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DEFINITION: v. To push yourself so hard to reach an impossibly high standard of perfection, that you undercut your own success. n. An impossibly high goal which practically guarantees failure.

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Paragoon

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: par-uh-goon

Sentence: By constantly setting goals that nobody could achieve Andre set himself for a decline from paragon to paragoon.

Etymology: paragon (a model or pattern of excellence) + goon (stupid, foolish, or awkward person)

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Egoreach

Created by: maxxy

Pronunciation: EE-go-reech

Sentence: Jim was so determined to flatter his new boss that he egoreached himself right into a sexual harassment suit.

Etymology: ego + reach (A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?)

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Glosstrained

Created by: chofu67

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Goalure

Created by: hamburgerman

Pronunciation: gole your

Sentence: arnold worked nonstop to maximize productivity, but experienced goalure when his lack of sleep brought about poorly done work.

Etymology: GOAL + falURE = GOALURE

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COMMENTS:

no comment - hamburgerman, 2009-08-20: 21:20:00

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Destrive

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: de-STRIVE

Sentence: Trying to fit into her bikini caused her to destrive herself at the gym.

Etymology: destroy + strive

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Disastorious

Created by: jrogan

Pronunciation: di-sas-tor-ee-us

Sentence: Jonathan was going to be the world’s greatest novelist, but he could never get that first sentence right. So he would tell his friends his writing career was disastorious, hoping they would think it was something big... rather than something that was just very short.

Etymology: glorious + disaster

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COMMENTS:

Novel word! - Nosila, 2009-08-19: 12:09:00

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Amputoimperfecto

Created by: alona

Pronunciation: amp-YOU-toe-imperfect-oh

Sentence: He went totally amputoimperfecto before the date and nearly shaved his mouth off.

Etymology: amputo - amputate, cut off. from latin. imperfecto - imperfect, latin.

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Strivebomb

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: strive-bom

Sentence: Why did he have to Strivebomb every time things started coming together...

Etymology: strive, divebomb

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COMMENTS:

1st time at site. great word(s) - kbones, 2007-01-16: 18:13:00

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Peakawoe

Created by: mdschermer

Pronunciation: PEEK-a-woo

Sentence: She totally peekawoed when she spent 7 hours on the hors d'oeuvre alone, only to find all the guests had long gone by the time it was ready to be served.

Etymology: From "to peak": to bring to a maximum of development, value or intensity, and "woe": deep distress or misery. Made to sound like peek-a-boo for easy remembering.

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Mortain

Created by: EonaFrae

Pronunciation: more-tane

Sentence: I'd been struggling all year to mortain good grades, but for some reason my coveted A+ remained illusive.

Etymology: Mort [french: dead] + Attain [To accomplish, to achieve]

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