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DEFINITION: v., To search for and find a pen to write down an important note, only to discover that the pen does not work. n., A moment in time when the only pens you can find, are pens that do not work.
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Penopausal
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: pen-o-PAWZ-uhl
Sentence: Penopausal made Bob feel powerless when it caused him to miss a once in a life-time date with Jennifer Hawkins.
Etymology: PEN:a writing implement& PAUSE: to cause to cease +AL: suffix:kind of, pertaining to.
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COMMENTS:
very funny ozzie - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-03: 09:44:00
Good one! - TJayzz, 2008-10-03: 13:09:00
What happens when you combine penopausal with a menopausal woman...? I shudder to think about it. - zxvasdf, 2008-10-03: 13:40:00
Murder, She Wrote! - Nosila, 2008-10-03: 20:19:00
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Abicphany
Created by: fourgirls
Pronunciation: ah-pif-uh-nee
Sentence:
Etymology: abic - Without a pen epiphany - a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something
Ballpointless
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: bawl poynt lehsssss
Sentence: "This pen is ballpointless!" he bawled, pointlessly..
Etymology: pointless, ballpoint
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COMMENTS:
ballistic word! - Nosila, 2010-03-03: 10:17:00
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Dudstriment
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: dud-stri-mint
Sentence: All of the pens in the office were dudstriments when Sam really needed to take notes.
Etymology: Dud- a person or thing that proves ineffectual or a failure. Instriments taken in part of the correct spelling "instruments" - An implement used to facilitate work.
Penmurphy
Created by: cawnpore
Pronunciation:
Sentence: When he finally met her and got Jessica's phone number, he penmurphied (and later that evening killed himself).
Etymology: pen+murphy (from Murphy's law)
Inkpediment
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: ink-PED'e-ment
Sentence: Unable to find a working pen, Barbara walked from room to room repeatedly chanting the phone number, while hoping to overcome her inkpediment.
Etymology: ink + impediment
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COMMENTS:
or inkPENdiment, perhaps. - MrDave2176, 2007-11-06: 09:19:00
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Bictimized
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: BIK-tum-ized
Sentence: The infomercial was urging him to "CALL NOW!!", but where was the freakin' pen to write down the number!? Finally finding it right where he left it, wedged between the telephone and milk in the refrigerator, he snatched it up and began to write down the number. But, alas, it would not produce anything more than a small dent in the paper, leaving Bob, once again, bictimized.
Etymology: Bic (brand of pen), victimized
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COMMENTS:
The noun would be a "bicdemise". - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-06: 04:59:00
That would be the moment when he threw the useless calligraphic instrument into the bin. - petaj, 2007-11-06: 07:11:00
On the plus side, that probably saved Bob from later suffering buyers regret. - libertybelle, 2007-11-06: 08:50:00
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Bictimized
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: bik/tim/ized
Sentence: There were two signatories and two pens to choose from, one that had a grey cover and one that was clear with a reservior of blue ink showing through. He chose the clear pen and realized when he put the pen to paper with no result he'd been bictimized again.
Etymology: bic + victimized
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COMMENTS:
If you have been a bictim, raise your hand. - zxvasdf, 2008-10-03: 13:41:00
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Impentent
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: Im pen tent
Sentence: He scrambled for a pen as soon as a Pulitzer winning idea took shape in his brain, but as many have before and many will afterwards,encountered impentency. The idea faded, leaving him to angrily mutter at the pen, "Impertinent impentent pen!"
Etymology: Impotent (sterile) & Pen (writing instrument)
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COMMENTS:
He needds some Viagra in his ink! - Nosila, 2008-10-03: 20:18:00
I've seen Viagra on pens, but I would be extremely concerned if I found some in my pen. - zxvasdf, 2008-10-03: 23:11:00
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Ballpointless
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bôlˌpoint lis
Sentence: Rusty had a wonderful idea. This happened so infrequently that it seemed imperative to write it down. He reached for a ballpointless pen and proceeded to do little more than tear a hole in a piece of paper. This whole exercise was ballpointless. He then had to try his entire collection of paper scratchers. As he looked at the advertising message on a pen and wondered where he had pilfered each one, the original thought he wanted to save for humanity slowly faded away, never to return.
Etymology: ballpoint (a pen with a tiny ball as its writing point) + pointless (having little or no sense, use, or purpose)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by vixphilia. Thank you vixphilia! ~ James'
OZZIEBOB - 2007-11-06: 16:53:00
Good word!
Today's definition was suggested by vixphilia. Thank you vixphilia. ~ James
Petrikreink - 2020-03-03: 05:14:00