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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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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)
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)
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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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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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?)
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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Blaminista
Created by: arrrteest
Pronunciation: Blay-min-eest-ah
Sentence: "I bet it's my fault you have a hangnail," Jeffry cried out in frustration. According to Christa the Blaminista, he was responsible for all that was wrong with their relationship.
Etymology: Blaming + ist, agent noun suffix, also used to indicate adherence to a certain doctrine or custom -- ista, from Sp. form, popularized in Eng. 1970s by names of Latin-American revolutionary movements.
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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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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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.
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