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DEFINITION: n. The moment of awareness when you realize that have you made a huge mistake on a big project, and will have to start all over again, from the very beginning. v. To suddenly realize that you are going to fail.
Verboticisms
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Uthoeitis
Created by: guesser
Pronunciation: ut-oh-itis
Sentence: As she waited alone at the Alter, she realized she was experiencing uthoeitis.
Etymology:
Gastrocryosis
Created by: Scattercat
Pronunciation: gas-troh-cry-OH-sis
Sentence: With burgeoning gastrocryosis, she regarded the paint which filled the entirety of the floor, save the corner in which she stood.
Etymology: Working from the premise of 'that icy feeling in your gut," we have the ancient roots words for 'stomach' and 'ice,' together at last like peanut butter and bacon.
Dohredo
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Doe-ree-doo
Sentence: Harvey had spent hours transferring all his accounts onto spreadsheets ready for the tax inspector, unfortunately he experienced a dohredo when he realised he had forgotton to save his work before switching off his computer. Therefore he had to start from scratch all over again.
Etymology: Doh( a now popular word used when you realise you have made a big mistake, see Homer Simpson) + Redo( Start again)= Dohredo
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COMMENTS:
if that happened in a cookie factory it could be a dohredoreo - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-15: 10:39:00
If that happened in the days of "Wild West" it could have taken place on "The Streets Of Laredo" Though I guess Harvey's solution would have been to shot the tax inspector. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-15: 18:47:00
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Formatting
Created by: duchessella
Pronunciation: FOR-ma-ting
Sentence: Formatting of her wedding due to the groom coming out of the closet on stag night was devastating, so she formatted herself and went to become a nun.
Etymology: As in hard disk formatting in computers - due to a huge problem e.g. virus, you need to wipe everything off and restart from scratch.
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COMMENTS:
She was probably feeling a bit defragile after that. - petaj, 2007-05-17: 05:50:00
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Epoofany
Created by: whipspeak
Pronunciation: i-poof-uh-nee
Sentence: And in that moment, in a sudden epoofany, Kim acknowledged that Don preferred men.
Etymology: epiphany: a sudden intuitive perception or realization + poof!: used to express or indicate a sudden disappearance
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COMMENTS:
poof positive - Nosila, 2009-12-03: 01:39:00
wonderfully clever - mweinmann, 2009-12-03: 08:50:00
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Inshite
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: inch eyet
Sentence: her sudden burst of inshite was extremely painful to her, as was her mother's dose of itoldusoitis which came at almost exactly the same time.
Etymology: insight, in shite!
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COMMENTS:
What a coinshitence! - petaj, 2007-05-17: 06:07:00
No doubt leading to a state of blunderment. - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-17: 07:00:00
this word gets even better if you find yourself deep inshite - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-17: 09:16:00
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Gaffevelation
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Gaff - veh - LAY - shun
Sentence: Miranda experienced a major gaffevelation when she realized too late that she'd given the caterers, the other vendors and the auditorium managers the wrong date for the huge party.
Etymology: Blend of gaffe and revelation
Epiphankneed
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: e-pi-fa-need
Sentence: Nano-seconds after the cell phone call from her fiance Brian, while her carefully chosen processional music loomed from the interior of the church, Penny felt the strangest sensation. Its beginning, as her face began to flush, reminded her somewhat of the time she had taken too much niacin. Following this was the awareness that her life was not going to go as so meticulously planned. The thought-sensations, which had begun in her pineal gland, travelled down her spine and into her legs which bent immediately. Her lovely bouquet of almost-mauve roses flew from her hand. There she lay, prostrate before the stunned, but strategically assembled, wedding party. She had been ephipankneed right on the steps of the church.
Etymology: From epiphany, meaning a moment of sudden and great revelation + knee, a verb, meaning to reduce someone to a state of weakness
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-15: 10:44:00
I live for comments! - readerwriter, 2008-08-15: 15:46:00
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Alphoenixity
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: al-FEE-niks-i-tee
Sentence: Alphoenixity began for Roxie on her wedding day when, standing at the closed doors of St John's Church in Phoenix, Arizona, she was told she should be at St John's Church in Phoenix, Oregon.
Etymology: The state of ALPHA: being the dawning, beginning or outset of awareness that the PHOENIX must rise from the ashes of what has been, or is about to be, destroyed. ITY: the state, quality of being, abnormality.
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COMMENTS:
Oh - now I get it - nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-15: 10:38:00
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Wowhymee
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: wow! why-mee?
Sentence: Against her mother's advice, Sookie decided to have her wedding and reception aboard Captain Ron's cruise line in the Carribean. After the groom's Zodiac boat deflated en route, Sookie stood dejectedly at the starboard rail and stared in disbelief as the dark and manacing rogue wave appeared on the horizon... "WOWHYMEE!" Sookie screamed - but most of the half-tanked attendees thought it was just a traditional Micronesian cry of celebration...
Etymology: WOW+WHY+ME=WOWHYMEE
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COMMENTS:
Watch this short movie:
http://homepage.mac.com/electricpig/park_play.html - metrohumanx, 2008-08-15: 23:49:00
cool movie - a bit freaky though - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-20: 06:07:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by two writers: Osomatic and erasmus. Thank you Osomatic and erasmus! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus. Thank you erasmus. ~ James
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