Verboticisms

Created by: loosepiece

Pronunciation: de - fam - EC - tion - ist

Sentence: John's defamectionist streak was so strong that he would routinely call project meetings to discuss the minor imperfections of his work last week, whilst making sure the whole team were aware of how truly perfect his work this week was going to be.

Etymology: Perfectionist - demanding perfection in all things. Defame - attack someones reputation or character.

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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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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

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Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: uhn-der-flog

Sentence: Sometimes actors, musicians, politicians, or other celebrities (also including honor students) tend to underflog their own success by expecting too much of themselves.

Etymology: underdog + flog (as in, underdogging one's self, which leads to the flogging of one's career)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: hob jek tiv

Sentence: Larry's goal of the most ultra-smooth shave became his hobjective, when the groom gremlins pushed the razor up and in too fast...

Etymology: Hob ((folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings) & Objective (the goal intended to be attained)

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really? - Koekbroer, 2012-05-26: 02:21:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: rob jek tiv

Sentence: Rob decided to get that close, smooth shave he had always wanted to impress his girlfriend, Venus. Conventional razors just didn't cut it for him. He pulled out his trusty Xacta and went for the juggler to meet his robjective. As he desanguinated,calling 911, he realized that if he had just used a regular razor, his name could now be Nick, instead of DOA!

Etymology: Rob (To deprive unjustly of something belonging to, desired by, or legally due) & Objective (the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)

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Created by: greengoddess

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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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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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Created by: galwaywegian

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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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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

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Created by: urbanwookie

Pronunciation: par-fek-shun

Sentence: Despite his best efforts, Jeremy again found himself only achieving parfection...

Etymology: par (average) + perfection

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Created by: Carla

Pronunciation: mah-trigh-er

Sentence: Simon's self-loathing drove him to pursue impossible goals. When, inevitably, he failed, he could at least wallow in the sanctimonious self-pity of a martryer.

Etymology: martyr + try

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Created by: Windyo

Pronunciation: Di/fu/x/ess

Sentence: Poor guy, he just had to go and deafucess. You've gotta know where to stop

Etymology: Defeat + success

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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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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: pair-a-gone-a-ree-ah

Sentence: Sue would always paragonarrhea over her clothes, constantly tugging, smoothing, and brushing off imaginary lint specks; ultimately, this made her look like a grooming chimpanzee.

Etymology: paragon, gonarrhea

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Hilarious! - wordmeister, 2007-01-16: 10:10:00

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

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Created by: egonschiela

Pronunciation: over+drive

Sentence: Nigel? It's Mother here ... I'm worried about you ... now listen to me, Nigel - if you don't get a good meal inside you, and a proper eight hours in that bed of yours, you'll overdrive yourself. Are you listening to me? Nigel? Nigel?

Etymology: As in 'overdo' + 'strive'

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Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: auto - sa - bo - taj

Sentence: Bill tended to autosabotage himself by pushing himself so hard he would ultimately collapse well short of his goal.

Etymology: auto (self) + sabotage

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: doom bis shun

Sentence: Nick lived up to his name. His doombition was to have the smoothest shave possible to impress his new girl. He honed his blade too fine, worked too fast and ended up becoming her ex-boyfriend by exsanguinating all over the bathroom floor. His doombition was also a dumbition. Too bad, the medics did not get there in the Nick of time...

Etymology: Doom ( make certain of the failure or destruction of;an unpleasant or disastrous destiny) & Ambition (a strong drive for success;strive for a lofty goal)

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Sharp! - jrogan, 2009-08-19: 08:33:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: ob-SES-her-not

Sentence: Stan was always hyped up about achieving goals to the point of being totally obsessed with success, but his standards were so high that he only succeeded in becoming an obsessernaught.

Etymology: Blend of 'obsessed' (To preoccupy the mind of excessively) and 'naught' (nothing, nil)

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Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: O-ver-un-chi-ving

Sentence: As she had PMS, he tried being quiet and out of the way. Unfortunately his overunchieving mind made him trip over noisy furniture, tickle her feet, and generally fail everything he set out to do.

Etymology: overachieve - do better than expected unchieve - do worse when trying

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Created by: adbern

Pronunciation: Beyo-self

Sentence: There's just one solution...beyoself

Etymology: be your self

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Created by: feichler

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Sentence: you succefocate when you are obsessed and used to winning

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

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ōvərdoōd

Sentence: Like many guys Walter feels the need to take things to extremes. The fact that he fails just about every time he attempts to overdude something doesn’t change his approach.

Etymology: overdo (carry to excess; exaggerate) + dude (a guy, man)

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: poor - fekt

Sentence: No matter how hard Roger tried, his results were poorfect. He wanted to achieve and he tried to be perfect in everything he did but somehow, he always fell far short of his goals.

Etymology: poor (inadequate: not sufficient to meet a need), perfect

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He's just poofectly human... - Nosila, 2009-08-19: 12:11:00

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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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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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Created by: shaibear

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Created by: chofu67

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: mee-toe-pee-a

Sentence: Bob would always metopia projects at work in order to get noticed; giving more than the boss wanted, only to end up being reprimanded for wasting time on minutia.

