Verboticism: Pasdedoh

'What do you think of my latest dance moves?'

DEFINITION: n. A person who, despite professional lessons and incessant practice, cannot dance without looking like a ruptured goose. v. To dance in an awkward or clumsy manner.

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Pasdedoh

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Pronunciation: pah de dough

Sentence: Kenny was now firmly entrenched as a wallflower once he had been identified as a pasdedoh. His reputation for j j j jivegawking, sambungling, disco-verhegoesagain and tangoling had spread even to the lowliest of barn dances in the country surrounding his home town.

Etymology: pas de deux (dance for two esp. in ballet) + doh (exclamation of dismay)

Points: 971

Comments: Pasdedoh

Jabberwocky - 2008-05-29: 10:25:00
didn't get it until I read the pronunciation - very funny

petaj - 2008-05-30: 03:27:00
Yes a little cryptic on first look. But someone voted for it.

OZZIEBOB - 2008-05-30: 06:47:00
Entertaining.