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DEFINITION: n., A set of product instructions, or a warning label, which is so obviously self-evident that it should be completely unnecessary. v., To provide unneeded directions, advice and/or warnings.
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Dumbstructions
Created by: denise
Pronunciation: DUM-struc-shun
Sentence: Poor girl. Due to her nervousness over her first Thanksgiving dinner, she skipped over the dumbstructions clearly written on the turkey which specifically said, "remove turkey from plastic covering and dispose of the plastic covering in the nearest garbage container. Then insert hand in body of turkey and remove inner bag which contains inner organs before putting turkey in oven..."
Etymology: A blend of dumb (stupid, not able to figure out the obvious) and instructions (a set of steps or rules one follows)
Dimstructions
Created by: Dougalistic
Pronunciation: Dim-struct-shuns
Sentence: That's a bit of an obvious dimstruction
Etymology: Dim & Instruction
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COMMENTS:
nice combo - silveryaspen, 2008-01-08: 13:20:00
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Duhlabel
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dəlābəl
Sentence: As Jerry got ready for work he noticed that everything he picked up had a duhlabel on it, from the shampoo he wasn't supposed to drink to the electric appliances that were not to join him in the tub; from the razor that was a hazard because it was sharp to the Q-tip that wasn't intended to go in his ear (then why are they shaped like that?) He wondered to himself just how anybody could get safely through their day without these "pearls of wisdom". Of course, Jerry might be a bit slow. It took him 38 years to notice them in the first place.
Etymology: duh (exclamation: used to comment on an action perceived as foolish or stupid) + label (a small piece of paper, fabric, plastic, or similar material attached to an object and giving information about)
Redunstruction
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: Re dun struc tion
Sentence: Although it seems pointless to warn about obviously self evident dangers, redunstructions are very necessary as the companies don't want their products to be associated with the death of idiots (despite the advantage of eugenics in the Darwinian sense).
Etymology: Redundant (unnecessary) & instruction (imparted knowledge)
Stupispeak
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: stoo-pi-speak
Sentence: Nowdays, everything comes with stupispeak labeling.
Etymology: a combo of stupid and speak
Duhrections
Created by: zebrahdh
Pronunciation: duh/rec/shuns
Sentence: I can't get this pen to write, without looking at the duhrections.
Etymology: um... duh?
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COMMENTS:
a word so good i can't even come up with anything right now - i'm infected by your word! - libertybelle, 2008-01-08: 08:41:00
great - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-08: 12:08:00
Too good! - bananabender, 2008-01-08: 18:56:00
Oh, this one's perfect! - Tigger, 2008-01-09: 20:28:00
"That's the way duh like it!" - silveryaspen, 2008-01-11: 14:06:00
Thanks everyone! - zebrahdh, 2008-01-13: 22:03:00
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Dillertive
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: dil-LURT-iv
Sentence: Bob fell into an uncontrollable fit of laughter when he noticed that the dillertive on his cup of coffee read: "CONTENTS ARE HOT." However, he laughed so much that he spilled the contents over his hands, and now is suing the coffee shop owner for damages for not putting a more meaningful clodicil on the cup.
Etymology: DILL: a fool, dillbrain, dunderhead; dill a cognate of dull; LERT from Alert: a warning or alarm against impending danger & IVE: suffix meaning having a tendency to, having the quality, character or nature of. consider woprds such as captive, derivative, objective.
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COMMENTS:
love clodicil too - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-05: 14:58:00
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Warnmenot
Created by: beardo
Pronunciation: Worn me not
Sentence: Kyle warnmenoted the instructions because he did not want to waste his time with common sense stuff.
Etymology: warn-inform, me-me, not- dont
Nobvious
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: nob/vee/us
Sentence: Ha ha how nobvious is that!! "Not for use by idiots"
Etymology: obvious + nob (silly person)
Caveabsurdigious
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: kah-vey-ab-sur-di-gous
Sentence: The folks in legal, being highly tagmatic, applied caveabsurdigious directions to every product to protect the company from lawsuits that may come due to accidents or death by stupidity.
Etymology: caveat: legalese term for warning, caution; an explanation or qualification + absurd:ridiculously unreasonable or illogical + litigious: tending to engage in lawsuits
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by yellowbird. Thank you yellowbird. ~ James
OZZIEBOB - 2008-01-09: 03:47:00
Great word!
Today's definition was suggested by yellowbird. Thank you yellowbird. ~ James