Verboticism: Overincompetentsate
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.
Overincompetentsate
Created by: Fleury
Pronunciation: oh-ver-in-COM-peh-tint-sayt
Sentence: Bob wanted his bathroom so clean, he could eat off the floor. The fumes got so strong, he suffered nerve paralysis, and now he can't get up off the floor. That's overincompentsation.
Etymology: overcompensate + incompetent
Points: 590