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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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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..
Photrip
Created by: Bullwinkle
Pronunciation: Foe'trip
Sentence: That photrip is dangerous
Etymology: see: faux
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by c1mcgraw. Thank you c1mcgraw ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by c1mcgraw. Thank you c1mcgraw. ~ James