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'I'm clean! Clean as a needle!'

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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Fartichoque

Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: faaaaaaaaaar

Sentence: teeeeeeeeeeeee

Etymology: shocque

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Medisin

Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Med-e-sin

Sentence: It was quite obvious that he was medisinning when various unprescribed drugs were falling out of his pockets but still refused to accept they were his.

Etymology: Medicine (drug for treatment) + sin (an immoral act)

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COMMENTS:

good one ziggy - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-24: 12:12:00

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Prescriptstun

petaj

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

petaj 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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Drugonballs

bennyfio

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)

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Stirroid

ohwtepph

Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: /stir - roid/

Sentence: I found out that athletes share a common defensive reflex when I sent fake e-mails to all of the Olympics athletes that they were discovered to be on physically enhancing illegal drugs. I will call this worldwide phenomenon a "stirroid".

Etymology: stir [cause a stir; a commotion] + steroid

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Notmeosis

Created by: thephil

Pronunciation: notm:eosis

Sentence: When caught, he entered the mental state of notmeosis.

Etymology: NOT ME osis

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Stundenial

artr

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)

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Dopnial

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌdoʊpˈnaɪəl/ /dohp-NAI-uhl/

Sentence: I sometimes wonder whether players rehearse their claims of dopnial just in case they get caught.

Etymology: From doping + denial

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COMMENTS:

Only the dopey ones! - Stevenson0, 2007-05-23: 12:45:00

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Deniabolical

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: dinīəbälikəl

Sentence: The use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports is deniabolical.

Etymology: deny (refuse to admit the truth) + anabolic steroid (a synthetic steroid hormone that resembles testosterone in promoting the growth of muscle) + diabolical (belonging to or so evil as to recall the Devil)

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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:

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-23: 10:07:00
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

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2011-04-27: 00:28:00
Today's definition was suggested by wordmeister. Thank you wordmeister. ~ James