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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
Pronunciation:
Sentence: you succefocate when you are obsessed and used to winning
Etymology:
Overdrive
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'
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)
Peakedout
Created by: kbones
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I was so excited that hr was coming over that I peakedout with the hair and make-up I think!
Etymology:
Shootfooter
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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COMMENTS:
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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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)
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
