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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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Eslipphany
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: ee/slip/fanny
Sentence: It was a major eslipphany when the fax machine ate the document that he was supposed to be scanning
Etymology: epiphany + slip
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COMMENTS:
Good one. - Clayton, 2007-05-17: 15:47:00
nice - galwaywegian, 2007-05-18: 04:23:00
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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
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
Ohnoment
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: oh + no + ment
Sentence: I was doing inventory, counting thousands of widgets, when I realized that I'd missed an entire box and I'd have to start over.
Etymology: oh no + moment
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COMMENTS:
Great word Osomatic! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-17: 17:14:00
I like it too - petaj, 2007-05-17: 17:27:00
oh yes. this one I will use. - erasmus, 2007-05-18: 04:55:00
wish i had a vote left to use on this one... - iwasatripwire, 2007-05-18: 12:53:00
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Devastartion
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: DEV-a-start-shun
Sentence: When I found that the turkey had burned to total blackness - that was when the devastartion sank in... out I went to buy a new turkey.
Etymology: A play on the word DEVESTATION - only with the word 'START' replacing the STAT in the middle to reference starting over.
Pirumorphken
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: pirra-MORPH-ken
Sentence: Hank E. Dorey had a pirumorphken then started over on his last will and testament when it became clear that his estate would all go to Helena Handbarskett .
Etymology: pirum (latin for pear) + morph (shape) + ken (scottish for know)
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COMMENTS:
you get my vote for sheer efort! - galwaywegian, 2007-05-17: 05:53:00
petaj - I think you could easily create your own language, like Tolkien - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-17: 09:15:00
I agree. You're a great writer, petaj! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-17: 12:00:00
It's so satisfying to say - all those plosives. - cohenarie, 2007-05-17: 14:36:00
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Jackandjilt
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: jak and jilt
Sentence: Jill knew the moment she walked down the aisle that she was having second thoughts about marrying Jack. She was experiencing a jilty conscience, because she realized she didn't know Jack. So when she got up to altar, she decidsed to jackandjilt him. It would have worked better if he was actually there, but Jack had felt the same way and besides Jill would only be jillous of his beautiful wife and children!
Etymology: Jack (a small worthless amount;tool for exerting pressure or lifting) And Jilt (cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly;a woman who jilts a lover) & wordplay on Jack & Jill from fairy tales
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.
Snafool
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: snaˈfoōl
Sentence: Tom knew it was a mistake to let his brother-in-law Cletis get involved in the house he was building but his wife had insisted. Now with it almost completed and a tear-down order order from the city in hand Cletis (I*ll take care of all the permits and inspections) was nowhere to be found. Tom was left to play the part of the snafool.
Etymology: snafu (in utter confusion or chaos - acronym from situation normal: all f*ed up) + fool (a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person)

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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