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'I can't believe you forgot my birthday! Whaaa!'

DEFINITION: v. To remember those special personal events, like your spouse's birthday, or your wedding anniversary, while nevertheless forgetting to take appropriate action, like getting a gift, or a card, or flowers. n. A gift that was thought of, but not purchased.

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Dissendowment

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: diss-in-dow-ment

Sentence: Jill was underwhelmed with the dissendowment David gave her for her birthday

Etymology: diss, as in to disrespect or shun/ endowment, as in gift

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COMMENTS:

Followed by disembowelment. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-06: 11:02:00

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Presentense

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: prez sen tens

Sentence: The minute she walked in the door after work, Kelly had the feeling of presentense. The reason was that although she had intended to get Wesley a birthday gift, the truth was she clean forgot about it. She rallied by saying that it was out in her car. She ran out to Walmart and was able to grab him something. He was so willing to believe her that he failed to notice it took her an hour to bring in it from her car.

Etymology: Present (gift) & Tense (uneasy or nervous or anxious) & Wordplay on Present tense (a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking)

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Scornabration

Created by: hobodad

Pronunciation: scorn-abration

Sentence: the occasion of his birthday demanded some serious scornabration

Etymology: scorn/celebration

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Hallmarkfatigue

Created by: suzanne

Pronunciation: hawlmarkfateeg

Sentence: I passed the dard store on Father's day but hallmarkfatigue set in and i didn't enter.

Etymology: Hallmark: noun tyrant company that uses guilt to imply that you don't love your friends and relatives unless you buy overpriced cardboard phrases at every conceivable occasion. fatigue - from latin meaning tiredness.

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COMMENTS:

dont fight the fatigue - suzanne, 2007-04-09: 18:43:00

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Thinket

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: think-eht

Sentence: My husband thought about getting me a trinket for my birthday, but all I ended up getting was a thinket. Perhaps he got fuggitful or forgiftful, because later he got doghousen syndrome.

Etymology: trinket, think

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COMMENTS:

I might actually use this one in real life. - iwasatripwire, 2007-04-06: 13:59:00

Can the sympoms of doghousen syndrome be eased by the sufferer sleeping on the sofa, or indeed in the doghouse? - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-06: 15:20:00

*symptoms - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-06: 15:20:00

I like sympoms better. Pays homage to The Simpsons and celebrates this dohccasion. And "The Couch" brings back such bad memories for my boyfriend that he'd prefer to sleep on my f.u.ton. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-06: 18:30:00

petaj Ignore his f.u.tile excuses. Tell him you want your birthday celebelated. - petaj, 2007-04-06: 19:57:00

Oooo, celebelate is a GREAT word! - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-07: 06:03:00

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Disregive

Created by: Ellemorpheus

Pronunciation: Dis-re-give

Sentence: How could she disregive me like that? Does she even care?

Etymology: Dis-not re-remember give-to give

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Negligentimental

Created by: Sharpedgeshurt

Pronunciation: Negg-leh-jent-teh-mehn-tull

Sentence: Bruce is a negligentimental husband, remembering his loving wife's birthdays and anniversaries while being unwilling to give her even a thoughtless gift for the occassions.

Etymology: negligent (lazily careless) + sentimental (a thought influenced by or proceeding from feeling or emotion)

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COMMENTS:

cute! But sad... - wordmeister, 2007-04-08: 10:48:00

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Acentminded

Mrgoodtimes

Created by: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: A-suhnt-mahyn-did

Sentence: Paul had listened carefully to his girlfriend over the last year. He knew her shoe size, favorite color and the designer brand she wanted. He was just too acentminded to pull the trigger on the purchase, so he went with the standby bow around his genitals.

Etymology: A Cent - Absentminded

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Givenesia

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: giv-NEEZ-ya

Sentence: Bertrand has a bad case of givenesia, always remembering important dates like Alicia's birthday, their anniversary, Valentines day etc, but never remembering to follow up with a gift.

Etymology: Blend of the words 'give' and 'amnesia'.

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Presentashun

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: prez un tay shunnn

Sentence: It wasn't the anniversary presentashun that bothered him, it was the look in her eye when she told him "it's the thought that counts"

Etymology: presentation, shun

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COMMENTS:

What a celebrashun! - Nosila, 2009-10-23: 22:44:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-06: 02:37:00
This definition is based on a fictional event. The fact that my dear and loving partner celebrated her birthday yesterday, is not related to this definition in anyway whatsoever. It is simply a coincidence. And, may I repeat, I did not forget her birthday. In fact, I thought of many gifts which I could have easily purchased for her. Thank you. ~ James

purpleartichokes - 2007-04-06: 08:13:00
So your partner got "Jamesed"?

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-06: 09:59:00
I believe she was verbotomized. And I don't think she was too pleased with the procedure. ~ James

purpleartichokes - 2007-04-06: 11:12:00
That bad, huh? Well, an iron makes a useful gift, as it is the perfect size, shape, and weight to make good contact with the forgifter's cranium.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-06: 13:26:00
Forgifter? What a wonderful merger of the words "foresight" and "gift". Clearly, I should be be forgiftgiven.

purpleartichokes - 2007-04-06: 15:31:00
Perhaps a bottle of fine whine with some aged cheesy excuses might work.

petaj petaj - 2007-04-06: 19:51:00
No doubt you have been celeberated for exploiting the comissmemoration for the benegift of the verbotomy crowd. Maybe a box of shocklates would help.

petaj petaj - 2007-04-06: 19:53:00
Or may be a celebelation will suffice.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-08: 09:38:00
Thank you for your kind thoughtdiscounts. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-10-23: 00:13:00
Today's definition was suggested by wordmeister. Thank you wordmeister. ~ James