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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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Impugnity
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: im-PYOON--uh-tee
Sentence: Miranda's usual approach to things she disliked or disapproved of would be to launch an attack of impugnity without regard to truth or veracity.
Etymology: Play on the word impugn
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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Scapegoatherder
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: scape/gote/hur/dur
Sentence: Sam was a scapegoatherder who had a handy flock of scapegoats to blame for anything that went wrong.
Etymology: scapegoat + goat herder
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COMMENTS:
lol - mrskellyscl, 2009-06-17: 06:52:00
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Lameblame
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: laim-blaim
Sentence: Gertrude came up with so many ridiculous reasons for her own failures that her friends began to label her tactics as lameblame, phony excuses that they knew even SHE couldn't believe.
Etymology: Blend of 'lame' (weak; inadequate; unsatisfactory; clumsy: a lame excuse) and 'blame' (to hold responsible; find fault with; censure)
Faultune
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: folt-you-n
Sentence: Kate was shunned by her neighbours because they were tired of her faultuning them. They had tried to be friendly, but what could they do with someone who castigated them for the sun coming up later as Winter came on.
Etymology: fault + fortune (destiny, fate) + tune (she's not singing that same old song again?)
Blamebidextrous
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: blame/bee/dex/trose
Sentence: A blamebedextrous person can shift blame with double the speed.
Etymology: blame + be + ambidextrous
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COMMENTS:
clver! - mweinmann, 2009-06-18: 08:52:00
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Scapedote
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: scape-dote
Sentence: Bressica, filled with rage at the world after watching the latest global warming documentary, wanted to blame everyone else for the way the environment is.
Etymology: scapegoat (fall guy) + dote (act foolishly)
Environmentalpest
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: en/vyro/mental/pest
Sentence: An environmentalpest is worse than global warming.
Etymology: environmentalist + mental + pest
Beliebelame
Created by: leedit
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Beliebelaming behavior can be symptomatic of poor self esteem and diminished synaptic activity.
Etymology: Original form, "belible", was more common in the first half of the 20th century; additional syllable is a more recent etymological development.
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
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