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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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Duhnouement
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: duh noo mont
Sentence: The duhnouement was swift, painful and quite expensive.
Etymology: denouement, duh
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
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.
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
Bonerevelation
Created by: shutz
Pronunciation: Bo-ner-rev-a-la-shun
Sentence: He had a bonerevelation when his boss remarked that his almost-complete project's plans used "double quotes" to designate measurements in 'feet'.
Etymology: From "boner", meaning a big mistake, and "revelation", the name of a particular section in the New Testament.
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.
Enblightenment
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: en-BLI-ten-ment
Sentence: The note from her fiancé saying "I'm so sorry" led to Fiona's enblightenment - two hours before her wedding was to go ahead.
Etymology: enlightenment (state of understanding) + blight (plague or curse)
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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