Verboticism: Ohnoment

'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.

Create | Read

Ohnoment

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: oh + no + ment

Sentence: I was doing inventory, counting thousands of widgets, when I realized that I'd missed an entire box and I'd have to start over.

Etymology: oh no + moment

Points: 497

Comments: Ohnoment

purpleartichokes - 2007-05-17: 17:14:00
Great word Osomatic!

petaj - 2007-05-17: 17:27:00
I like it too

erasmus - 2007-05-18: 04:55:00
oh yes. this one I will use.

iwasatripwire - 2007-05-18: 12:53:00
wish i had a vote left to use on this one...