Etymology: me, utopia

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And it sounds like myopia too! Good one! - wordmeister, 2007-01-16: 10:20:00

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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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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /"un-d&r-'grasp/

Sentence: When the couple played Spades, he would always underbid and she would always overbid; between his overreaching and her undergrasping, they'd usually break even.

Etymology: From the common phrase "his reach exceeds his grasp"

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Good word ErWenn! This is a word you could us on an everyday basis -- at least if you know people like that... - wordmeister, 2007-01-16: 10:55:00

Thanks, I was happy with that one. It's nice to come up with one that's not just a portmanteau. - ErWenn, 2007-01-17: 00:15:00

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Created by: chris

Pronunciation: ped-oh-perf-orate

Sentence: He had pedoperforated himself so many times in the course of his career, that he he could now use either foot as a sieve

Etymology: pedo (from latin for foot) + perforate = shoot yourself in the foot

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You mean he creates a new hole each time? Ouch! You's think he'd learn and start reusing the old holes... - wordmeister, 2007-01-16: 10:26:00

I like this one! It reminds me of my friend who is always probosexcising (biting off his nose to spite his face). - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-16: 13:11:00

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Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation: phonetic

Sentence: Aiming to break two hours for his marathon run proved the complete ultraidealism as his heart failed 18 miles into the race.

Etymology: ultra = excessive idealism = seeking perfection

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Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: di-sas-tor-i-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 short.

Etymology: a glorious disaster

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: fiz-zle-stick-ler

Sentence: Mel, the bartender, became known as a fizzlestickler after he went to LasVegas to compete for the title of "World's Best Bartender." Always a stickler for perfection, Mel had practiced hard. Unfortunately, he fizzled out when he tried to toss a martini glass too high and beaned a judge.

Etymology: fizzle: to fail or end weakly after a promising start + stickler: someone who insists on something unyieldingly; a perfectionist (wordplay on swizzle stick - a small stick used to stir cocktails)

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Fizzilific! Bean there! - jrogan, 2009-08-19: 08:31:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ree/ch/for/th/chop

Sentence: In his quest to reach for the top he unfortunately joined the ranks who reachforthechop.

Etymology: reach for the top + chop

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You mean he lost his fingers? Good thing he was using his hand... - wordmeister, 2007-01-16: 10:46:00

I was thinking of something a little more precious...jewels come to mind - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-16: 11:51:00

Yes, when you reachforthechop, it could be quite distastorious if you choose the wrong goal, or worse, choose the wrong tool... - wordmeister, 2007-01-16: 12:02:00

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Created by: kbones

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Sentence: I was so excited that hr was coming over that I peakedout with the hair and make-up I think!

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Created by: ToblerOne

Pronunciation: Per-fec-tion-a-lynch

Sentence: Jimmy's perfectionalynch behavior cost him and his employees their jobs.

Etymology: Perfectionist + Lynching

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I love this word - it leaves you hanging - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-17: 10:49:00

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: icarus - ing

Sentence: The opera singer strove for a perfect tone, but icarussing resulted in vocal cord nodes and a husky voice.

Etymology: Icarus (the boy, exulting in his career, began to soar upward as if to reach heaven, where the sun melted the wax holding his wings together and he plunged into the sea) + ing

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Created by: Fleury

Pronunciation: oh-ver-in-COM-peh-tint-sayt

Sentence: Bob wanted his bathroom so clean, he could eat off the floor. The fumes got so strong, he suffered nerve paralysis, and now he can't get up off the floor. That's overincompentsation.

Etymology: overcompensate + incompetent

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Created by: hyperborean

Pronunciation: ma-so-krih-stihk

Sentence: He tried so hard to be perfect it was masochristic. How would Jesus shave?

Etymology: masochist + christ

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Created by: blakyoshi7

Pronunciation: Su-per-fum-blis

Sentence: He was so determined to win the 500 meter dash that he superfumblissed and came in last!

Etymology: Prefix, super- above, over, or upon. From the Latin super Verb, to fumble To blunder uncertainly

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Created by: ubgrud

Pronunciation: mow-ti-flay-shun

Sentence: He was so motiflayted to win the race that he capsized his boat.

Etymology: motivation+flay

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: shoot foot er

Sentence: daniel was a first class shootfooter, he was known to go 3 steps further than anyone else trying to do his best, then he would realize after he suffered 10 times more pain that anyone else because he'd shot himself in the foot.

Etymology: from shooting ones self in the foot trying to be clever.

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Hey, I think that this is what this game is all about -- shootfooting. It's kind of like playing chicken with yourself... - wordmeister, 2007-01-16: 10:28:00

I can agree with you there. even my job ( I fix computers) is the same. I'm daily trying to do myself out of a job by fixing things. - erasmus, 2007-01-17: 10:00:00

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Created by: Kirubeza

Pronunciation: pre-POHST-igs-ERT

Sentence: Barry's wife finally pushed him to prepostexert his shaving, by making him use the household craft knife to remove his infuriating stubble.

Etymology: PREPOSTEROUS & EXERT. (To be insensibly impossible & to strive, toil, or struggle for something)

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Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: leed/weed

Sentence: Becoming leadweed in a well-manicured garden wasn't such a tall order after all.

Etymology: lead + weed

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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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Good! - wordmeister, 2007-01-16: 10:12:00

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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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Love this word. It really fits the definition and sounds funny too. - hyperborean, 2013-09-28: 11:08:00

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