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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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Fauxcus
Created by: flyingheadlice
Pronunciation: FO-kus
Sentence: He fauxcused on Jim as the person responsible for the empty cookie jar.
Etymology: faux, focus
Phantasmagaze
Created by: Ransom
Pronunciation: fan-TAZ-mah-gayz
Sentence: When arrogant Timothy tripped on his own shoelace, his phantasmagaze directed at the floor was priceless.
Etymology: phantasmagoria + gaze
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..
Aporcryphogled
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: ə-pŏk'rə-fō'gəld
Sentence: John aporcyphogled the location where he slipped. He could have sworn he saw a banana peel through the corner of his eye as he was tumbling down the stairs.
Etymology: Apocryphal - Erroneous; fictitious. + ogled - To stare at.
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.
Disrespectre
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: diss riss peck terr
Sentence: His disrespectre was directed at the invisible force that forced his open shoelace under his other foot while he was at the bar ordering his twelfth pint of guinness......probably a portergiest!
Etymology: disrespect, spectre.
Scapegroping
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Scaip + grop + ing
Sentence: Needing to produce a reasonable explanation for his ineptitude and mindless bumbling, Arnold once again resorted to scapegroping.
Etymology: Scapegoat + groping
Tumblegaze
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: tuhm-buhl-geyz
Sentence: She was in the middle of an intense tumblegaze at the small patch of mud that caused her to end up on her backside, when a bus sped by splashing her with a curbside puddle.
Etymology: tumble (to fall) + gaze
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
Exoprojection
Created by: dubld
Pronunciation: {x/o/pro/jek/shun}
Sentence: Exoprojection was the way Mark maintained his composure, cursing the heavens for the invisible trip wire instead of crying for his clumsiness.
Etymology: EXO- "Outward" PROJECTION - "Casting something onto something else"
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by c1mcgraw. Thank you c1mcgraw ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by c1mcgraw. Thank you c1mcgraw. ~ James