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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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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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Overincompetentsate

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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Glosstrained

Created by: chofu67

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Undergrasp

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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COMMENTS:

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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Paragoon

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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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

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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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