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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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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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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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Blunderstruck
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: blun-der-struk
Sentence: Right as he was about to complete his assignment, he became horribly blunderstruck
Etymology: blunder, thunderstruck
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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Eurekaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: you reeeeek aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Sentence: her eureekaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh moment came with the suddenness of a cartoon coyote realising that he had left the cliff top three metres ago
Etymology: eureka aaaaaaaaaagh
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COMMENTS:
meep meep - Nosila, 2011-04-21: 19:41:00
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Realistation
Created by: numinous
Pronunciation: ree-uh-luh-stey-shuh n
Sentence: Being that he hated conversing with others, the realistation that pursuing communications as an academic major was a major mistake hit him like a ton of bricks.
Etymology: realize (to become immediately aware of) + devastation (the act of destroying; devastated state)
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
Miscalculization
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: mis-cal-cu-li-za-tion
Sentence: The miscalculization happened just as I hit the "send" button. I glanced at the figures and saw that not only was the final budget incorrect, but I had mistakenly sent the report to my boyfriend instead of my supervisor. I wondered where I had sent the "special" photo that was supposed to go to my boyfriend.
Etymology: miscalculation: to count or estimate incorrectly; an error in judgement + realization: to understand clearly and distinctly
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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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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