Verboticism: Apocalaspe

'What do you mean, you're not coming?'

DEFINITION: n. The moment of awareness when you realize that have you made a huge mistake on a big project, and will have to start all over again, from the very beginning. v. To suddenly realize that you are going to fail.

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Apocalaspe

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: apok/a/laps

Sentence: His apocalapse occurred when he realized that after spending fifteen hours working on the company's business report, he was using the wrong set of data from last year.

Etymology: APOCALASPE - noun from - APOCALYPSE (revelation, or dramatic disclosure of something not previously known) + LAPSE (error, or failure)

Points: 644

Comments: Apocalaspe

readerwriter - 2008-08-15: 04:50:00
Love it!

pungineer - 2008-08-15: 07:11:00
brillant - i can see a collapse in there too

Jabberwocky - 2008-08-15: 10:37:00
excellent

OZZIEBOB - 2008-08-15: 18:32:00
Betcha it gave his colleagues something to babylon about. Top word.

lumina - 2008-08-16: 00:30:00
My fave!