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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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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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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
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
Leadweed
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
Metopia
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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COMMENTS:
And it sounds like myopia too! Good one! - wordmeister, 2007-01-16: 10:20:00
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Masochristic
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
Overunchieving
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
Parfection
Created by: urbanwookie
Pronunciation: par-fek-shun
Sentence: Despite his best efforts, Jeremy again found himself only achieving parfection...
Etymology: par (average) + perfection
Disastorious
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
