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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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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

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Tripliprevarication

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: trip/le/pree/veri/cay/shun

Sentence: After falling three times in a row, he had to do some serious tripliprevarication.

Etymology: trip + prevaricate + triplication

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Danghagerz

Created by: ynneg

Pronunciation: dang-ha-gerz

Sentence: He danghagerz the stone that brought him so much embarrassment to his friends.

Etymology: from a bisaya word "danghag" that means you were not careful..

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Witherump

CrayonWarrior

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

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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"

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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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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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Toolgal

madara

Created by: madara

Pronunciation: Tool-gal

Sentence:

Etymology:

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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.

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Scapeghost

cduenas

Created by: cduenas

Pronunciation: scape - ghost

Sentence:

Etymology: scapegoat, as in a diversion ghost, as in invisible or nonexixstant

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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