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'What do you mean, you're not coming?'

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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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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petaj She was probably feeling a bit defragile after that. - petaj, 2007-05-17: 05:50:00

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Masstribution

Created by: bobbipin

Pronunciation: mass-tri-bu-tion

Sentence: The masstribution of her pain and embarrassment was clearly recieved by all in attendance at the fated event.

Etymology: "Mass" as in mass-produced and "tribution" as in distributed. Secondary meaning could mean the self mass distribution of anything deliverable. Masturbate. Distribute.

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Plightbulbmoment

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: plite-bulb-mo-mint

Sentence: Rising the next morning to find the ground covered in a thick white frost, Tom had a plightbulbmoment when he realized he'd have to replant his entire garden.

Etymology: lightbulb moment, plight

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petaj If only Tom had stuck to planting freesias and daffodils. Those bulbs love a good cold spell. A frost won't blightbulbs. - petaj, 2007-05-17: 06:04:00

I'd surley save the artichokes! Good one! - toadstool57, 2007-05-17: 06:40:00

surely* (correct spelling) - toadstool57, 2007-05-17: 06:44:00

Great comment petaj! :-) I'd say that Tom is not the brightest bulb in the bed, but he's brilliant in every other way. He just needs to pay more attention to that whole "last frost date" thing. Toadstool - I didn't plant artichokes this year - I didn't get them started in time. However, it appears that I'm growing a healthy and abundant crop of whatever those cows ate. :-( I obviously lack "inshite". (Thanks for that word Galway!) - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-17: 06:57:00

wow Purple - it sounds like you live in an idyllic place with crops and plants and cows and interesting weather - kind of a hippie paradise with the internet - great word by the way - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-17: 09:12:00

Yeah, it's pretty nice. I don't have any cows though - not enough land, but chickens aren't out of the question! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-17: 11:08:00

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Redoomsday

Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Ree-duems-day

Sentence: I had just finished numbering my paper from 1 - 3,000 when I knew a doomsday had hit... I had forgotten to write 13!

Etymology: Redo (to start over) + doomsday (a time of crisis or danger)

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you're obliously a number person ziggy41 - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-17: 09:17:00

oops - I meant obviously - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-17: 09:18:00

petaj Captures it nicely - petaj, 2007-05-17: 17:26:00

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Oopsidoozy

Created by: daisy

Pronunciation: oops-i-doo-zee

Sentence: "Oopsidoozy", said President Bush. "I would like a do-over on the Iraq war if that's ok"

Etymology:

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Euphoriouch

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: yoōfôrēouch

Sentence: After a year of planning everybody was excited about the upcoming event. The euphoriouch moment came zinging in when the decorating committee arrived at the venue to find the the hall padlocked and a bankruptcy notice on the door.

Etymology: euphoria (a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness) + ouch (exclamation used to express pain)

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Epoofany

whipspeak

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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poof positive - Nosila, 2009-12-03: 01:39:00

wonderfully clever - mweinmann, 2009-12-03: 08:50:00

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Collapsiphany

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /kəˌlæpˈsɪfəni/

Sentence: As the hard drive made a grinding noise and the faint but unmistakable smell of an electrical fire began emanating from the case, I suffered a collapsiphany.

Etymology: From collapse + epiphany

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Futilization

Created by: ldikarev

Pronunciation: fyoo til ee zation

Sentence: Moment of truth had come... and left, and nothing exploded. Feeling of futilization enveloped the somber group of would-be demolition men.

Etymology: futility +realization

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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.

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-17: 01:10:00
Today's definition was suggested by two writers: Osomatic and erasmus. Thank you Osomatic and erasmus! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-12-02: 00:11:00
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus. Thank you erasmus. ~ James

CharlieB CharlieB - 2011-04-21: 03:25:00
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