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'Those drugs were my wife's drugs...'

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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Arraigncheck

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: a rayn chek

Sentence: George had been fed up with his wife's suspicious questions about his working late every night...afterall he was just taking care of business. Wait till he told his mistresses about the latest arraigncheck she'd just given him!

Etymology: arraign (to accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy) & raincheck (a promise or a commitment to do something later)

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COMMENTS:

libertybelle clever! - libertybelle, 2008-02-19: 09:16:00

love it! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-19: 09:20:00

Ingenious! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 11:57:00

Spot on, Nosila! Just wait until that cheater George gets the bill for this 'arraigncheck'. - Tigger, 2008-02-19: 13:12:00

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Unfib

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌʌnˈfɪb/

Sentence: One can unfib accidentally: "I unfibbed my fake broken leg by tripping on the crutches I was using for verisimilitude." One is occasionally required to unfib on purpose: "I told her that we were going to go bowling because I thought that would make her stay home, but when she pulled out her personalized ball and custom-fit shoes, I was forced to go and unfib the whole thing."

Etymology: From un- + fib

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COMMENTS:

Sometimes people tell what they think are lies when they are actually telling the truth. While this is often referred to as "unfibbing", technically "malfibbing" would be more correct. - ErWenn, 2008-02-19: 10:31:00

Fibulous! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 11:39:00

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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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Slipocrisy

Created by: Biscotti

Pronunciation: slip-pock-rysee

Sentence: John was caugt in a slipocrisy when he told the kids not to eat cookies before dinner, yet he had one not 10 minutes later; they were really tempting.

Etymology: slip (to mess up) + hypocrisy (don't practice what you preach)

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COMMENTS:

Excellent verboticism. - Mustang, 2008-02-19: 23:18:00

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Arrestiny

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /uh-REST-tuh-nee/

Sentence: Officer Hurley told us an ironic story about a known car thief who had apparently lost the keys to his own car, and was arrested when the police found him hotwiring it. One week later, arrestiny prevailed, and he was caught hotwiring a car he didn't actually own.

Etymology: blend of Arrest - into legal custody (from Latin, restāre "to stand still") & Destiny - inevitable course of events (from Latin, dēstināre "determine")

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COMMENTS:

Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-19: 15:33:00

Great etymoology and blending! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 19:30:00

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Veratilie

Created by: 8Revolution8

Pronunciation: vera/ti/lee

Sentence: "But I didn't do it!" "Ok, I believe you...(for now...)" Sometime... later... The veratilie of the offense made that man's three kids orphans...

Etymology: verity (true/truth) + lie

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COMMENTS:

Goes right to the contradiction in the definition! Really captures the dichotomy in it! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 19:33:00

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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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Lewinskidince

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: loo in skid inse

Sentence: It was a pure lewinskidince, she was shining my shoes before my press conference, the phone rang and I couldn't find an ashtray.

Etymology: lewinski, coincidence

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COMMENTS:

are you sure it wasn't blewinskidince? - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-19: 11:16:00

Roaringly funny! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 12:11:00

Certainly put her moniker on this one! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-19: 15:29:00

HA! - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-19: 18:20:00

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Dohpas

Created by: Jamagra

Pronunciation: doe pah

Sentence: PTO Treasurer Lucinda Bookcooker belatedly realized that announcing an "irregularity" in the organization's financial records whilst wearing Gucci, hand-painted silk Jimmy Choo pumps and carrying a Coach handbag might be considered by some to be a dohpas.

Etymology: colloquial "doh" popularized by Homer Simpson + the French "faux pas"

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COMMENTS:

Clever! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 12:22:00

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Fict

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: fikt

Sentence: He told the lie with such conesty, that no one suspected that his fact, was in fact, a fict.

Etymology: fact, fiction

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COMMENTS:

Short, strong sentence and blend. Like conesty as much as fikt! Exceptional! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 12:07:00

Agreed, I like 'conesty' as well. - Tigger, 2008-02-19: 13:20:00

Yep, "conesty" is tops! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-19: 15:32:00

I liked conesty too, but when I saved it, google found it on another invented word web site. - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-19: 15:49:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-19: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by 8Revolution8. Thank you 8Revolution8. ~ James

Nosila - 2008-02-19: 14:20:00
Good one, Tigger...how irobnic!