Verboticism: Faultfoist
DEFINITION: n. A person who blames their neighbors, coworkers, and/or parents for anything and everything that is wrong in the world. v. To lay blame on someone for something which is obviously beyond their control and influence.
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Faultypowers
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fall tee pow urs
Sentence: Basil Fawlty is a faultypowers. He faultypowers his hotel guests for expecting too much from him, like sunny weather and decent food. He faultypowers his wife Sybil, his little nest of vipers, for his cynical world view, due to his prison camp of a marriage (she being the warden, of course and he the lifer). And mainly he faultypowers Manuel, his dogsbody, on everything and anything else that clouds his day, just because Manuel is from Barcelona and can never understand enough English to know he is to blame. In his own mind, nothing is ever Basil's fault. Luckily he has Sybil to constantly remind him that he is wrong about that, too!
Etymology: faulty (describes a situation where things are wrongly done; being responsible for errors or defects;gives reason to complain) & powers (in fluential persons; ability to act or make changes; superhuman skills) & for rhyming and reference, Fawlty Towers (popular British sitcom)
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COMMENTS:
I love Faulty Towers! - pieceof314, 2008-04-24: 11:30:00
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Faultfoist
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: fawlt/foist
Sentence: Jenny faultfoists all her marriage problems on her mother.
Etymology: fault (flaw; failing) + foist (to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably)
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COMMENTS:
that's martial law for you! - galwaywegian, 2008-04-24: 05:41:00
Good blend - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-26: 19:11:00
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Blamhor
Created by: Moonstar
Pronunciation: Blam-hore
Sentence: Tina was a sweet girl, but when that Blamhor idiot Gretchen spilled red wine all over her brand new wedding dress, then blamed Tina for making her do it, Tina snapped, chasing her round the room in her soiled dress on her big day.
Etymology: Blame, as in to place blame + Whore, as in prostitute or manwhore.
Stenchdiverter
Created by: jadespring
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: from german stinkfinger.
Guiltslinger
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: giltslingər
Sentence: Mary is quite the guiltslinger. Everything wrong with the world is the fault of everybody but her. She is all too happy to use her cigarette break to lay blame on anybody who should dare to use an aerosol product, or buy non-local produce. She writes a "How to be Green" newsletter which she delivers door-to-door in her Hummer.
Etymology: guilt (the fact of having committed a specified or implied offense or crime) + gunslinger (a man who carries a gun and shoots well)
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COMMENTS:
love the hummer reference - Jabberwocky, 2009-06-17: 16:01:00
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Raptionalize
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /RAP-shun-uh-liyz/
Sentence: Nothing was ever Doug's fault, and he would be the first one to admit that. He would raptionalize away any hint of blame for anything that went wrong, and he never hesitated to name a scapegoat for any conceivable problem. Doug made an art out of 'passing the buck'. Even when he was caught taking office supplies from the office, he blamed his parents for not spending enough time with him as a child, because, he explained, they were both workaholics.
Etymology: Rap - blame or punishment, especially for a crime (from Swedish, rapp "light blow" as in a rebuke) + Rationalize - to ascribe problems to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid, but are actually unrelated (from Latin, ratiōnālis "reason")
Lameblame
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)
Scapegoatherder
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: scape/gote/hur/dur
Sentence: Sam was a scapegoatherder who had a handy flock of scapegoats to blame for anything that went wrong.
Etymology: scapegoat + goat herder
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COMMENTS:
lol - mrskellyscl, 2009-06-17: 06:52:00
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Impugnity
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: im-PYOON--uh-tee
Sentence: Miranda's usual approach to things she disliked or disapproved of would be to launch an attack of impugnity without regard to truth or veracity.
Etymology: Play on the word impugn
Manipublame
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: man ip u blaym
Sentence: Sherry is the Queen of manipublame. Nothing in the world is ever her fault. It's her parent's fault she was born; her teachers' fault she did poorly in school;her boss' fault she got fired and her boyfriend Andrew's fault that she is having to plan a wedding. If he thinks she's grumpy now, wait till she is stressed out by wedding details. Run, Andrew, run while you still can...
Etymology: Manipulate (influence or control shrewdly or deviously) & Blame (Accuse;reproch;attribute responsibility to)
