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DEFINITION: n. A person who blames their neighbors, coworkers, and/or parents for anything and everything that is wrong in the world. v. To lay blame on someone for something which is obviously beyond their control and influence.
Verboticisms
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Lackuse
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lak youz
Sentence: As usual Sharon DeBlame always wanted to lackuse her fiance, parents, friends and relatives when things did not go her way, even though they had no control over these events. Her upcoming nuptials gave her a lot of fodder and turned her into a Bridezilla, a Bride of Frankenstein. By the time the big day rolled around, she had become impossible to live with and her fiance, Randy Foule, was seriously considering eloping with his best man, Ben Dover, just to escape the wrath of the hideous creature his innocent young fiancee had become!
Etymology: Lack (the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable or just not there) & Accuse ( blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against;reproach)
Yourfaulter
Created by: warmfuzzykitten
Pronunciation: yor-fall-ter
Sentence: In a five-minute discussion of global warming, the yourfaulter blamed China, farting cows, heavy breathers, George Soros, the Illuminati, aliens, his parents, and that yappy dog down the street.
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Transfimplicate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: tranz-FIM-pleh-kayt
Sentence: Freida was borderline paranoid and saw disasters looming in any kind of bad news and even in some of her own misadventures, but rather than taking stock and dealing with issues head on she would transfimplicate, blaming other people, the government and other kinds of agencies for her perceived doom and gloom.
Etymology: Blend of transfer and implicate
Faultfoist
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: fawlt/foist
Sentence: Jenny faultfoists all her marriage problems on her mother.
Etymology: fault (flaw; failing) + foist (to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably)
Blameslinger
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: blāmslingər
Sentence: Marge doesn’t like to admit fault for anything. She can be quite the blameslinger, all too ready to shoot from the lip at anybody within earshot.
Etymology: blame (assign responsibility for a fault or wrong) + gunslinger (a man who carries a gun and shoots well)
Culpabully
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: kull - pa - bull - ee
Sentence: Marcy is known as a culpabully. No matter what goes wrong in the world, she always blames someone; even if it is a force of nature or circumstantial.
Etymology: culpable (deserving blame), bull (a serious and ludicrous blunder,bullshit: obscene words for unacceptable behavior), bully (pick on, browbeat)
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COMMENTS:
like it - Jabberwocky, 2009-06-17: 16:03:00
Good one. - Mustang, 2009-06-18: 00:23:00
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Attributt
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: āt'rə-bŭt'
Sentence: "You're such an attributt," Georg whined. Inga had just finished explaining why he was responsible for the rainstorm that soaked them as they dashed from their car to the bistro, and for the lack of nearby parking spots.
Etymology: 'attri,' var. of Atra, trade name for late 20th century shaving device; 'butt,' any of several flatfishes, esp. the halibut; literally, 'attributt' is 'to shave one's halibut.'
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COMMENTS:
worth a vote for the etymology alone!! - galwaywegian, 2008-04-24: 07:20:00
What can I say? lol Good word. - Mustang, 2008-04-24: 22:13:00
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Juggerblame
Created by: alicat
Pronunciation: Jug-er-blame
Sentence: Tom loved to Juggerblame everyone when things weren't going his way. From his car accident that his mother-in-law caused, to his ingrown toe-nail caused by the thunderstorms, everything was always someone else's fault.
Etymology: Juggernaut (something that destroys everything in its path) + blame (to place the responsibility of the action / event on someone else)
Faultypowers
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fall tee pow urs
Sentence: Basil Fawlty is a faultypowers. He faultypowers his hotel guests for expecting too much from him, like sunny weather and decent food. He faultypowers his wife Sybil, his little nest of vipers, for his cynical world view, due to his prison camp of a marriage (she being the warden, of course and he the lifer). And mainly he faultypowers Manuel, his dogsbody, on everything and anything else that clouds his day, just because Manuel is from Barcelona and can never understand enough English to know he is to blame. In his own mind, nothing is ever Basil's fault. Luckily he has Sybil to constantly remind him that he is wrong about that, too!
Etymology: faulty (describes a situation where things are wrongly done; being responsible for errors or defects;gives reason to complain) & powers (in fluential persons; ability to act or make changes; superhuman skills) & for rhyming and reference, Fawlty Towers (popular British sitcom)
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COMMENTS:
I love Faulty Towers! - pieceof314, 2008-04-24: 11:30:00
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Pastabuckacous
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Parst- a- buck- akus
Sentence: According to the pastabuckacous he didn't do it, how could anyone think he was to blame!!
Etymology: Pass the buck + of course (they always do!!!)
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COMMENTS:
love the way this sounds - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-24: 13:16:00
A good verbotocism and fun to say. - Mustang, 2008-04-24: 22:11:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
Tigger - 2008-04-24: 02:50:00
Too bad 'blamestorm' is already in common use...
- 2008-04-26: 15:51:00
hilarious
- 2008-04-27: 07:02:00
Hiillarious clinton
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James