Verboticism: Diagnore
DEFINITION: v. To have a medical condition or illness and yet continually deny it, even after your doctor has diagnosed it. n. A person who steadfastly refuses to accept a medical diagnosis or to follow the prescribed treatment.
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Diagnosuch
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: die-ag-NO-such
Sentence: Wilbur refused to accept any sort of diagnosis of an existing ailment, and would declare it to be a diagnosuch, thereby avoiding having to deal with any fear or having to apply a remedy.
Etymology: blend of diagnosis and the term 'no such'
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COMMENTS:
diagbolically good - Nosila, 2009-05-28: 10:42:00
Wilburnished the art of denial.....good word. - mweinmann, 2009-05-28: 12:11:00
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Denyagnosis
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dee nye ag no sis
Sentence: Mary came to work no matter how sick she was believing that she was indispensible and a martyr to the cause. Her boss and colleagues resented it because inevitably they'd catch whatever germs she brought into work. Under protest she went to see her doctor one day and returned to work that afternoon, saying everything was fine. But she was in denyagnosis, because the bright red spots proved that she had the chicken pox and now everyone could look forward to getting them.
Etymology: Deny (refuse to accept or believe) & Diagnosis (determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis)
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COMMENTS:
:) - galwaywegian, 2010-06-15: 05:15:00
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Medicontradiction
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: med-i-con-tra-dic-shon
Sentence: Lois' medicontradiction worried her family. Not only did she continue to deny her condition, but it was grossing everyone out. When they made her eat on the patio, she finally accepted the fact that she needed medication.
Etymology: medication + medical condition + contradiction (to deny or refute)
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COMMENTS:
Yes....time to get a prescription!! Good word. - mweinmann, 2009-05-28: 12:12:00
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Scougher
Created by: shoeshineboy
Pronunciation: SKOF-fer
Sentence: I can't stand when all the scoughers come to work and get everyone else sick when they KNOW they are contagious.
Etymology: scoff + cougher
Denialvirus
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dee nyal vy rus
Sentence: When Roger was bitten by a huge mosquito and had to be hospitalized, he still claimed that he just had a bug bite. He was suffering from denialvirus, which he absolutely refused to believe because he had never even been to Egypt.
Etymology: Denial (the act of asserting that something alleged is not true) & Nile Virus (West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne virus that can cause encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) or meningitis (inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord).
Reflutiate
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: re-flu-tea-ate
Sentence: "'Tis only a fleshwound," Sir Bledalot reflutiated as another limb was lopped off.
Etymology: refute: disprove + flu: illness
Disagsease
Created by: dennisrussis
Pronunciation: diz eg ziz
Sentence: Obseesed with belief of absolute health Mike disageased all sickly signs he felt with increasing frequency in his stomach.
Etymology: Disagree (deny something) + disease (illness)
Diagnosiree
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: dy - ag - no - suhr - ee
Sentence: Delbert refused to accept any sort of determination of an existing ailment, choosing instead to be a diagnosiree, thereby avoiding having to deal with any sort of therapy.
Etymology: blend of diagnosis and the slang, 'nosiree'.
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-09: 16:03:00
Yep, very creative! - purpleartichokes, 2008-04-09: 16:19:00
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Deniailment
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: deny/ailment
Sentence: Even though his eyelids were stuck together when he woke up and his eyes were red and full of pus, he refused to consider that he might have pink eye and insisted he just had morning allergies.
Etymology: denial + ailment
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COMMENTS:
Good word containing both denail & illness(ailment). - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-09: 20:48:00
Best of the day. Good one! - Mustang, 2008-04-10: 03:35:00
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Notme
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: nätmē
Sentence: Despite what the doctor told him Jason returned with a diagnosis of allswell. He had already self-prescribed a generous dose of notme.
Etymology: not (used to express the negative of other words) + me (pronoun, first person singular)