DEFINITION: v. To push yourself so hard to reach an impossibly high standard of perfection, that you undercut your own success. n. An impossibly high goal which practically guarantees failure.

Goalure

Created by: hamburgerman

Pronunciation: gole your

Sentence: arnold worked nonstop to maximize productivity, but experienced goalure when his lack of sleep brought about poorly done work.

Etymology: GOAL + falURE = GOALURE

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