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DEFINITION: v. To do something decisive and then immediately start to have doubts, wondering if you did the right thing. n. Second thoughts, or second guesses, about a decision or an action you have made but cannot change.
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Doubtbout
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: daowt baowt
Sentence: For a moment after Naomi squished the cockroach, she experienced a doubtbout. Would Karma be waiting to pay her back? Do these bugs do any good, like eat other bugs? Can she get the goo off her shoe? But her biggest doubt about the demise of the huge insect was even more worrying. How many of his friends and family would show up at her place for the funeral???
Etymology: Doubt (indecision; lack confidence in or have doubts about) & Bout (A period of time spent in a particular way; a spell)
Vacillean
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: va-sill-een
Sentence: Sometimes vacilleaning between Either/Or can only be cured by the unction of Both/And.
Etymology: Blending VACILLATE, meaning to waver, be hesitant + LEAN, meaning to bend, trust in, incline. Playing on VASELINE, an oil-based lubricant
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COMMENTS:
Slick creation! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-31: 14:45:00
love it - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-31: 16:05:00
enjoyed your word! - mweinmann, 2009-03-31: 19:05:00
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Immediateindeciseeifidid
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: E-mead-e-ate-in-di-si-see-if-i-did
Sentence: Hema was touring the ancient Egyptian ruins when she stepped on a scarab...she looked down in horror and could not believe her "immediateindeciseeifidid" reaction, as the scarab is worshipped by the ancient Egyptians as an embodiment of the God Khepri. Uhh-Oh!
Etymology: Immediate:at once. Indecis;Part of the word indecisive,meaning:Prone to or characterized by indecision. See;To look. If;A possibility. I;As in one person. Did;Past tense of do.
Retrocertainot
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: RETRO-sir-tin-OTT
Sentence: She pleaded with him to come over at once- He knocked on her door till he felt like a dunce! In the dark and the rain he had driven cross town- This was the last time that he’d play the clown! Out of his trunk came a real pay-backer.... The largest yet legal immense firecracker. Out in her courtyard the ten-minute fuse- Sizzled like anger fueled by abuse. Back at his pad he had pause there to enter- He couldn’t retrieve the love note that he’d sent her... The night sky lit up like the coming of day- The concussion was felt a half mile away. Community service completed at last, He’d always reflect on his foolish young past... Was it allwrong –just a misguided thought? Or was it a bad RETROCERTAINOT?
Etymology: RETRO+CERTAIn+NOT= RETROCERTAINOT.....-RETRO(prefix): backward : back ; Latin, from retro, from re- + -tro (as in intro within).....CERTAIN: fixed , settled, inevitable, incapable of failing, destined, assured in mind or action; Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *certanus, from Latin certus, from past participle of cernere to sift, discern, decide; akin to Greek krinein to separate, decide, judge, Old Irish criathar sieve.....NOT: used as a function word to stand for the negative of a preceding group of words; Middle English, alteration of nought, from nought [13th century]
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COMMENTS:
RELAX! NO fictitious characters were harmed in the spinning of this yarn. - metrohumanx, 2009-03-31: 02:18:00
Dear metro, Your poems and wit are that of a good talker, and we love to hear odes about an explosion, by a stalker! - Nosila, 2009-03-31: 15:01:00
Retrocertainot tickles the tongue, especially if you roll those 3 R's! It has a rich rolling rhythym. It shine with alliteraytion! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-31: 15:17:00
I'm glad to hear no characters were maimed. Good story and word. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-31: 23:43:00
Thank you all! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-01: 14:37:00
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Regrecision
Created by: BookWorm579
Pronunciation: REE-greh-ci-zhun
Sentence: Alice suffered so acutely from regrcision that she never left home for fear of making a choice she might later regret.
Etymology: Derived from "regret", "regress", and "decision".
Deskepticision
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: duh-skept-ah-sish-un
Sentence: Kat's deskepticision about jumping out of the airplane proved to be unnecessary and a waste of time.
Etymology: decision + skeptical
Certaintease
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ser tan teez
Sentence: Stepping on cockroaches was not one of the things that Marissa was hired for. But on the other hand, she was unsure if her actions caused an imbalance in life as we know it. Upon speaking with her guru, she decided that her doubts were due to certaintease and she would get over it, especially if she did not want those bugs laying a million eggs in her office!
Etymology: Certainties (somethings that are certai) & Tease (to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them)
Missimprudent
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: miss-im-pru-dent
Sentence: Eleanor wondered if she may have been a bit missimprudent as she noticed that her new kitchen carpet was the same color as the cockroaches.
Etymology: miss: 1) a young lady miss: 2) blunder, mistake imprudent: unwise, lacking in discretion
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COMMENTS:
Oustanding eponym! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-31: 14:51:00
As in Miss Imprudent! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-31: 14:57:00
Really good! - splendiction, 2009-03-31: 21:36:00
Good! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-31: 23:40:00
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Deferredlament
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: deh-FERD-leh-ment
Sentence: Mary Lou had hastily decided to call off her engagement with Meryl on the grounds of incompatibility when she experienced a major bout of deferredlament, realizing she had been hasty in her assessments, forgetting that life is always a matter of making adjustments.
Etymology: Blend of 'deferred' (postponed or delayed) and 'lament' (to feel, show, or express grief, sorrow, or regret)
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COMMENTS:
Defurredlament must be when you decide not to keep the doggy that followed you home! Good Word! - Nosila, 2009-03-31: 15:11:00
very good word - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-31: 16:02:00
The word sounds good to say. Good word. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-31: 23:49:00
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Deferredlament
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: deh-FERD-leh-ment
Sentence: Sally Ann had hastily decided to call off her engagement with Mevyn on the grounds of incompatibility when she experienced a major bout of deferredlament, realizing she had been hasty in her assessments, forgetting that life is always a matter of making adjustments.
Etymology: Blend of 'deferred' (postponed or delayed) and 'lament' (to feel, show, or express grief, sorrow, or regret)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James