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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.
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Rebotchulate
Created by: sanssouci
Pronunciation: Ree Botch u Late
Sentence: "One of my new year resoulutions for 2010 is to try not to rebotchulate this year, time to move on and succeed"
Etymology: recapitulate - To repeat in concise form botch - mistake
Mispeat
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: Miss pete
Sentence: He mispeat the misspelled word.
Etymology: mis - wrong peat - tail end of repeat
Stupeatussing
Created by: Brodobaggins
Pronunciation: stew-peat-us-ing
Sentence: "i wish he would cease stupeatussing and get some work done
Etymology:
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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Redumbdant
Created by: FaintStar
Pronunciation: Ree-duhm-dant
Sentence: The man's redumbdancy resulted in him crashing into other cars, even though he knew he was drunk.
Etymology: Redundancy + Dumb
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!
Neuerrotic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: noo/err/rot/ik
Sentence: He was trapped in the cycle of compulsively repeating his mistakes over and over again. He was a classic neuerrotic.
Etymology: neurotic + error
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COMMENTS:
Is that the opposite of erotic? Someone who makes mistakes over and over would hardly be a turn on. - petaj, 2007-06-07: 08:21:00
...unless the mistake involved alcohol and leaving really really early before you woke up. Or so my friend says. - jadenguy, 2007-06-07: 09:05:00
Your friend is AKA a "fleesel". - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-07: 12:10:00
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Neuerrotic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: noo/err/rot/ik
Sentence: He was trapped in the cycle of compulsively repeating his mistakes over and over again. He was a classic neuerrotic. Etymology: neurotic + error
Etymology: neurotic + error
Dumbsquared
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: dum-squared
Sentence: Len dumsquareded when it came to booze - it never was the enormous amount of alcohol that poisoned his system, it was always the bad chicken wings.
Etymology: dumb X dumb = extremely stupid
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COMMENTS:
Wow, I wish I'd thought of this one! - texmom, 2007-06-07: 12:08:00
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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!!