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DEFINITION: v. To make the same mistake over and over again even though you know it's stupid. n. A compulsively repeated mistake.
Verboticisms
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Frodulerg
Created by: hatman003
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Henry! thats the third time you didn't lock the airplane door are you just making a frodulerg?
Etymology:
Compulstuped
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: com-pul-stooped
Sentence: Rob Dimbulb has this bad habit of being compulstuped by the easiest of tasks.
Etymology: "Compul" - Taken from part of the word Compulsive: Psychology Caused or conditioned by compulsion or obsession. "(Stup)-ed" Taken from part of the word Stupid: Slow to learn or understand; obtuse. Tending to make poor decisions or careless mistakes. Marked by a lack of intelligence or care; foolish or careless.
Reiterazy
Created by: monkeywerks
Pronunciation: re it r a z
Sentence: Robert once again proved he was reiterazy by ordering a "Big Mac" for lunch.
Etymology: Reiterate + Crazy
Fauxcycle
Created by: elemon
Pronunciation: foh-sicle
Sentence: Maeve is totally caught in a dating fauxcycle -- have you seen her latest prize?
Etymology: faux (Fr: "faux pas" -- missed steps); OE: "cycle" -- go round and round)
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like Maeve's situation is farcicle. - petaj, 2007-06-07: 22:33:00
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Misfudgement
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: mis/fudj/ment
Sentence: Not willing to admit that he kept making the same mistake over and over again, Joel once again convinced himself that his decision to have that midnight latte the night before his 6 a.m. presentation was nothing more than a misfudgement...something a 5 a.m. latte could cure.
Etymology: Derived from misjudgement. Fudge: Slang/nice way of saying...yes...the "f" word. :)
Redoofus
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: rēdoōfəs
Sentence: Eric is a redoofus. He doesn*t mean to make the same mistakes over and over. It*s just that he is a very habitual person. Once he has goofed twice, he has developed a reflex. Even when he has time to ponder a decision, he overthinks it and usually corrects the correction back to the error.
Etymology: redo (do something again or differently) + doofus (a stupid person)
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COMMENTS:
funny...love it - mrskellyscl, 2009-12-31: 06:05:00
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Errennial
Created by: Trystera
Pronunciation: air-IN-ee-ull or ur-IN-ee-ul
Sentence: Duane errennially spent his weekly pay on lottery tickets.
Etymology: Err + perennial
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COMMENTS:
Ok, so it's neither of the suggested parts of speech. I like it anyway. - Trystera, 2007-06-07: 17:56:00
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Dohbletake
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: doh! + bull + take
Sentence: She flung a plate at him which shattered, but it missed so she was angry enough for a dohbletake and threw another.
Etymology: Doh!
Cockupation
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: cock-you-pay-shun
Sentence: Ted's main cockupation is phoning his ex girlfriend when he's drunk. But he also has a few sidelines like locking himself out of his house and eating stupidly hot curries when he's on the last few sheets of loo roll.
Etymology: A play on 'occupation'. Cock up + occupation = cockupation. Cock/cock up - a mistake/to make an error. Occupation - an activity or vocation.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by jadenguy. Thank you jadenguy! ~ James
jadenguy - 2007-06-07: 08:49:00
I only made the word because I really wanted a word to use to describe this. In hindsight, I probably should have also tried to come up with one... This wont' be the last time that happens.
evan - 2008-07-30: 11:59:00
Uh, wouldn't this qualify as 'Addiction?'
Today's definition was suggested by jadenguy. Thank you jadenguy. ~ James
no word right now - but the drawing cracked me up again!!