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DEFINITION: n. The prescribed response of shock and denial that all world-class athletes follow when caught using banned drugs. v. To act shocked and deny guilt when accused of wrong-doing.
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Dopified
Created by: daisy
Pronunciation: doe-pi-fide
Sentence: Mr. Landis was dopified to learn that those bottles of steroid water could actually be detected.
Etymology:
Nostimpics
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: no-STIMM-pix
Sentence: Richard's nostimpics were almost as bad as his Olympics sportsmanship - he was caught doping in two different sports!
Etymology: no + stim (stimulant) + pics (pictures) + rhymes with Olympics
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COMMENTS:
Great sounding word, and fun to say! :) - Rhyme79, 2012-09-19: 10:26:00
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Dopefeign
Created by: newworldview
Pronunciation: dope-fane
Sentence: The proof is incontrovertible. You can't dopefeign your way out this time.
Etymology: dope + feign
Notmeosis
Created by: thephil
Pronunciation: notm:eosis
Sentence: When caught, he entered the mental state of notmeosis.
Etymology: NOT ME osis
Stundenial
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: stun-dih-nahy-uhl
Sentence: The athlete's stundenial was hard to believe when he was found to have a trunk full of stimulance.
Etymology: stun (to astonish; astound; amaze) + denial (disbelief in the existence or reality of a thing)
Ostretch
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: oss/trech
Sentence: If your credibility is ever in doubt just do this simple ostretch and it will all go away
Etymology: ostrich + stretch
Ignoblivian
Created by: grasshopper
Pronunciation: Ig/no/bl/iv/ian
Sentence: The winner of the weight lifting competation stated that he was ignoblivian about any drugs that he was being accusd of using.
Etymology: Igno = Ignorant/ oblivian = oblivious Ignoblivian
Wideoid
Created by: ekath
Pronunciation: wide-oid
Sentence: Jason Giambi was one of the first athletes to nationally popularize the wideoid response to alleged drug use, and later got caught it a legal battle over trademark/copyright laws concerning the controversial reaction technique and accompanying facial expression.
Etymology: from wide-eyed + steroid... i played around with this for a while but couldn't come up with a better spelling to more accurately convey the pronunciation. any suggestions?
Drugonballs
Created by: bennyfio
Pronunciation: drug-on-balls
Sentence: drugonballs!
Etymology: maybe the etymology is 'drug on balls' or or maybe dragon balls (ancient chinese remedy to all the illnesses)
Prescriptstun
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: pre-SCRIP-stun
Sentence: Derek strode into the pretenssconference mistakenly confident that his prescriptstun would convince the world that he was clean.
Etymology: prescription (they always say it was prescribed for the flu) + script (used to rehearse for the press conference) + stun (shock)
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COMMENTS:
well done! (some would say too well done without some help, hmmmm) - galwaywegian, 2007-05-23: 07:01:00
good one petaj - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-23: 12:41:00
Right galwaywegian, I'll see you at the pretenssconference after I consult my spindoctor about this terrible flu I'm suffering. - petaj, 2007-05-23: 18:40:00
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Comments:
Some of the best Verboticisms were late showing up this morning, even though they had already entered the race. I categorically deny that this had anything to do with the use of stimulants. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by wordmeister. Thank you wordmeister. ~ James