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DEFINITION: The prescribed response of shock and denial that all world-class athletes follow when caught using banned drugs.
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Jocklamation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: jok/la/may/shun
Sentence: Who me? Never! is the universal jocklamation of the professional athlete.
Etymology: jock + proclamation + declaration
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COMMENTS:
I don't know why this makes me think of Saran Wrap and Valetine's day. ;)) - Kyoti, 2007-07-27: 11:07:00
Darned silent "n". - Kyoti, 2007-07-27: 11:07:00
saran wrap? Valentine's Day? perhaps you're confusing this with premature ejockulation - I think there's an injockulation for that - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-27: 12:28:00
Nope, my mistake... I was thinking of jocklamination. - Kyoti, 2007-07-27: 16:35:00
And not my long-suffering bane, jocklamentation. - Kyoti, 2007-07-27: 16:36:00
Or the halloween ornamental jock-O-lantern. - Kyoti, 2007-07-27: 16:37:00
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Erkimclean
Created by: bigk3452
Pronunciation: erk-im-clean
Sentence: When the athlete was asked if he was clean in the Tour De France, he replied: "Erkimclean"
Etymology:
Increphedralous
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: In-creh-feh-druh-luss
Sentence: Buzz was just as astonished as anyone when he threw his javelin right out of the stadium, but was full of increphedralous indignation when people began to imply he was somehow abusing performance-enhancing substances.
Etymology: Incredulous + ephedra
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COMMENTS:
you must admit that it was an increphedrable distance - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-27: 12:23:00
The International Athletics Ephederation is conducting an internal investigation to get to the bottoms of these ephedreadful allegations. - Kyoti, 2007-07-27: 16:33:00
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Stareroids
Created by: tatterdemalion
Pronunciation: STAYR-roids
Sentence: Overdosing on stareroids has proven to be vocational suicide for star athletes, however, scientists have not yet discovered whether the effects of this treatment are beneficial or deleterious for society in general.
Etymology: stare + steroids
Sterannoyed
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: STEHR-uh-noid
Sentence: Alex wept as he saw the sterannoyed look of his favourite cyclist looking back at him from the television screen.
Etymology: steroid + annoyed
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COMMENTS:
poor Alex never gets a break - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-27: 12:43:00
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Repfutation
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Rep-few-tay-shun
Sentence: His general repfutation persisted of "What... uh... steroids? ... LOOK! A BASEBALL PLAYER!!"
Etymology: Reputation (a "good name", of, say, an athlete) + refutation (denial)
Refutalete
Created by: mdmquincy
Pronunciation: re-fyoo-ta-leet
Sentence: Although the tests affirmed the world's suspicions, the refutalete held fast to his disavowal of wrongdoing.
Etymology: refute + athlete with a nice sound connection to the word elite.
Illishit
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ill-ih-shit
Sentence: Seeing the blood tests come back with the testosterone levels of a 16-year old, he plunged into a state of illishit.
Etymology: illicit (drugs), and likely the first word that comes out of an athlete's mouth once they're found out.
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - remistram, 2007-07-27: 10:15:00
but everyone knew he was fullishit - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-27: 12:35:00
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Comments:
Jabberwocky - 2007-07-27: 10:48:00
I'm trying to figure out if it's Andy Warhol or Annie Lennox giving the injection
KristinA - 2007-07-27: 14:11:00
I was thinking Bowie.
ziggy41 - 2007-07-28: 01:34:00
Ellen Degeneres was my first guess.
Kyoti - 2007-07-29: 10:45:00
Anne Heche fools everyone yet again.