Voted For: Transfimplicate

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: laim-blaim

Sentence: Gertrude came up with so many ridiculous reasons for her own failures that her friends began to label her tactics as lameblame, phony excuses that they knew even SHE couldn't believe.

Etymology: Blend of 'lame' (weak; inadequate; unsatisfactory; clumsy: a lame excuse) and 'blame' (to hold responsible; find fault with; censure)

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: tranz-FIM-pleh-kayt

Sentence: Freida was borderline paranoid and saw disasters looming in any kind of bad news and even in some of her own misadventures, but rather than taking stock and dealing with issues head on she would transfimplicate, blaming other people, the government and other kinds of agencies for her perceived doom and gloom.

Etymology: Blend of transfer and implicate

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: sin-flate

Sentence: Jean would sinflate every mistake Jack made until he felt like he needed to beg for absolution.

Etymology: sin: guilt, trespass, ungodliness + inflate:aggrandize, blow out of proportion

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Created by: leedit

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Beliebelaming behavior can be symptomatic of poor self esteem and diminished synaptic activity.

Etymology: Original form, "belible", was more common in the first half of the 20th century; additional syllable is a more recent etymological development.

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: blll aym

Sentence: She was the consummate blaimer, the word sorry only ever left her lips if preceded by "you'll be" of followed by "I ever met someone so incompetent". It was probably hereditary.

Etymology: Blame. Aim.

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COMMENTS:

good one, galwaywegian...have met her! - Nosila, 2008-04-24: 21:30:00

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: blame/bee/dex/trose

Sentence: A blamebedextrous person can shift blame with double the speed.

Etymology: blame + be + ambidextrous

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COMMENTS:

clver! - mweinmann, 2009-06-18: 08:52:00

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Created by: alicat

Pronunciation: Jug-er-blame

Sentence: Tom loved to Juggerblame everyone when things weren't going his way. From his car accident that his mother-in-law caused, to his ingrown toe-nail caused by the thunderstorms, everything was always someone else's fault.

Etymology: Juggernaut (something that destroys everything in its path) + blame (to place the responsibility of the action / event on someone else)

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈbɔɪˌʍɪp/

Sentence: The boywhipper would blame his coworkers, his family, his friends, random passers-by, modern technology, politics, climate change, UFOs, supernatural beings, Murphy, and even himself on occasion but NEVER would he even dream of blaming his cat.

Etymology: To boywhip is to whip a whipping boy. A boywhipper is one who does so.

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methinks you have a very cool cat ErWenn - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-24: 13:19:00

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Created by: stache

Pronunciation: āt'rə-bŭt'

Sentence: "You're such an attributt," Georg whined. Inga had just finished explaining why he was responsible for the rainstorm that soaked them as they dashed from their car to the bistro, and for the lack of nearby parking spots.

Etymology: 'attri,' var. of Atra, trade name for late 20th century shaving device; 'butt,' any of several flatfishes, esp. the halibut; literally, 'attributt' is 'to shave one's halibut.'

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COMMENTS:

worth a vote for the etymology alone!! - galwaywegian, 2008-04-24: 07:20:00

What can I say? lol Good word. - Mustang, 2008-04-24: 22:13:00

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Created by: jadespring

Pronunciation:

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Etymology: from german stinkfinger.

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