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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.
Verboticisms
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Sentimentencing
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: sent-i/ment/en/sing
Sentence: Yeah - well it's really all about the sentiment not the gift right so I'm sentimentencing your birthday right now - and I did get you that diamondlike stud for your ear once and diamonds are ...like...forever
Etymology: sentiment + sentence
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COMMENTS:
3 weeks sleeping on the couch is the sentence for sentimencing - petaj, 2007-04-06: 19:37:00
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Comissmemorate
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: com-miss-MEM-o-rate
Sentence: Benny comissmemorated my birthday this year by organising a special surprise -- a beautifully wrapped, yet empty box.
Etymology: commemorate (to remember a significant event with a ceremony) + miss (to fail -and also the middle of the word omission) + commiserate (sympathize with - what my girlfriends will do when I tell them about Benny the rat)
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COMMENTS:
how cruel - Benny is a rat - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-06: 16:09:00
Great word. Ever heard of the (cheap fete classic) game "splat-a-rat"? I'd try it. - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-06: 18:12:00
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Noneiversary
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: nuhn-ih-VURRS-uh-ree
Sentence: Alex's birthday was yet another noneiversary, and he cleared out closet space in vain.
Etymology: none + anniversary
Vaporversary
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: vay-per-ver-sary
Sentence: Rachel turned Doug's birthday into a vaporversary because, as usual, she got him nothing.
Etymology: portmanteau of "vapor" and "anniversary"
Disselebrate
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: diss + el + eh + brate
Sentence: Hey, I knew it was your anniversary, I just chose to disselebrate it.
Etymology: diss + celebrate
Indifferecall
Created by: PythianHabenero
Pronunciation: in.diff.uh.re.call.
Sentence: Emily indifferecalled her boyfriend's birthday every year without fail.
Etymology: indifferent + recall
Missedgiving
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: mist GIV ing
Sentence: Laura was anxious because her husband seemed to really be downplaying her upcoming birthday. She suspected that he thought that she wouldn't want attention brought to it, since it was her 40th. But she really wanted all the trappings - the big party, fancy jewelry, and maybe an expensive trip. She figured she deserved the attention! But she was starting to have some missedgivings....
Etymology: missed + misgivings
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COMMENTS:
good word - mrskellyscl, 2009-10-23: 11:56:00
Excellent word! - Nosila, 2009-10-23: 22:42:00
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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'.
Naryanniversnary
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: nairy annee vers nairy
Sentence: You just knew that after 37 years, the honeymoon was over. In the early years, Peaches and Howard had bought each other elaborate gifts and surprises to mark their wedding anniversaries...exotic trips, a new home, elegant gifts and expensive cameras, perfumes,jewellery, etc. After that long, people start to take each other for granted. Medicines and their side effects to keep symptoms at bay replace romance and passion with menopause,ED,gastro reflux and more frequent potty trips. Now they celebrated a naryanniversnary. Maybe he'd remember to shave that day and maybe she'd cook him a nice supper. They still loved each other, but they didn't remember why. Life just sometimes gets in the way of love...
Etymology: Nary (negative;not in any degree or manner; not at all) & Anniversary (the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it);ie: a wedding)
Celeberate
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: sell-ah-be-rate
Sentence: Julie would tend to celeberate special occassions by remembering the occassion but forgetting to do anything special which usually led to a fight.
Etymology: celebrate + berate
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COMMENTS:
I like it! Good word!! I love berating people at their celebrations. It keeps them from feeling too good about themselves on their special day!!! Got my vote. - Stevenson0, 2007-04-06: 17:03:00
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Comments:
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"?
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.
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.
No doubt you have been celeberated for exploiting the comissmemoration for the benegift of the verbotomy crowd. Maybe a box of shocklates would help.
Or may be a celebelation will suffice.
Thank you for your kind thoughtdiscounts. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by wordmeister. Thank you wordmeister. ~ James