Verboticism: Redoomsday

'What do you mean, you're not coming?'

DEFINITION: n. The moment of awareness when you realize that have you made a huge mistake on a big project, and will have to start all over again, from the very beginning. v. To suddenly realize that you are going to fail.

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Redoomsday

Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Ree-duems-day

Sentence: I had just finished numbering my paper from 1 - 3,000 when I knew a doomsday had hit... I had forgotten to write 13!

Etymology: Redo (to start over) + doomsday (a time of crisis or danger)

Points: 407

Comments: Redoomsday

Jabberwocky - 2007-05-17: 09:17:00
you're obliously a number person ziggy41

Jabberwocky - 2007-05-17: 09:18:00
oops - I meant obviously

petaj - 2007-05-17: 17:26:00
Captures it nicely