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'What bump? I don't see a bump.'

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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Fantascribe

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: fan/ta/scribe

Sentence: Whenever something went wrong, he would always fantascribe the cause. Of course it was always something unseen by anyone else.

Etymology: fantasize + describe + ascribe (to blame - to attribute)

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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

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Scrapegoat

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation:

Sentence: With accusing eyes, he fixed a scrapegoat at the offending floor tile.

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

excellent! - galwaywegian, 2007-12-04: 07:57:00

nice one... - hendrixius, 2007-12-04: 15:11:00

Excellent! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-04: 16:19:00

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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

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Glazoveristic

Created by: ebdub

Pronunciation: glaz - a - veri - istic

Sentence: If not for the slight, followed by a glazoveristic response, one would have to, in a way, acknowledge some part in such blundering folly.

Etymology: glaze-over-istic : of, relating to, or characteristic of glazing over

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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

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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

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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

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Tumbrage

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: TUHM-brij

Sentence: At first glance, her friends thought that Roxie's roll was 'slapstick in stilettos'; however, they soon learned of her true feelings and her tarmacadam tumbrage.

Etymology: Tumbrage: blend of tumble and umbrage:a feeling of anger caused by being offended; suspicion that someone has been slighted.

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COMMENTS:

like it! - galwaywegian, 2007-12-04: 07:58:00

good one - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-04: 12:13:00

Ah, very nice. - Tigger, 2007-12-04: 18:27:00

fine wordsmithery - c1mcgraw, 2007-12-05: 20:18:00

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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

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-12-04: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by c1mcgraw. Thank you c1mcgraw ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2011-08-12: 00:33:00
Today's definition was suggested by c1mcgraw. Thank you c1mcgraw. ~ James