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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.
Verboticisms
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Magnedent
Created by: pieceof314
Pronunciation: mag neh dent
Sentence: Phil was a congenital magnadent. To say he was accident prone would be an understatement. Accidents seemed to find him in the most mundane and safe places. It was a good thing he had insurance, because otherwise he's be in quite a bind. His policy has several riders on it that prohibit him from climbing steps, riding bikes with any amount of wheels, crossing the street, eating while walking, and hundreds of other scenarios that indicate a troubled past.
Etymology: magnet + accident
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COMMENTS:
Phil probably could not walk past a fridge without sticking to it...Good One! - Nosila, 2008-04-15: 20:49:00
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Youtilate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: u til layt
Sentence: In his Victim's Statement, Mervin could only lay blame on himself for the disfiguring stapler incident. He did indeed unwittingly youtilate himself by pointing the offending sharp electric stapler towards his groin area before firing at will. Sure he couldn't have kids now, but at least he was able to keep his legs together. His fastenating career at Staples was now secure!
Etymology: You (as in yourself, no one else;second person singular) & Mutilate (destroy or injure severely;alter so as to make unrecognizable)
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COMMENTS:
Clever! - Mustang, 2009-06-02: 00:00:00
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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
Relaxident
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: ree-lax-ih-dihnt
Sentence: It was a relaxident. I was just sitting on the couch watching t.v. and when I tried to change the channel I knocked myself unconscious with the remote control.
Etymology: relax + accident
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COMMENTS:
Channel Surfing is dangerous! - Nosila, 2009-06-01: 14:39:00
Very good! - Mustang, 2009-06-02: 00:01:00
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Missnap
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: misˈsnap
Sentence: It doesn't take much for Jimmie to create a missnap; a cough, a sneeze, a turn of the head. It can be dangerous for him to tie his shoes. Somehow he doesn't think of Rice Krispies when he hears snap, crackle or pop. Pop and lock is not a dance style. It's a lifestyle.
Etymology: misstep (a clumsy or badly judged step) + snap (break or cause to break suddenly and completely, typically with a sharp cracking sound)
Painormicalasistic
Created by: balku4
Pronunciation: pai-nohr-mee-ca-le-si-stic
Sentence: i got Painormicalasistic yesterday by jumping up and down.
Etymology: none
Workouch
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: wərkouch
Sentence: Every time Wendell goes to the gym to get in shape he ends up participating in a workouch. Its not that he doesn’t believe in warming up or starting slow and building up. He just doesn’t get that far. Last week he sprained his wrist opening the lock on his locker.
Etymology: workout (a session of vigorous physical exercise or training) + ouch (used to express pain)
Ordinowie
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: ôr'dn-ou'ē
Sentence: Kip couldn't believe the pain of the muscle strain in his lower back. He had been in fights and car wrecks, and had sufferred various wounds in them as well as during his stint as a military policeman in Saigon, but this was just an ordinowie-a channel-changing injury-he'd pulled his back reaching for the remote.
Etymology: 'Ord,' Army post in Monterey Bay, California; 'inow,' var. on the mantra of the know-it-all; 'ie,' abbr. for id est, latin, 'that is.'
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COMMENTS:
interesting ety, there! - pieceof314, 2008-04-15: 13:12:00
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Hackcident
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: hak sid dent
Sentence: Although in full body cast after his mishap, Steve was lucky to be alive. He had accessed secret Defense Dept. records and his hackcident was as a result of a professional visit by some burly, zealous Marine MP's. Semper Fi!
Etymology: Hack (To gain access to (a computer file or network) illegally or without authorization) & Accident (a mishap; especially one causing injury or death)
Scoffle
Created by: bdraffen0002
Pronunciation: /ˈskôfəl/
Sentence: I pulled my back when I got in a scoffle with my phone, I was trying to plug it in under the counter without it turning on.
Etymology: Scoff: late 18th century (as a verb): originally a variant of Scots and dialect scaff . The noun is from Afrikaans schoff, representing Dutch schoft ‘quarter of a day,’ (by extension) ‘meal.’ and Scuffle late 16th century (as a verb): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Swedish skuffa ‘to push’; related to shove and shuffle.
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. . .