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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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Compidiocy
Created by: Katoch
Pronunciation: com-PID-iocy
Sentence: With the police edging towards him and his friends, the pre-teen downed the alcohol as an act of compidiocy to hide the evidence.
Etymology: compulsive: Compelling: Enforces a need to take urgent action, usually an irational one. idiocy: Stupidity: Willful ignorance or unintelligence. Inacted together to form the somewhat cringeworthy yet humourous act of compidiocy.
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COMMENTS:
Cringeworthy ! Hahahahaha ! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-31: 00:44:00
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Gaffedagain
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Gaf-da-gayn
Sentence: Nigel always fell for money- grabbing airheads, even though his friends had warned him time and again he just couldn't help himself. This time he had really gaffedagain as his latest girl had talked him into buying a very expensive, and very large diamond engagement ring even though, unknown to him she was already engaged to someone else.
Etymology: Gaffe(an embarrassing blunder) + Again(once more) = Gaffedagain
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COMMENTS:
GAFFEDAGAIN- nice cadence.
Nigel O'Gaffedagain....wasn't he IRA? - metrohumanx, 2008-07-30: 17:22:00
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Repetiblunder
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: reh - PET - uh - blun - der
Sentence: Basil was pretty dense and seemed to miss the fact that once he made a mistake he was under no obligation to repetiblunder and repeat it over and over.
Etymology: Blend of repetitive or repetitious and blunder.
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COMMENTS:
Quite jolly! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-30: 17:23:00
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Redididit
Created by: couv78
Pronunciation: Re-did-did-it (roll the d's)
Sentence: He done it one more time again. He redididit? yeah.
Etymology: from the drunkenese - to repeat foolishly
Reviate
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: REE-vee-eyt
Sentence: Gunther's proclivity to reviate was chief among the concerns of the local constabulary. No way was he being left alone with any more cadavers.
Etymology: re + deviate
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COMMENTS:
erk. don't want to speculate on this one. - petaj, 2007-06-07: 03:32:00
Was it him, or the cadavers, that made him neuerrotic? - Stevenson0, 2007-06-07: 08:52:00
blame the victim! it's not the cadavers' fault they're irresistible. - jadenguy, 2007-06-07: 09:09:00
Had they not been wearing so little... - Clayton, 2007-06-07: 18:15:00
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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:
Repetardation
Created by: mopez81
Pronunciation: reh pe tard ay shun
Sentence: "As I drank my thirteenth pint of the afternoon, I knew that this repetardation would do me no good."
Etymology:
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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Eruditto
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: air/u/dit/oh
Sentence: to err is human - to eruditto is deja vu
Etymology: err + erudite + ditto
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!!