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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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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
Wowhymee
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: wow! why-mee?
Sentence: Against her mother's advice, Sookie decided to have her wedding and reception aboard Captain Ron's cruise line in the Carribean. After the groom's Zodiac boat deflated en route, Sookie stood dejectedly at the starboard rail and stared in disbelief as the dark and manacing rogue wave appeared on the horizon... "WOWHYMEE!" Sookie screamed - but most of the half-tanked attendees thought it was just a traditional Micronesian cry of celebration...
Etymology: WOW+WHY+ME=WOWHYMEE
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COMMENTS:
Watch this short movie:
http://homepage.mac.com/electricpig/park_play.html - metrohumanx, 2008-08-15: 23:49:00
cool movie - a bit freaky though - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-20: 06:07:00
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Happyeverdisaster
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: hap pee ever dis ast er
Sentence: Once upon a time, when your old flame turned up at our wedding, I knew that I would be marooned. She was not there as an invited guest, but a date for the bridegroom! And they lived happyeverdisaster...
Etymology: Wordplay opposite of Happily Ever After, the fairy tale ending...
Craptastrophy
Created by: SnatchRaffle
Pronunciation: Crap tas troh fee
Sentence: This shit show is a craptastrophy!
Etymology: Crap, catastrophy
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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Redoodoo
Created by: janatic
Pronunciation:
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Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Ha! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-17: 17:16:00
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Reprojection
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: ree/pro/ject/shun
Sentence: As she drove home in the pouring rain, eileen realised she'd have to have a reprojection of her entire year.
Etymology: An embedded amalgamation of rejection and project to make reprojection.
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.
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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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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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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