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DEFINITION: The prescribed response of shock and denial that all world-class athletes follow when caught using banned drugs.
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Banshock
Created by: riomarde
Pronunciation: Ban-shock
Sentence: After the Olympian cyclist was caught using illegal performance enhancers he released a statement expressing his banshock and denial.
Etymology: Banned substances... ban + shock... feigned or genuine response to allegations of the athlete’s use of banned substances.
Dopine
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: doe-pine
Sentence: even though he was guilty he still intended to head out to that press conference and dopine like crazy
Etymology: dope, opine, pine
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COMMENTS:
good word - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-27: 14:40:00
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Sterannoyed
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: STEHR-uh-noid
Sentence: Alex wept as he saw the sterannoyed look of his favourite cyclist looking back at him from the television screen.
Etymology: steroid + annoyed
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COMMENTS:
poor Alex never gets a break - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-27: 12:43:00
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Liareenass
Created by: dancerxoxox
Pronunciation: liar/een/ass
Sentence: I tested him. He was in total liareenass. He wouldn't admit it
Etymology: Liar and ass LOl
Barryjuice
Created by: kabloozie
Pronunciation: Bare-e-joos
Sentence: After he failed the drug test, Doug launched into a barryjuice, and claimed his detractors spiked his Gatorade.
Etymology: Barry Bonds + juice (slang for 'roids)
Repfutation
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Rep-few-tay-shun
Sentence: His general repfutation persisted of "What... uh... steroids? ... LOOK! A BASEBALL PLAYER!!"
Etymology: Reputation (a "good name", of, say, an athlete) + refutation (denial)
Dopethical
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: dope+ eth +IK + cal
Sentence: His dopethical drivel fooled no-one this time. On too many occasions in the past his doperfidy had tarnished the reputation of the sport and all who participated in it. However, this time all could see clearly that he was nothing more than a dopelethic doperat, a pathetic liar and cheat, now banned from the sport for life.
Etymology: Dope + ethical: Moral principles(feigned)-regarding the use of dope/ drugs).
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COMMENTS:
that could be construed as a hypodopethical statement - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-27: 11:35:00
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Stareroids
Created by: tatterdemalion
Pronunciation: STAYR-roids
Sentence: Overdosing on stareroids has proven to be vocational suicide for star athletes, however, scientists have not yet discovered whether the effects of this treatment are beneficial or deleterious for society in general.
Etymology: stare + steroids
Comments:
Jabberwocky - 2007-07-27: 10:48:00
I'm trying to figure out if it's Andy Warhol or Annie Lennox giving the injection
KristinA - 2007-07-27: 14:11:00
I was thinking Bowie.
ziggy41 - 2007-07-28: 01:34:00
Ellen Degeneres was my first guess.
Kyoti - 2007-07-29: 10:45:00
Anne Heche fools everyone yet again.