DEFINITION: To push yourself so hard, to reach an impossibly high standard of perfection, that you end up undercutting your own success.

Paragonwrong

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: parra-gone-wrong

Sentence: Nikos dream of perfection was never reached. He wanted his cafe in the centre of town to be the epitome of a Greek kafenion, but he was never satisfied with the decor and continued to import nick-nacks and concrete all the surrounding area until the customers could barely find room to sit. He was a paragonwrong.

Etymology: paragon + gone wrong

Points: 911

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