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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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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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Eventualstress
Created by: Allison
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Barry's incessant whining because Jennifer didn't buy him yet another anniversary gift was causing Jennifer to have another bout of eventualstress like the one she had on his birthday.
Etymology:
Thoughtdiscount
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: thort-dis-cownt or, in less civilised areas, fort-dis-caant
Sentence: He would often thoughtdiscount their "anniversary of the day we first kissed", which Marie valued greatly, choosing to reminisce rather than book a table.
Etymology: From the useless proverb "it's the thought that counts" and "discount" suggesting "being cheap". Shame and woe to all thoughtdiscounters- mahahahaha!
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-06: 15:33:00
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Meminaction
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: meh - mih - NAK - shuhn
Sentence: Sorry, I knew it was your birthday but meminaction took the better of me.
Etymology: Mem- from memo(ry) In- prefix indicating NOT Action
Circumsent
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: sir/cum/sent
Sentence: Every year Stephen would circumsent Jane's birthday by pretending he had thought she didn't wish to be reminded of being a year older.
Etymology: circumvent + sent
Noughtful
Created by: simoneshin
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Good potential...give us a sentence/etymology and you'll get more points! - Nosila, 2009-10-23: 22:45:00
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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)
Negligenevent
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: negg-le-genn-event
Sentence: When you've been negligeneventing too frequently you know that your relationship is going in the toilet fast.
Etymology: negligent + event
Theorecall
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌθiəˈɹikɑl/
Sentence: One can theorecall major events, which often results in lots of head-smacking and an inability to get sympathy from anyone, but it's also possible to theorecall simple things. For example, one might remember to go to the store but end up buying snacks instead of milk and eggs.
Etymology: From theoretical + recall
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