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DEFINITION: v. To insist on helping someone in spite of their repeated assurance that they have things well in hand, and already have their own remedies in mind. n. Unwanted help or assistance.
Verboticisms
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Unwantaid
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: UNWANTed+AID
Sentence: Her persistent unwantaid made the awkward situation even more embarassing.
Etymology: UNWANTed+AID
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COMMENTS:
nice - bookowl, 2008-05-26: 12:12:00
good one - galwaywegian, 2008-05-26: 15:40:00
good word, rebelvin - Nosila, 2008-05-26: 19:53:00
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Dragginfly
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: drag gin fly
Sentence: When Ben got his naughty bits stuck in his zipper, his girlfriend Mary made things worse by being a dragginfly. There's just something about Mary...
Etymology: Dragging (something that slows or delays progress;pull, as against a resistance )& Fly (opening in front of pants) & WordPlay on Dragonfly (large flying insect)
Aidamant
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ade/a/mant
Sentence: Sally's grown children must now always wear shoes with velcro fastenings as a result of her being so aidamant about helping them tie their shoes.
Etymology: aid +m adamant (stubbornly resolute)
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COMMENTS:
Sally to easy with her kids: she needs to give them a good lacing.... - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-27: 20:30:00
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Aidnauseum
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ade/naw/zee/um
Sentence: Sally's propensity to constantly offer assistance went on aidnauseum. The paramedics in her neighbourhood were particularly distressed.
Etymology: aid + ad nauseum (to an excessive degree)
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COMMENTS:
hahahah....like this one! - mweinmann, 2009-07-07: 12:08:00
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Foistaid
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: foi - st - ai - d
Sentence: Lucy insisted on practicing foistaid on her mother's prized petunia patch. Mom reminded her that everything had been cultivated and weeded and that Lucy need not touch her flowers while she was gone. When Mom got home, Lucy had incorrectly identified them as weeds and pulverized the prized petunias into pitiful piles of dried out debris.
Etymology: foist (to force onto another,to falsely; identify as real; to defraud) aid (help, assist) play on first aid
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COMMENTS:
love saying this - Jabberwocky, 2009-07-07: 11:52:00
I know....does it sound like Elmer Fudd? - mweinmann, 2009-07-07: 12:07:00
I\'m thinking of the Three Stooges - mrskellyscl, 2009-07-07: 20:14:00
Could have been forcedaid too but foisted doesn\'t get enough play. Great word! - artr, 2009-07-09: 08:46:00
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Samarizip
Created by: sydviscious
Pronunciation: suh-mare-a-zip
Sentence: The girl was just trying to help so she did what any good person would do and samarizipped that zipper because she knows best and is addicted to helping, which doesn't need an intervention.
Etymology: Samaritan: a good, helpful person Zipper: is there really a need for am explanation?
Overaide
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: over ride
Sentence: Marjie was single-minded in her efforts to win the first aid officer of the month award. To that end she had resorted to overaiding her team mates. Now every paper cut was treated with iodine and bandaging, every headache with excessive and vigorous head massage, every little bump or bruise with lashings of arnica and warnings about occupational health and safety. Their protests were ignored, their bandaids stripped off and replaced with industrial strength bandage and some had even resorted to wearing balaclavas to avoid losing their hair.
Etymology: over ride (bully, browbeat, ignore protests) + aide (one who provides assistance)
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COMMENTS:
Heh heh....all that's left is CPR. Good word. - Mustang, 2008-05-26: 04:57:00
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Aidandregret
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ayd and ree gret
Sentence: Mary meant well, but too often her attempts at helping people were unrequested and ended up as an aidandregret situation. This was true when her boyfriend, Dick, had that unfortunate zipper accident. Mary acted like a flyattendant and tried to help him with his seatbelt, which locked and failed to get into an upright position. He had trouble finding the nearest exit and as a result has been temporarily grounded. His new Zip Code is OOH NOO. Yes, there's something about Mary...
Etymology: Aid (help, assistance) & Regret (sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment;be sorry) Play on Aid and Abet (assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing)
Nossistance
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: no sis tans
Sentence: When Dick got his, you know, name-organ, stuck in his zipper, well that Jane was nossistance at all. Her aid was not only not impeckerable, it left a track on his manhood forever. Should he survive this cock-up, he would add the word nossistance to his dickionary for future reference. See Dick, See Jane in the no-fly zone! Willie forgive her? How could he? It was a phallusy. He was a highly regarded Member of Parliament, after all. See Dick not run again...
Etymology: No (not in any degree or manner; not at all) & Assistance (the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose) & insistence (the state of urgently demanding notice or attention)
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COMMENTS:
Chubby Johnson would be proud. - stache, 2008-05-26: 01:09:00
LOL....great sentence!! Very...imaginative? - Mustang, 2008-05-26: 04:56:00
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Foistaid
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Foyst - ayd
Sentence: Rhonda seemed unable to resist the notion that others couldn't possibly do without her helpful intervention, and as so often was the case those she provided foistaid to became victims rather than recipients of genuine assistance; it was almost as if she heard voices calling....."Help me Rhonda."
Etymology: Blend of foist and aid
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COMMENTS:
Love those Beach Boys...too bad one of them is a Soprano now thanks to Rhonda! - Nosila, 2008-05-26: 00:57:00
Awesome word, but...aren't you s'posed to use it IN your sentence? - stache, 2008-05-26: 01:05:00
Just sayin'.... - stache, 2008-05-26: 01:05:00
Hmm, Beach Boys and the Sopranos....seems an odd mix. :) - Mustang, 2008-05-26: 02:35:00
Oopsie...yep, it IS supposed to be in the sentence and now it is. Thanks for the reminder. - Mustang, 2008-05-26: 02:35:00
Those victims should band(aid) together to provide hoistaid to each other and pull Rhonda out of the way. - petaj, 2008-05-26: 02:59:00
very clever - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-26: 09:40:00
Git her outa my pants... - galwaywegian, 2008-05-26: 11:15:00
de nada, amigo - stache, 2008-05-26: 12:34:00
Hang on, help is on its way - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-27: 20:28:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Mustang. Thank you Mustang. ~ James
Jabberwocky edges out Stevenson0 for the top prize in Shamu Week! Congratulations to Jabber, she is obviously an expert at creativity and understands the all the intricacies and details of animal training. (I imagine she had a very well-trained spouse!) Congratulations to all the players for a great week! And thanks again to Amy Sutherland for teaching us how to shamu. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Mustang. Thank you Mustang. ~ James