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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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Distake
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: distāk
Sentence: When Joan didn’t buy a birthday gift for her mother-in-law she realized that she had made a huge distake.
Etymology: dis (act or speak in a disrespectful way) + mistake (an action or judgment that is misguided or wrong) + take (in baseball; to allow a pitch to go by without attempting to hit the ball)
Quasipathy
Created by: zrotv
Pronunciation: kwā-zĭp'əth-ē
Sentence: Its not that I don't care about special days. I have quasipathy about the situation. Sure, acknowledgment might be in order, but blathering celebration seems a bit much. (also: quasipathetic)
Etymology: quasi ('To some degree') + pathos ('feeling'... as in sympathy or empathy)
Uhohcasion
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: uh o kay sjun
Sentence: Being that Noel's birthday is on Dec.25, no one remembers to get him a birthday present. His uhohccasion is lumped in with the Christmas celebrations and people seldom remember to get him a separate birthday gift.
Etymology: Uh oh (Oops!)(Used to express acknowledgement of a blunder, or mistake) & Occasion (event, milestone,celebration)
Scornabration
Created by: hobodad
Pronunciation: scorn-abration
Sentence: the occasion of his birthday demanded some serious scornabration
Etymology: scorn/celebration
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
Commehmorate
Created by: playdohheart
Pronunciation: com-MEH-more-ate
Sentence: Bobby couldn't wait to get a wonderful present for their six day anniversary but Susan commehmorated it.
Etymology: commemorate + "meh" (a sound expressing "whatever")
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COMMENTS:
Ha Ha, I love the "meh" - riflesandkids74, 2007-04-08: 11:38:00
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Neglibrate
Created by: riflesandkids74
Pronunciation: neh-glih-brayt
Sentence: I tried to explain to Carie that i didn't intend to neglibrate her dog's 3rd birthday, but she would no longer have it, and she ran off with Lu-Lu under her arm.
Etymology: neglect and celibrate
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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Acentminded
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
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