Verboticism: Paragonwrong
DEFINITION: To push yourself so hard, to reach an impossibly high standard of perfection, that you end up undercutting your own success.
Paragonwrong
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: parra-gone-wrong
Sentence: Nikos dream of perfection was never reached. He wanted his cafe in the centre of town to be the epitome of a Greek kafenion, but he was never satisfied with the decor and continued to import nick-nacks and concrete all the surrounding area until the customers could barely find room to sit. He was a paragonwrong.
Etymology: paragon + gone wrong
Points: 911