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'He's kind of possessive about his litter...'

DEFINITION: v., To clean up another person's mess, only to have all their garbage dumped right on top of you. n., A person who tries to help other people solve their problems but always ends up in deep doo-doo.

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Samaritrashed

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: seh-MAYR-eh-trashd

Sentence: As often as not when Harlan would voluntarily attempt to solve other people's problems he would get it wrong and end up being severely samaritrashed for his well intended efforts.

Etymology: Blend of 'samaritan' (a person who is generous in helping those in distress)and 'trash' (v. to subject to criticism or invective; especially: to disparage strongly )

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Samarian

Created by: loxhobabl

Pronunciation: sa-mare-ee-ann

Sentence: It's a dirty job but if my Samarian in shining armor won't do it, no one will.

Etymology: variation of the "good Samaritan"

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Assistrophy

Created by: ElCappa

Pronunciation: Assist + trophy

Sentence: "If you keep trying to reconstruct your neighbour's ceiling, you're going too assistrophy!"

Etymology: Assist + Catastrophy/Atrophy

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COMMENTS:

Probably should be a noun though - ElCappa, 2013-02-06: 11:37:00

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Oblitterate

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ob lit ter rayt

Sentence: When Chuck offered to clean up Ginger Tom's box, he was attacked by the cat. In his haste to dump the deposits, he instead did oblitterate it all over the kitchen floor. Heidi suggested that next time he wait until the cat was not in the box before he cleaned it out...

Etymology: Obliterate (reduced to nothingness;do away with completely, without leaving a trace) & Litter (make a place messy by strewing garbage around;material used to provide a bed/bathroom for animals;strew)

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Goodpunish

Sibahi

Created by: Sibahi

Pronunciation: Good-punish

Sentence: "John was goodpunished, John is a goodpunish"

Etymology: "No good deed goes unpunished." - Clare Boothe Luce

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COMMENTS:

Nice wordplay and turn about in your sentence and verboticism! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 08:44:00

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Plaeces

Created by: simoneshin

Pronunciation: plea-seas

Sentence:

Etymology: pleasing-faeces

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Samaritrashed

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: sah - MARE - uh - trasht

Sentence: When Germond tried to clear the clog in Beatrices's toilet with a compressor and suddenly found himself covered in fresh sewage he realized he had once again been samaritrashed while innocently trying to help someone.

Etymology: Mix of samaritan and trashed

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COMMENTS:

Did the kitty litter in the cartoon inspire this sentence! Wow ... strong images today. lol! Good blend of words, too! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 08:34:00

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Samarislimed

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: sah-MAR-uh-slymd

Sentence: When Lindstrom jumped in to help clean up the mess left in Madge's apartment when her toilet clogged and overflowed he slipped and fell face first in the putrid mess and he realized he had once again been samarislimed while innocently trying to help someone.

Etymology: Blend of 'samaritan' (a person who is generous in helping those in distress) and 'slimed' (to smear or cover with slime)

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COMMENTS:

Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-03: 03:24:00

this is really good!! - mweinmann, 2008-12-03: 10:51:00

metrohumanx So much for do-it-yerself plumbing! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-03: 16:46:00

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Recalcitrash

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: ri-KAL-si-trash

Sentence: Ted‘s scatchat led him to dust-ups and his dregochets bounced back to land him into domestic doo-doo. Omnidebriotic, he almost always recalcitrashed the efforts of those who tried to helped him.

Etymology: Blend of recalcitrant: hard to deal with; to kick back & trash. 2, Scatchat(filth & dung + chat. 3. Dreg(dirt & dung)& chet(ricochet) to rebound. Omnidebriotic: omni+debri(s)+ (id)iotic.

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COMMENTS:

Unique blendings! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 09:07:00

it sounds funny if you promounce it recall/zee/trash - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-07: 16:42:00

oops should be pronounce - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-07: 16:42:00

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Jackassist

Created by: Magnetic

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Trying to meddle in coworkers' problems ended up getting Bob fired -- that'll teach him to be such a jackassist.

Etymology: jackass + assist

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COMMENTS:

Roaring with laughter! Good one! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 20:01:00

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-07: 03:15:00
Today's definition was suggested by purpleman. Thank you purpleman. ~ James

silveryaspen - 2008-02-07: 21:21:00
Had fun with your definition today, purpleman! A rose for your good cartoon, James! (an aside for pupleman and Stevenson about a past verbot: You both noted that beefcant got votes but no comments. It was because most of the compliments I thought turned my face red! If you care to go back and take a look, I'm tickled pink to tell you I finally came up with one I could post!)

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-08: 04:17:00
Smells like a rose or maybe a strawberry. Thanks Silveryaspen! ~ James

silveryaspen - 2008-12-02: 13:05:00
Great word. Great etymology.

silveryaspen - 2008-12-02: 13:08:00
in the wrong box again! I'm flummboxed!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-04-27: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by purpleman. Thank you purpleman. ~ James

scrabbelicious - 2010-05-01: 13:17:00
What can I say, fools seldom differ. ;-)