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DEFINITION: v. To injure yourself while performing a normal everyday activity, such bending down, standing up, or turning your head quickly. n. An self-inflicted injury which occurred during a period of physical inactivity.
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Autobashful
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: orto-BASH-full
Sentence: "Have you been in a car accident?" she asked on seeing the family with plaster casts, limps and bruises. Autobashfully he replied, "no we were just having a cup of tea on the verandah when the kids called the dog and it came charging up, knocking me off my seat. I stood up pushing the table back and it fell through the decking and down went the rest of the family too".
Etymology: auto (self) + bash (hit hard) + bashful (embarrassed)
Freaccident
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: freek-seh-dent
Sentence: Being a wholly uncoordinated and clumsy oaf, Manfred seems to suffer one freaccident after another, goofy injuries that for anyone else would be very rare.
Etymology: Blend of 'freak' (A thing or occurrence that is markedly unusual or irregular) and 'accident' (an unforeseen and unplanned mishap)
Uberklutz
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: ooh-burr-klutz
Sentence: I pulled a real uberklutz when I pulled my back tying my shoes.
Etymology: uber+klutz
Somnolendemic
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: som/no/lem/demic
Sentence: A somnolemdemic experiences injuries caused by twisted sheets and bed bugs.
Etymology: somnolent (asleep) + endemic
Mundjury
Created by: ElleWhite
Pronunciation: muhnd-jeer-ehy
Sentence: Embarrassed by her recent mundjury, Alice scrambled to concoct any story more impressive than "I broke my leg while walking in heels" before her friends saw the cast and crutches.
Etymology: "mund" from "mundane": commonplace; and "jury" from "injury": harm or damage
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COMMENTS:
Mundacious! - Nosila, 2010-06-22: 00:05:00
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Dormident
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dor/mi/dent
Sentence: Last week I went to bed perfectly normal, but sometime during the night I had a dormident and woke up with severe back pains and it took me fifteen minutes to get out of bed.
Etymology: dormant + accident (an unfortunate event in the act of doing something)- dormident (an unfortunate event in the act of doing nothing)
Doofusury
Created by: diyan627
Pronunciation: dooo fus jer eee
Sentence: Fredliek's latest doofusjury involved his computer crashing while he was talking on his cell phone. We're not quite sure what happened. And he probably isn't either unless it's so traumatic (or embarrassing) that he doesn't want to give us details.
Etymology: doofus (incompetent, foolish person) + injury
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COMMENTS:
Good word. - Mustang, 2008-04-16: 05:14:00
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Idlejure
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: ahyd-l-joor, ahyd-l-joor-ee
Sentence: How I managed to idlejure both my legs while folding laundry I'll never understand, but I guess that's the nature of idlejuries. One minute you're standing there minding your own business, the next you're in a body cast!
Etymology: idle + injure
Chagrinjury
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: sha-GRIN-jry
Sentence: Elwood suffered yet another chagrinjury when he got his finger caught in the whisk attachment on his mixer, jerked the mixer off the counter wherein it fell on his toes, and while dancing about in pain knocked himself senseless when his head whacked into the open cupboard door.
Etymology: Blend of 'chagrin' (a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation) and 'injury'
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COMMENTS:
What a klutz! Good one. - Nosila, 2009-06-01: 14:37:00
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Accidumb
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: ax-e-dumb
Sentence: After tying my shoes, I stood up too fast and got an accidumb as my leg cramped up.
Etymology: accident+dumb
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Tigger. Thank you Tigger. ~ James
Banky - 2008-04-15: 15:48:00
Excellent definition, Tigger. I actually had this happen before one of my first dates with my wife, and I didn't tell her the real story until a couple months after we were married.
Hey Banky, what was the injury? And how did you hide it from your future wife? ~ James
Tigger - 2008-04-15: 22:43:00
Oh, good words everyone. I couldn't wait to get home and see what everyone came up with. I'm currently nursing a pulled stomach muscle that I got while I was reaching for the phone, when I happened to sneeze at the same time. So, I'm the idiot that inspired the definition.
Today's definition was suggested by Tigger. Thank you Tigger. ~ James
Very good word! I liked your note about it being found on Google because of people misspelling.
I think everyone has a friend's name that they could use. . .