Verboticism: Incompetrify
DEFINITION: To be so afraid of failure that you become paralyzed -- unable to move, respond or even say a word.
Incompetrify
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: In-com-pet-triff-fy
Sentence: Bob, a soft-spoken geologist, always became incompetrified whenever he had to give a speech in public.
Etymology: Incompetent+petrify. Incompetent: unable to do something well. Petrify: to turn to stone.
Points: 644