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DEFINITION: v. To fret and worry after the accidental trashing of an important document, file or friend. n. The state of anxiety caused by an accidental deletion.
Verboticisms
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Afrayed
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: afraid
Sentence: Ben was completely frazzled and kept pulling at his necktie. His boss rushed in and asked, "Are you able to present the report at this afternoon's general meeting?" No, I'm afrayed knot." said Ben. "It was just here near the shredder when i last saw it."
Etymology: afraid + frayed (tattered)
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-05: 11:06:00
Sentences with a truly great pun, are always amazingly good fun! Excellent choice of words, excellently blended. Exceptional! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-05: 14:08:00
thanks muchly, i should have included affray in the etymology too. - petaj, 2008-03-06: 03:47:00
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Freakzure
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: freek-zhure
Sentence: I had a bad case of freakzure when I accidentally deleted that 20 page paper about nothing.
Etymology: freakout + seizure
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COMMENTS:
Unique choice of words to blend. - silveryaspen, 2008-03-05: 13:18:00
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Shredpidation
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: shred-pih-day-shun
Sentence: Julie felt a nanosecond of shredpidation before pulverizing her ex-boyfriend's lottery check. So sad he didn't leave a forwarding address.
Etymology: shred, trepidation
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COMMENTS:
great combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-05: 10:56:00
Ah, we've all felt this one! Well done! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-05: 13:40:00
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Inshredulous
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: inn sh reg yew lus
Sentence: she was totally inshredulous over what she had done. She had told werself over and over again "Left hand, letters from asshole ex-boyfriend. Right hand, winning lotto ticket". Over and over again....
Etymology: incredulous, shred.
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COMMENTS:
A lot of good words based on "shred" today. - ErWenn, 2008-03-05: 09:35:00
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-05: 10:52:00
Incredibly good! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-05: 13:42:00
Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-06: 04:35:00
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Frayforall
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: fray/for/all
Sentence: The purchase of a new office shredder turned into a frayforall which, in the aftermath, left people scrambling to reassemble scraps of documents that were accidentally included.
Etymology: fray (shred) + free for all (chaos)
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COMMENTS:
Very sly ... the vivid image of people down on their knees and the play on prayforall! From sentence to word ... ingeniously done! Outstanding! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-05: 13:55:00
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Pulpitation
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: pulp-per-TEY-shun
Sentence: Little did the young reverend know that datastrophe dangled above him like damoclean sword, as he mistakenly shredded, and pulped the last dirty document from the Archbishop’s 666 boxes of private pornographic papers. But when he heard a ranting, raving, roaring, purple-robed, crimson-faced figure storming towards him, he fell to his knees in prayer. And as he prayed, his thoughts were only of the Archbishop’s pornografia, including the sincunabula he had unwittingly pulped, so much so that his pulpitations became so strong that he thought that his heart was a about to leap from his chest. Looking to the heavens for comfort all he could see were the church walls with Michelangelo’s face staring back at him. Resorting to scripture, he yelled out in panic, "It‘s the "Textasy and Datagony. Textilence, perhaps - in the Archbihop's case, sextilence - is upon the land; Infogeddon is at hand."
Etymology: Blend of PULP: to reduce to pulp, destroy, crush; PALPITATION: to throb, flutter like the rapid beating of the heart when excited, anxious, nervous, etc; and, in this case, PULPIT.
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COMMENTS:
Was it an apse in concentration? or was he just a nave? No doubt he aSPIRED to a higher existence. - petaj, 2008-03-05: 05:13:00
I assume its pulpiataion fiction! - galwaywegian, 2008-03-05: 06:23:00
pulpitation fiction! - galwaywegian, 2008-03-05: 06:24:00
another good one - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-05: 11:05:00
Datastrophe is right up there with pulpitation! Great sentence and verboticisms! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-05: 13:31:00
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Destrue
Created by: calculon
Pronunciation: 'dest-ROO
Sentence: Phillipa destrued her gift receipt, upon noticing that her newly-purchased pom-pom tuque clashed with her leather jacket, her stiletto-heels, and her carefully-constructed self-image as a no-nonsense corporate attorney.
Etymology: From "Destroy" or "Destruction", it's sad but it's true, and "Rue" - to regret, or wish to undo.
Trashpanic
Created by: freiflug
Pronunciation: /træʃˈpanɪk/
Sentence: "Gerard, why the hasty face? - Go away! I'm in a serious trashpanic." "Definitely. I definitely would have gone to that concert, but I trashpanicked the tickets while I was not paying attention - hard cheese took over me."
Etymology: trash: a container into which things are discarded; panic: overpowering fright
Oopsolysisophobia
Created by: Ritalinda
Pronunciation: oop'-so-ly-sis'-o-pho'-bia
Sentence: The paper, all the paper, endless paper. They lawyers, all the lawyers, endless lawyers. The shredder--hours and hours at the shredder. So confusing, and out of Valium. Indeed, this was the prescription for an inevitable and intractable oopsolysisophobia.
Etymology: oops--comment associated with an accidental act. lysis--Greek term for separation or tearing. Phobia--an anxiety.
Deletearious
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: del-eh-TEER-eyuss
Sentence: Shannon was deletearious when she realized she had shredded some old love letters by mistake, she cried for hours and was absolutely beside herself.
Etymology: Blend of 'delete' (to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing) and 'tear' (fluid appearing in or flowing from the eye as the result of emotion, esp. grief)....a play on the word 'deleterious' (Having a harmful effect; injurious)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by an anonymous donor. Thank you! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James