c1mcgraw ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by c1mcgraw. Thank you c1mcgraw. ~ James