DEFINITION: v. To pretend to forget an embarrassing act or event. n. A person who pretends to forget embarrassing moments or actions.

Magnabuncogentleapsimous

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: mag-nuh-bun-CO-gentle-APSE-ih-muss (magnabuncogentleapsimist)

Sentence: Everyone thought the churlish knave deserved the attentions of the Spanish Inquisition, but the guy in charge was far too MAGNABUNCOGENTLEAPSIMOUS to agree. Better to let history decide when all the VOTES ARE IN. After all, it's not like he MADOFF with everyone's money and lounges around chuckling in a COMFY CHAIR whilst gazing down from his multi-million dollar aerie.

Etymology: MAGNAnimous+ BUNco +COGEnt +geNTLE +lAPSE +magnamIMOUS= MAGNABUNCOGENTLEAPSIMOUS MAGNANIMOUS:showing or suggesting nobility of feeling and generosity of mind;Latin magnanimus, from magnus great + animus spirit.....BUNCO:a swindling game or scheme,anything patently false;perhaps alteration of Spanish banca bench, banking, bank in gambling, from Italian.....COGENT:appealing forcibly to the mind or reason,having power to compel or constrain;Latin cogent-, cogens, present participle of cogere to drive together, collect, from co- + agere to drive.....GENTLE:tractable , docile,free from harshness, sternness, or violence,chivalrous,honorable, distinguished,suited to a person of high social station;Middle English gentil, from Anglo-French, from Latin gentilis of a gens, of one's family, from gent-gens, nation; akin to Latin gignere to beget,..... LAPSE:a slight error typically due to forgetfulness or inattention,a temporary deviation or fall especially from a higher to a lower state;Latin lapsus, from labi to slip.....IMOUS: a little-known peripheral device developed by Apple whose production was suddenly termina... strike that last one from the record.

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