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DEFINITION: v. intr. To be accused of something you didn't do, then do that exact same thing later, completely by accident. n. A false accusation which coincidentally happens to be correct.

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Accuratesation

Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: ack-you-rate-sa-shun

Sentence: Amanda vehemently denied David's suggestion that she had been over using chemicals to relax her hair; her total baldness by the end of the month revealed the depth of david's accuratesation.

Etymology: accurate + accusation

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COMMENTS:

Great sentence and etymology! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 11:52:00

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Hypocriticize

Created by: swallowedbyafish

Pronunciation: hih-po-crih-tih-size

Sentence: Remember the other day you hypocritisized me about driving on the wrong side of road? Well look at me now - I'm dead!

Etymology: hypocrite + criticize

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COMMENTS:

Hauntingly well done! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 11:54:00

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Factcident

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: fakt-ser-dent

Sentence: the editor of the tabloid magazine knew that most of what they printed was rubbish...but she was pretty sure there must be a few factcidents in there as well

Etymology: fact, accident

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COMMENTS:

Good sentence! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 12:20:00

Good word and spot-on with the sentence. - ErWenn, 2008-02-19: 19:04:00

I really like the sound of this word. Question though: Your pronunciation (fakt-ser-dent) sounds like how someone from Long Island, New York would say it (adding 'r's). Was that intentional? - Tigger, 2008-02-19: 20:48:00

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Steroidstance

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: ster/oid/stance

Sentence: The sports writer accused Joe, the star athlete of using illegal drugs, but Joe took the steroidstance saying that he wouldn't dignify that question with an answer as he hurried off to his personal trainer for a boost.

Etymology: steroid + happenstance

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COMMENTS:

Sure is a lot of steroidstancing in the sports world! Good sentence! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 19:39:00

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Inadveritas

Created by: Banky

Pronunciation: in-ad-vehr-ih-toss

Sentence: Midway through the master bedroom closet Hank found the diary. He and his wife had been cleaning out his childhood home for three days now, throwing out grade school spelling assignments, and obituaries of every person in the small Arkansas town that his mother had ever known. He began leafing through the journal, hoping that he might begin to understand more about what his estranged mother was like in her youth, and realize how she had become the dour and world-beaten woman that he had buried not a week ago. Engrossed in how she had met his father and their courtship through the Korean war, he paused, with a look of abject terror at the next entry. It described the birth of a baby girl named Elizabeth Marie, who had been given up for adoption in that very town. "How's it going in there, honey?" rang Liz's voice down the hallway. Hank snapped out of his trance, "Uh...it's...it's okay. Sweetheart, what children's home did you grow up at?". A long pause deafened Hank, and a quizzical "St. Joseph's?" answered. The pit in Hank's stomach grew harder, and trickle of cold sweat wound down his back as he found the name on the page. Every time his college friends had taunted him about Arkansians and incest replayed in his mind, their inadveritas jokes hardening the lump in his throat.

Etymology: inadvertent - unintentional, veritas - Latin for "truth"

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COMMENTS:

Shockingly, heartbreaking sentence! Great etymology! Great creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 11:46:00

This word's right on the money. - ErWenn, 2008-02-19: 19:03:00

Banky, your stories are as good as your verbots... better even. Very entertaining! - Tigger, 2008-02-19: 21:00:00

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Accimeant

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: ack - suh - meant

Sentence: Lowell was sure he was being honest when he denied the accusations made against him and only later learned that he had committed the offense by accimeant.....accidentally on purpose.

Etymology: accident + meant

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COMMENTS:

hehehe! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-19: 09:21:00

very good - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-19: 11:13:00

Terrific! It will become part of my vocabulary for accidentally on purpose! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 11:49:00

Another clever blend. - Tigger, 2008-02-19: 20:58:00

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