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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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Craptastrophy
Created by: SnatchRaffle
Pronunciation: Crap tas troh fee
Sentence: This shit show is a craptastrophy!
Etymology: Crap, catastrophy
Happyeverdisaster
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: hap pee ever dis ast er
Sentence: Once upon a time, when your old flame turned up at our wedding, I knew that I would be marooned. She was not there as an invited guest, but a date for the bridegroom! And they lived happyeverdisaster...
Etymology: Wordplay opposite of Happily Ever After, the fairy tale ending...
Qualmflash
Created by: Filthy
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Amy had been planning to attend law school in the Fall, but after spending some time with actual lawyers during her internship, she began having doubts. Ha. Doubt is actually not the best way to describe it. It was more like a qualmflash--she suddenly saw the connection between all the uneasy feelings that had striken her during the semester; she would never be comfortable with the mores governing a law firm.
Etymology:
Discomsobulated
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: dis/kum/sob/u/lat/ed
Sentence: As Jan stood at the altar waiting for Todd, (aka "The Big Man on Campus") to appear at the church so the music could start playing...the phone rang. Yes, it was Todd and he was calling from Vegas. Not only had the bachelor party gotten out of hand, but he was now married to the girl who jumped out of his cake. There was no consoling Jan. She had become so discomsobulated, that she burst through the church doors, shouted at all the guests, "You can go home! Once again I have been screwed! I should know better!" Legend has it, that once she stormed out of the church, and down the stairs, she could be heard saying, "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!
Etymology: Derived from Discombobulated: 1. having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion. 2.confused, embarrassed; broken, mixed up
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COMMENTS:
I love a good sentence. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-16: 00:00:00
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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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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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Apocalaspe
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: apok/a/laps
Sentence: His apocalapse occurred when he realized that after spending fifteen hours working on the company's business report, he was using the wrong set of data from last year.
Etymology: APOCALASPE - noun from - APOCALYPSE (revelation, or dramatic disclosure of something not previously known) + LAPSE (error, or failure)
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COMMENTS:
Love it! - readerwriter, 2008-08-15: 04:50:00
brillant - i can see a collapse in there too - pungineer, 2008-08-15: 07:11:00
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-15: 10:37:00
Betcha it gave his colleagues something to babylon about. Top word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-15: 18:32:00
My fave! - lumina, 2008-08-16: 00:30:00
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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.
Oemeffgy
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: o - wem - EF - jee
Sentence: "The oemeffgy I felt was unlike any other feeling of disappointment I ever felt in my entire life when I knew I made the mistake to make a verbotomy cartoon based on the beautiful Katie Holmes and her wedding with the famous scientologist we always see in Mission Impossible [Who was he, again? Ted Cramps?]. I remodeled the face and now she looks exactly like Bai Ling!" - James Gangg [James Gang's evil twin half-brother who slaves for the drawings everyday]
Etymology: Originated from [American English Slang] - OMFG (If you guessed right, you're a genius!) XD
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COMMENTS:
LOL. BTW, are you cruisin for a bruisin? - petaj, 2007-05-17: 05:48:00
Hey! I'm a genius!!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-17: 07:02:00
@petaj: nah. it's a harmless euphemism. :] @purpleartichokes: good to know you're one, PA! ;] - ohwtepph, 2007-05-17: 07:07:00
Here's a creativity vote. You made me giggle! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-17: 18:28:00
@petaj: Yeah, i didn't get that first joke about the cruisin. I guess I'm not a genius then. LOL - ohwtepph, 2007-05-17: 21:13:00
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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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