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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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Scapegoad
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: SKAIP goad
Sentence: Lam finally realized that her boyfriend basically just enjoyed picking fights for no reason. Most of them revolved around her supposed failure to care about health, the environment, or other people. He scapegoaded her for the size of his OWN butt (it was her fault because she bought snacks with trans-fats). It was because of her that his elderly mother was unhappy ("She's lonely and you don't pay enough attention to her when she talks about all her aches and digestive problems"). He scapegoaded her for using too much hot water when she took a nice long hot shower ("wasteful and bad for the environment," he said). But once, when they stayed in a hotel, he took lots of long hot showers, and it was then that she realized that he just wanted to make sure there was enough hot water for HIM! She had the last laugh, though, when she decided to break up with him. She donated his beloved car to Aid for the Ancient. When he arrived home to find it gone, she said cheerfully, "I knew you wouldn't mind because I KNOW how much you care about helping old people. And an added bonus is that it's really good for the environment AND your health if you drive less and bike more!"
Etymology: scapegoat (to single out a person for unmerited blame or negative treatment) + goad (to harass, nag, antagonize)
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COMMENTS:
good one... - Nosila, 2010-06-29: 19:23:00
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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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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)
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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Raptionalize
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /RAP-shun-uh-liyz/
Sentence: Nothing was ever Doug's fault, and he would be the first one to admit that. He would raptionalize away any hint of blame for anything that went wrong, and he never hesitated to name a scapegoat for any conceivable problem. Doug made an art out of 'passing the buck'. Even when he was caught taking office supplies from the office, he blamed his parents for not spending enough time with him as a child, because, he explained, they were both workaholics.
Etymology: Rap - blame or punishment, especially for a crime (from Swedish, rapp "light blow" as in a rebuke) + Rationalize - to ascribe problems to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid, but are actually unrelated (from Latin, ratiōnālis "reason")
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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Sinflate
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: sin-flate
Sentence: Jean would sinflate every mistake Jack made until he felt like he needed to beg for absolution.
Etymology: sin: guilt, trespass, ungodliness + inflate:aggrandize, blow out of proportion
Blunderbus
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bluhn-der-buhs
Sentence: Jill never feels that she is to blame for anything. Should one of her friends suggest that she has made a mistake, she is perfectly willing to throw them under the blunderbus. She will then take over for the driver and do doughnuts just to drive her point home.
Etymology: blunder (mistake) + blunderbuss (an obsolete short musket with large bore and flared muzzle, used to scatter shot at short range )
Faultinator
Created by: pieceof314
Pronunciation: fall tih nay tor
Sentence: Janice was a pathological faultinator. She had to blame every single disappointment on someone. "It's your fault my ice cream is melting, you twit," she decried. "If you hadn't stopped to tie your shoe and paid the cashier, he would have handed it me earlier." Mark just looked on with surprise. "And if you hadn't rushed my decision, I would have gotten chocolate chip mint instead of pistachio." "WTF? I didn't rush you," Mark relplied. "Yes you did; you were staring at me." Mark thought about planning his exit strategy.
Etymology: Fault + inator
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COMMENTS:
so that's what happened - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-24: 13:24:00
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Culpoholic
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: KUHL-po-hol-ik
Sentence: Bob was culpoholic who would smile when things went wrong because he had already thought of someone he could blame it on.
Etymology: CULPOHOLIC: One who ascribes blame to others excessively & habitually. From Lt, "CULP" " fault, blame, crime & "OHOLIC" : A pseudo suffix: for one who does something to excess & habitually.
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-24: 11:45:00
excellent - stache, 2008-04-24: 14:07:00
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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