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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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Redundaloquation
Created by: grohldberg12
Pronunciation: (ree-dun-duh-low-kway-zh[i]un
Sentence:
Etymology:
Guidunce
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Guy-dunce
Sentence: When Tom bought a tin of gloss paint to brighten up his front door he was amazed at the guidunce given, when he read on the back of the label, 'WARNING' 'Do not eat contents'. He wondered how long it had taken the production team to come up with that little gem!
Etymology: Guidance(Advice,information) + Dunce(a person who is slow to learn, or not intelligent) = Guidunce
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COMMENTS:
Was he licking the paint off his finger at the time? - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-05: 14:57:00
Ha Ha. No but he ate the brush when he finished, that didn't come with instructions! - TJayzz, 2008-11-05: 16:21:00
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Clodicil
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: KLOD-uh-suhl
Sentence: Bob fell into an uncontrollable fit of laughter when he noticed that the clodicil on his cup of coffee read: "CONTENTS ARE HOT." And he laughed so much that he spilled the contents over his hands, and now is suing the coffee shop owner for damages.
Etymology: Blend of CLOD: a dolt, blockhead & CODICIL: a short writing containing an explanation .. for a blockhead.
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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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)
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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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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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)
Retarditure
Created by: day4ghee
Pronunciation: RET-ARD-IT-URE
Sentence: BECKY SOON LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF RETARDITURE AFTER DROPPING HER MEGADRY 21,0000 IN THE TUB.
Etymology:
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