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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.
Verboticisms
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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
Figmatize
Created by: frankierio
Pronunciation: fig-ma-tyz
Sentence: Embarassed, and now looking up from the carpet,Maria figmatized the empty spot that did her in.
Etymology: A figment of your imagination that traumatizes oneself.
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COMMENTS:
Very good!! - Mustang, 2007-12-04: 05:32:00
I like it too! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-04: 16:19:00
Agreed, excellent -- sounds very natural. - Tigger, 2007-12-04: 18:34:00
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Projectigaze
Created by: IllmaticKD
Pronunciation: Pro'ject'i'gaze
Sentence: Yesterday I completely fell over and rolled onto the street, to save face I immediately attempted a projectigaze.
Etymology: noun; Derived from two words. One being projection. The other being gaze.
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.
Fauxcus
Created by: flyingheadlice
Pronunciation: FO-kus
Sentence: He fauxcused on Jim as the person responsible for the empty cookie jar.
Etymology: faux, focus
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
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
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.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by c1mcgraw. Thank you c1mcgraw ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by c1mcgraw. Thank you c1mcgraw. ~ James