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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.
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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)
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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Boywhip
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈbɔɪˌʍɪp/
Sentence: The boywhipper would blame his coworkers, his family, his friends, random passers-by, modern technology, politics, climate change, UFOs, supernatural beings, Murphy, and even himself on occasion but NEVER would he even dream of blaming his cat.
Etymology: To boywhip is to whip a whipping boy. A boywhipper is one who does so.
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COMMENTS:
methinks you have a very cool cat ErWenn - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-24: 13:19:00
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Critisighs
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: kri/ti/size
Sentence: Sally was convinced that the world was doomed by thoughtless people and would often let her opinions out in carefully aimed citisighs. "odor" "mold" "dust" "waste of space"
Etymology: criticize + sighs
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COMMENTS:
funny word! - wordmeister, 2008-04-24: 10:09:00
Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-26: 19:10:00
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Blaim
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: blll aym
Sentence: She was the consummate blaimer, the word sorry only ever left her lips if preceded by "you'll be" of followed by "I ever met someone so incompetent". It was probably hereditary.
Etymology: Blame. Aim.
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COMMENTS:
good one, galwaywegian...have met her! - Nosila, 2008-04-24: 21:30:00
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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 )
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.
Etymology:
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
Stenchdiverter
Created by: jadespring
Pronunciation:
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Etymology: from german stinkfinger.
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