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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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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

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Realomity

Created by: oren22

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Epoofany

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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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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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Alphoenixity

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: al-FEE-niks-i-tee

Sentence: Alphoenixity began for Roxie on her wedding day when, standing at the closed doors of St John's Church in Phoenix, Arizona, she was told she should be at St John's Church in Phoenix, Oregon.

Etymology: The state of ALPHA: being the dawning, beginning or outset of awareness that the PHOENIX must rise from the ashes of what has been, or is about to be, destroyed. ITY: the state, quality of being, abnormality.

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Oh - now I get it - nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-15: 10:38:00

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Fiascognition

Created by: Clayton

Pronunciation: fee-AS-kog-NISH-uhn

Sentence: Dirk put down his stylus, clasping his head and sobbing in a state of paralyzing fiascognition. Those images of albino squirrels weren't gonna un-Photoshop themselves.

Etymology: fiasco + cognition

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This is just clever! - texmom, 2007-05-18: 07:24:00

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Eurekill

Created by: iwasatripwire

Pronunciation: you-ree-kill

Sentence: My eurekill came when I realized that the problem I was solving relied on gravity pointing upward.

Etymology: eureka + kill

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Duhnouement

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: duh noo mont

Sentence: The duhnouement was swift, painful and quite expensive.

Etymology: denouement, duh

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Oceitfactor

Created by: greytellie

Pronunciation: oh-sh-it-fak-tor

Sentence: Staring at my formerly white dress shirts and one bright red sock, I had an oceitfactor.

Etymology:

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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.

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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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