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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.
Verboticisms
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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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Perflunktion
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: pərfləngkshən
Sentence: In a Utopian world Jerry would always meet his lofty goals. In this world he usually achieves perflunktion. Karma seems bent on snatching the linchpin from whatever project he was about to declare a success.
Etymology: perfection (being free from all flaws or defects) + flunk (fail to reach the required standard)
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COMMENTS:
Love this word. It really fits the definition and sounds funny too. - hyperborean, 2013-09-28: 11:08:00
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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.
Overundoing
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: oh-ver-un-DOO-ing
Sentence: Simon knew he was overundoing it when he turned his speakers up to "11".
Etymology: over + undone
Acubris
Created by: ArsMajika
Pronunciation: ah-KEW-bris
Sentence: My acubris led to me getting more work done than my boss... she fired me that afternoon.
Etymology: Acme - one that represents perfection of the thing expressed; Hubris - Foolish pride
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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Nosestrive
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: nose-strive
Sentence: Garfunkel, who only wanted to look sharp, would often nosestrive while working on his makeup, forgetting that one also requires pants to make a good impression.
Etymology: strive + nosedive
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COMMENTS:
Good! - wordmeister, 2007-01-16: 10:12:00
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Nulltimate
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: null/tih/may/t
Sentence: By trying so hard to get it right he achieved the nulltimate goal - nothing!
Etymology: null + ultimate
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COMMENTS:
You have created the nultimate word! - wordmeister, 2007-01-16: 10:17:00
I think I should be insulted but thanks - Stevenson0, 2007-01-16: 10:47:00
Should be insulted? Perhaps you have the nulltimate ego problem, - wordmeister, 2007-01-16: 11:00:00
This word is awesome. Simple and sweet - david, 2007-01-17: 10:40:00
thanks David - Stevenson0, 2007-01-17: 10:51:00
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