DEFINITION: v. To push yourself so hard to reach an impossibly high standard of perfection, that you undercut your own success. n. An impossibly high goal which practically guarantees failure.

Icarussing

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: icarus - ing

Sentence: The opera singer strove for a perfect tone, but icarussing resulted in vocal cord nodes and a husky voice.

Etymology: Icarus (the boy, exulting in his career, began to soar upward as if to reach heaven, where the sun melted the wax holding his wings together and he plunged into the sea) + ing

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