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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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Succefocate

Created by: feichler

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

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Autosabotage

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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Excelplode

Created by: galwaywegian

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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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Overdude

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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Smoshed

Created by: shaibear

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Poorfect

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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COMMENTS:

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

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Obsessernaught

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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