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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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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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Debbicle
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: DEB-eh-cul
Sentence: As Debbie strove in her usual haphazard fashion to plan her wedding things quickly began to unravel as everything she had in mind conflicted with other folks plans. No matter how much detail she tried to attend to, she soon found herself in yet another Debbicle, and was forced to face up to yet another of her self inflicted disasters.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'Debbie' (a woman's name) and 'debacle' (n. a complete failure : fiasco)
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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Craptastrophy
Created by: SnatchRaffle
Pronunciation: Crap tas troh fee
Sentence: This shit show is a craptastrophy!
Etymology: Crap, catastrophy
Visionerrory
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: viz - jun - err - or - ee
Sentence: Leticia became a visionerrory when she realized that her lifetime goal of completing her Master's Degree was not going to happen. Her professor had realized that Leticia plagiarized her final paper and it all came crashing down in a moment.
Etymology: visionary, error
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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Disasterstanding
Created by: gabngar
Pronunciation: dis-as-ter-stand-ing
Sentence:
Etymology: disaster+understanding
Bannsaboteur
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: ban-sab-at-er
Sentence: Sarah was so close to tying the knot with her darling John. If only her evil nemesis cousin hadn't turned up to the reading of the banns waving a copy of Sarah's current marriage certificate. I mean, she and Trevor hadn't seen each other for ages: it was a divorce in all but name. Couldn't her stupid bannsaboteur relative see that? And where was John, anyway?
Etymology: banns (public notice of forthcoming marriage) + saboteur (one who commits an act of destruction)
Apocalapse
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: apok/a/laps
Sentence: He was running his best 10k ever when he suddenly realized he wasn't really ahead of the pack but in the wrong race
Etymology: apocalypse + lapse
Exposeheh
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: ex/pose/hay
Sentence: It was a huge exposeheh when she realized he had said 'would you like to meet my wife' not 'would you like to be my wife'.
Etymology: expose + heh?
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COMMENTS:
Love it - reminds me of a very old song: "I can't get away to marry you today, cause my wife won't let me!" - Nosila, 2008-08-15: 23:15:00
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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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