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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.
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Fragpoint
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: frag plus point
Sentence: When the ship of dark shadows finally caught her she simply knew that she reached the fragpoint where all her dreams were BFG9000t to pieces...
Etymology: .Frag. from fragmentation, fragmented aka blasted to pieces plus .Breakpoint. the worst case for a point of no return ||| together FRAGPOINT. After that you feel SOULFRAGGED.
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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Pingtitis
Created by: kensiesfate
Pronunciation: Ping-ty-tis
Sentence: a pingitus just hit me, I have to go, I am going to have to start over.
Etymology:
Imbrogliohnonotagain
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: im BRO lee o no not uh GEN
Sentence: Our extended family got through Christmas Day OK, without too many family arguments and strife. That was mostly because Cousin Wyno was too drunk to really talk much and fell asleep at the table, Grandma Maddie was giving everyone the silent treatment because of some imagined slight from Thanksgiving, and Uncle Dick was too busy looking at women's cleavage when he thought no one would notice. We probably shouldn't have pushed our luck and decided to get together again for New Year's Eve.... Sure enough, it was another family imbrogliohnonotagain, complete with accusations, confidences (and some dishes) broken, yelling, and crying. The only New Year's resolutions that ended up being made were renewed promises to "never speak to you again!"
Etymology: imbroglio (a complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious misunderstanding or disagreement, especially one that is bitter; an unwanted, difficult and confusing situation, full of trouble and problems) + "Oh, no, not again"
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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Stunveilment
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: stun/vale/ment
Sentence: She was in a complete state of stunveilment when she realized the most important element of her dream wedding was missing - her shoes!
Etymology: unveilment (revelation) + stun (shock)
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COMMENTS:
A stunner! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-15: 18:27:00
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Oceitfactor
Created by: greytellie
Pronunciation: oh-sh-it-fak-tor
Sentence: Staring at my formerly white dress shirts and one bright red sock, I had an oceitfactor.
Etymology:
Opsistance
Created by: zrotv
Pronunciation: ŏp-zĭs'təns
Sentence: after talking all night, expending my entire evening with this fellow, I realized i was in total opsistance with this person. Hopefully tomorrow would bring a new light.
Etymology: Oops (or oppose) + existence
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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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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