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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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Stenchdiverter
Created by: jadespring
Pronunciation:
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Etymology: from german stinkfinger.
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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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")
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
Skyfault
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sky fawlt
Sentence: When the sun made her ice cream cone drip, Betheny did the old skyfault trick...blame the sky, cause it holds the sun for melting the ice cream, which would not have happened if she had just eaten it right away.
Etymology: Sky (wild blue yonder) Fault (Blame;culpability) & Wordplay on Skyfall (latest James Bond Movie)
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)
Extraculpdeflect
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: extra+culp+deflect
Sentence: You're already late due to your own procrastination, don't waste even more time extraculpdeflecting.
Etymology: extraNEOUS+culpABLE+deflectION
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)
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
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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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