Verboticism: Paragonarrhea

'This is going to be the closest shave ever!'

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.

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Paragonarrhea

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: pair-a-gone-a-ree-ah

Sentence: Sue would always paragonarrhea over her clothes, constantly tugging, smoothing, and brushing off imaginary lint specks; ultimately, this made her look like a grooming chimpanzee.

Etymology: paragon, gonarrhea

Points: 497

Comments: Paragonarrhea

wordmeister - 2007-01-16: 10:10:00
Hilarious!