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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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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
Pseudoblamigazer
Created by: Korinne
Pronunciation: Soo-doe-blam-eh-gazer
Sentence: I sit and people watch from the mall food court everyday. On average, I see one pseudoblamigazer per week! They think no one sees they've tripped over virtually nothing, thin air, but I did...
Etymology: Pseudo + Blame + Gazer
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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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"
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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Photrip
Created by: Bullwinkle
Pronunciation: Foe'trip
Sentence: That photrip is dangerous
Etymology: see: faux
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
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)
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
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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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by c1mcgraw. Thank you c1mcgraw ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by c1mcgraw. Thank you c1mcgraw. ~ James