Verboticism: Goaddigrrr
DEFINITION: v. To unintentionally encourage bad behavior by responding to it in a manner that incites even worse behavior. n. A response designed to stop bad behavior, which paradoxically produces more of it.
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Exacerbloop
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Eks-asz-SUR-bloop
Sentence: When Bob tried to smooth things over with a few words of "wisdom", he quickly found out that many an embarassing moment wouldn't be so embarassing if it only lasted a moment. The daftermath of his exacerblooper and exacerblooping, lead to a hellishing harangue from Roxie that lasted an hour.
Etymology: Blend of EXACERBate & BLOOP/er: an embarassing, silly, verbal error, usually during a serious moment.
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COMMENTS:
great sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-20: 15:32:00
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Disciplinarage
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Diss-a-plin-a-rayge
Sentence: No matter how many Asbo's little Tommy got it didnt stop his bad behavior, in fact his own mother thought it was a good example of disciplinarage as he looked on it as a badge of honour and only made him worse.
Etymology: Discipline(The practise of training someone to obey rules) + encourage(To stimulate(eg: bad behaviour) = Disciplinarage
Baboozle
Created by: melodydrama
Pronunciation: Bah-boo-zle
Sentence: The comment meant to hurry her husband along was a sad baboozle, he only walked slower and they missed their appointment.
Etymology: Baboon+bamboozle
Nagression
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: nag resh shun
Sentence: Rhoda Rage always lectured her spouse,Red, about the importance of defensive driving. She also pointed out potential hazards to him along the route...like a person crossing the road, a mile ahead. Or a red light, three blocks away. Although she could not drive herself, she was an expert on what he should be doing. But all her cautions became a form of nagression and irritated the heck out of Red. Her constant comments made him nervous and edgy. He took his frustration out on other motorists. They eventually split up, because he wanted to take another Rhoda and she did not want to see Red anymore.
Etymology: Nag (remind or urge constantly; bother persistently with trivial complaints;worry persistently) & Aggression (violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked;deliberately unfriendly behavior; the act of initiating hostilities;a disposition to behave aggressively;a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack)
Miscourage
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: mis-cur-rage
Sentence: Every time Sally miscouraged her boyfriend go slower, he went faster. It didn't matter whether they were on the highway, or in the bedroom.
Etymology: miss + courage as opposed to discourage
Misscipline
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: miss/i/plin
Sentence: Missipline is the result of misplaced discipline.
Etymology: discipline + miss
Pissoftomy
Created by: stefaniaus
Pronunciation: Pis soft omy
Sentence: It was clearly a case of pissoftomy with no means of redemption
Etymology:
Reitirate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: re-IT-eye-rayt
Sentence: While she was well intentioned Muriel would invariably overdo her prodding to get Stan to do things her way and in the end would almost always reitirate, harping on a topic until Stan would just blow his cork.
Etymology: Blend of reiterate and irate.
Modifail
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: mod/i/fail
Sentence: As a teacher, I sometimes modifail when a student over reacts in a negative way to an attempted behaviour modifcation causing even further trouble in class.
Etymology: modify + fail
Pacifry
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: pass i FRY
Sentence: Blaze was having a small melt down when the ice cream truck sped by their home too quickly. His parents inadvertently pacifried him with the comment that ice cream from ice cream trucks, "is bad for you anyway." Blaze's melt down progressed into a full blown explosive fit of stamping, arm-flinging, and fiery-hot tearful cries: "BUD I WANNED NICE-CREAM!"
Etymology: A blend of PACIFY and FRY, overdo to the point of ruin.
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