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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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Toolgal

Created by: madara

Pronunciation: Tool-gal

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Scornification

Created by: CEE1ESS

Pronunciation: skorn-ific-ashun

Sentence: Tripping over an unseen rock, she gave it a glance of scornification, as if to blame her clumsiness on the bedrock beneath her feet.

Etymology: from the word scorn

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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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Falltale

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: fall/tale

Sentence: He had to invent another falltale after he stumbled over a chalkline on the sidewalk.

Etymology: tall tale + fall

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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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Photrip

Created by: Bullwinkle

Pronunciation: Foe'trip

Sentence: That photrip is dangerous

Etymology: see: faux

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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.

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