Verboticism: Fauxpause
DEFINITION: To be so afraid of failure that you become paralyzed -- unable to move, respond or even say a word.
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Paralump
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: para.lump
Sentence: "So, what did he do when she finally spoke to him?" - "Well, you know him, he's a paralump, stood there like a statue."
Etymology: paralyse+lump
Stagnitized
Created by: tealismyname
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I was competely stagnitized when i saw that crazy bear!
Etymology:
Stiffabled
Created by: Antimus
Pronunciation: stiff-abled
Sentence: She looked at him in such a way, he became so stiffabled that he fell off his chair
Etymology: stiff (as in can't move) and unable, in past tense.
Stunblock
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: STUHN-blok
Sentence: The moment Chrissy walked into the room, Jeremy developed a bad case of stunblock. He's been like that since noon.
Etymology: stun+block
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COMMENTS:
Good! - wordmeister, 2007-02-08: 09:26:00
great! I like this one. - w5lf9s, 2007-02-11: 02:49:00
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Freezetried
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: freeze + tried
Sentence: I was going to attempt the high jump, but I got so scared that I freezetried.
Etymology: Like freeze-dried, but with "tried."
Northpoleaxed
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: north/pole/axd
Sentence: The thought of rejection completely northpoleaxed him leaving him frozen in place like frozen tag.
Etymology: north pole + poleaxed
Partylysis
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: part-ill-is-is
Sentence: Faced with social situations, Kevin was a nervous wreck. As soon as crossed the front door of his mate's birthday bash, he went into a rigid state of partylysis.
Etymology: party (social celebration, festivities) + paralysis (unmoving state)
Goofcoma
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: goof-co-ma
Sentence: Brad went into a goofcoma whenever he saw Brandy enter the room.
Etymology: goof + coma
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COMMENTS:
funny! - wordmeister, 2007-02-27: 10:00:00
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Startalized
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: star ta lye sd
Sentence: colin was startalized to the point of hardly even breathing when tracy walked in to the room.
Etymology: from startled and paralyzed.
Starelized
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: stair-uh-lyzd
Sentence: Jimmy was certainly not sterile, but with the way he starelized every time an attractive woman was around, he might as well have been.
Etymology: (stare + paralyzed) = a homophone to sterilized
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COMMENTS:
I think this is very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-08: 14:21:00
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