Verboticism: Excelailing

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

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

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Excelailing

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Created by: Uccxxxv

Pronunciation: Pronounced very much like Exhaling, but with "sale" instead of "hail"

Sentence: "He pushed himself so hard he wound up excelailing"

Etymology: Excell + Failing

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