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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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Assayovertincups
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ah-SAY-over-tin-cups
Sentence: It was a well-known fact that Tom was a clutz. He tried to hide the fact for a few months by performing a careful assayovertincups, but after stumbling over just about every crack between the tiles in the office floor, he gave up the blooperuse.
Etymology: ass-over-tin-cups, assay
Dreamscapegoat
Created by: MithrilShadow
Pronunciation: drēm-skāp-ˌgōt (Dream+Scapegoat)
Sentence: When Jason tripped on seemingly nothing, he blamed it on an invisible Leprechaun. But we all know that was just a dreamscapegoat. (Note: Scapegoat comes from: a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur)
Etymology: Dream: a visionary creation of the imagination. Scapegoat: one that bears the blame for others.
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.
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.
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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Gawkward
Created by: hendrixius
Pronunciation: /gawk-werd/
Sentence: Bobby cast an annoyed, gawkward glance towards the perfectly level sidewalk behind him as he stumbled away from the trapparition.
Etymology: "gawk" and "awkward"
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
Stigmateyesize
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: stigmateyesize: stig - matt - eye - size
Sentence: I need to exercise my eyes because I stigmateyesize a lot, sending my feet into a merry dance to keep from falling.
Etymology: Stigmateyesize: stigmat is a combination of stigma and mat. Stigma for the stigma of feet tripping on nothing ... and mat for the imaginary bump you want to blaim it on. Eyesize for staring as if to size up what isn't there.
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
Scapeghost
Created by: cduenas
Pronunciation: scape - ghost
Sentence:
Etymology: scapegoat, as in a diversion ghost, as in invisible or nonexixstant
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by c1mcgraw. Thank you c1mcgraw ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by c1mcgraw. Thank you c1mcgraw. ~ James