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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.
Verboticisms
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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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Warningunneeded
Created by: markhoward91
Pronunciation: warning/un/need/ed
Sentence: Dude, don't jump off a cliff. Warningunneeded.
Etymology:
Uselessain
Created by: jack189
Pronunciation: Use-less-ain
Sentence: Joe turned over the bag of peanuts and saw a warning label "Do not eat if allergic to peanuts". "What a Uselessain!" said Joe aloud.
Etymology: Useless(to have no use)+ ain(sufix used to create new word, changed it to a noun)
Idiotified
Created by: tituba
Pronunciation: i di ot ti fied
Sentence: The lady was idiotified when she used her hairdryer in the shower.
Etymology: id iot i fied dumb in the brain
Idiobligatome
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: IDDIO-blig-uh-tome
Sentence: ERIKA the Red was a good consumer. Whenever she purchased a new product, she diligently sent in the warranty card and saved the original packing, even though it filled her garage completely. Erika refused to even plug in an appliance until she had carefully read the IDIOBLIGATOME from cover to cover, including the upside-down part printed in Portugese. Erika devoted a five drawer file cabinet to her collection of preposterous pamphlets, superfluous booklets and imbecilic instructions. Recalcitrant by nature, she nonetheless struggled to heed every warning after translating them into Engrish. Fearful of voiding a warranty, she unplugged everything at the first sign of a thunderstorm, and refused to operate her pool filter near liquids of any kind. Ironically, Erika didn't read the fine print on the IDIOBLIGATOME which accompanied her variable-rate mortgage...now she lives in her Volvo station wagon behind the Wal-Mart.
Etymology: IDIOt+oBLIGATory+tOME=IDIOBLIGATOME....IDIOT:usually offensive : a person affected with extreme mental retardation,a foolish or stupid person;Middle English, from Anglo-French ydiote, from Latin idiota ignorant person, from Greek idiōtēs one in a private station, layman, ignorant person, from idios one's own, private; akin to Latin suus one's own.....OBLIGATORY:to constrain by physical, moral, or legal force or by the threat of litigation ;Middle English, from Anglo-French obliger, from Latin obligare, literally, to bind to, from ob- toward + ligare to bind.....TOME:a volume forming part of a larger work, a huge or infernally detailed book; Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin tomus, from Greek tomos section, roll of papyrus, tome, from temnein to cut; akin to Middle Irish tamnaid he lops, Polish ciąć to cut, and perhaps to Latin tondēre to shear.
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COMMENTS:
I guess nobody ever checks out these links, but this one is highly recommended:
http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/hall/main.php
- metrohumanx, 2008-11-05: 06:09:00
Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-05: 15:50:00
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Sadvice
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sad vice
Sentence: When self-evident, oxymoron warnings on packaging actually are needed for some dumb people, it is actually sadvice. But then again, why do they put electrical outlets beside showers in bathrooms anyway?
Etymology: Sad (pathetic,bad,unfortunate) & Advice (a proposal for an appropriate course of action)
Dulliterature
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: dull-LIT-er-uh-chur
Sentence: When she saw the instructions on her hair dryer warning her not to use it while sleeping or in the shower, amd the notation on the package of chips to 'open package, eat chips' Stephanie was once again reminded of all the dulliturature she'd encountered on other similar (usually imported) products.
Etymology: Blend of 'dull' (mentally slow; lacking brightness of mind; somewhat stupid; obtuse) and 'literature' (any kind of printed material, as circulars, leaflets, or handbills etc)
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COMMENTS:
Dullectable - Nosila, 2008-11-05: 22:01:00
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Stuplicit
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: stu/plic/it
Sentence: The warning label on the glass bottle was completely stuplicit; "Do not eat the bottle".
Etymology: STUPLICIT - from STUPID (foolish; senseless) + EXPLICIT (obvious, unequivocal)
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COMMENTS:
Neat & nice. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-05: 15:52:00
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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)
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)
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