Verboticism: Denyagnosis
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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Deniaphile
Created by: arrrteest
Pronunciation: dee-nie-al-file
Sentence: Here rests Bill, He'll be here a while It was a heart attack You dumb deniaphile.
Etymology: denial + phile
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COMMENTS:
Love that epitaph! Nice work. - Jamagra, 2008-04-09: 09:31:00
Sad tale of poor Bill. Nice work! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-09: 20:54:00
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Medicashun
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: med/i/kay/shun
Sentence: Because of a severe overdose of an incorrect prescription ten years ago, John goes into a medicashun mode refusing to take any drugs his doctor prescribes for his ailments.
Etymology: medicine + shun
Negaffliction
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: něg'ə-flĭk'shən
Sentence: "Garth, go get that thing taken care of!" Tanya cajoled. "It's no big deal," Garth negafflicted. "The doctor said it's completely malignant."
Etymology: 'ne,' from Python, of the Knights who say so; 'gaf,'var. of 'gaff,' a metal spur for a gamecock; 'flic,' action taken with one's BIC; 'tion,' take pains to avoid.
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).
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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Rottatoesis
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Rot-ta-toe-sis
Sentence: Rachel had a bad case of rottatoesis and refused to seek medical treatment for a cure...until her toes fell off!
Etymology: Rot - A - Toes - Is
Diagnoresis
Created by: Jamagra
Pronunciation: di/egg/nor'/sis
Sentence: "You have diabetes," Dr. Marcus Wellknee told his patient. "Nonsense," replied Fred. "I'm irritable and tired because I don't get enough sleep at night. I'm always thirsty and hungry because I do a lot of heavy physical labor at work. I go to the bathroom lots because I drink so much water when I am thirsty. There's no way I have diabetes, Doc! I'm only 38!" Under "prognosis" on Fred's chart, Dr. Wellknee wrote "diagnoresis".
Etymology: diagnosis + ignore
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COMMENTS:
Good Blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-09: 20:55:00
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Denyagnosis
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dee nye yag no sis
Sentence: Dr. Pepper (wouldn't you like to be a Pepper, too?) wondered why Phyllis came to see him at all. No matter what her test results revealed, it was always a denyagnosis with her. She refused to believe him and always said, emphatically, "That's not what's gonna kill me!" When he told her she had hypertension, high cholesterol, out of whack blood sugar, lung cancer from the 4 packs a day she smoked, cataracts, an ailing liver, arthritis, incontinence, a dodgy hip and a dicky ticker, she refused medicines and treatments that would extend her life. She always said, "That's not what's gonna kill me!" She was definitely a denyagnosister. As it turned out, Phyllis was right. Although 89 years of age and less than spry, she got herself involved in a steamy affair with a hearing aid salesman named Norman, who was 20 years her junior. He could not get her to buy a hearing aid, because, of course, she did not have a hearing problem (What? What hearing problem?). No, instead her best friend, Mabel, became irately jealous. She found out her toy boy, Norman, was flogging his wares at Phyllis' condo in the Rio de NoHairo Tower of their senior's home, Samuel de Complain Chateau. Mabel stormed over to Phyllis' swinging bachelorette pad one dark evening and opened the door to find Norman and Phyllis locked in a passionate embrace, wearing only their Depends. Mabel pulled out her Smith & Wesson and dispatched them both to that big Bingo Hall in the sky. A week later, Dr.Pepper attended Phyllis' lavish funeral and she had the last laugh when he read her tombstone: "I told you...That's not what killed me!"
Etymology: deny (refuse to accept or believe) & diagnosis (identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon) & No ( no means no; not in any degree or manner; not at all, never in a million years, no way Jose, fuhgettaboutit)
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COMMENTS:
the gunnerRio got her in the end. Brilliant! - galwaywegian, 2008-04-09: 07:19:00
Great word (first one that popped into my head this AM). Love the story as well! - purpleartichokes, 2008-04-09: 16:18:00
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Illstrich
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: il-strich
Sentence: I've known friends to illstrich on occasion, but Todd is a world-class illstricher. There are sores all over his lips, but he swears he's not the 1-in-4 who's got herpes! How can he keep illstriching like he's totally healthy?
Etymology: From "ill" and a contraction of "ostrich" (a large, flightless bird fabled to hide its head in the sand at the first sign of danger)
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COMMENTS:
nice - galwaywegian, 2010-06-15: 05:14:00
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Incredulognosis
Created by: DevynAlexanderSkyeHarris
Pronunciation: In-Cred-You-Low-Know-Sis
Sentence: Izjhii looked at his left nipple-swollen now to the size almost that of large rodent. "The doc said I need it removed or I will die, but I know, that I will be just fine." Loriin's eyes widened. "Fine? So very incredulognostic of you to disregard a professional opinion with your High school level education based self incredulognosis." The next day Izjhii was buried in his best leisure suit.
Etymology: Incredulous: unwilling to believe + Diagnosis: discovery of ones disease.
