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DEFINITION: v. intr. To be accused of something you didn't do, then do that exact same thing later, completely by accident. n. A false accusation which coincidentally happens to be correct.

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Accusident

Created by: leemarquis

Pronunciation: Accuse - e - dent

Sentence: John accusidented Fred of smashing a headlight of his car. As Fred left and drove away in a hurry, he backed into John's car and smashed a headlight.

Etymology: Wrongly accused of something which you then do later by accident.

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COMMENTS:

Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 12:14:00

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Meaculprit

Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: me - ah - cul - prit

Sentence: "My lunch was in a white sack. It's missing from the fridge. Did you take it?" said Trudy. "It wasn't me! As you can see, I'm eating the yogurt, the apple, and the iced tea I brought. " Erica replied. Trudy took the last brown lunch sack, not white like hers, from the fridge. She opened it. As she set the yogurt, apple and iced tea on the table in front of Erica she said, "Oh, we brought the same lunch in different sacks! You did take my lunch! So now, I will take yours! When it comes to stealing lunches, we are both mea culprits!

Etymology: A blend of culprit and mea culpa. Culprit: which carries the double meaning of both an accused person and a guilty person. Mea Culpa: means "accepting guilt." And of course the admission of guilt in bad grammar "me a culprit!"

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COMMENTS:

Neat word. While reading your sentence, a previous submission, from a few months ago, came to mind - Sandwicheroo. - Tigger, 2008-02-19: 13:04:00

since Trudy deliberately ate the wrong lunch I would say she's guilty of being the meamaximaculprit - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-19: 14:29:00

great word! - libertybelle, 2008-02-19: 14:57:00

Another great word and entertaining sentence! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-19: 15:27:00

Love it! - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-19: 18:14:00

Exquisite!!! - Mustang, 2008-02-19: 23:16:00

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Prophetsorial

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: profet/sorry/al

Sentence: Because he was a prophetional player his comments tended to be prophetsorial.

Etymology: prophet + professorial + professional

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COMMENTS:

Like your originality! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 11:43:00

Close to the mark. Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-19: 15:31:00

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Liekelihood

Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: lie/kliee/hood

Sentence: When first you tell a lie there is a great liekelihood that you will do the deed.

Etymology: lie + likelihood

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COMMENTS:

add a letter and get a two word blend ... another great creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 11:40:00

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Arraigncheck

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: a rayn chek

Sentence: George had been fed up with his wife's suspicious questions about his working late every night...afterall he was just taking care of business. Wait till he told his mistresses about the latest arraigncheck she'd just given him!

Etymology: arraign (to accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy) & raincheck (a promise or a commitment to do something later)

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COMMENTS:

clever! - libertybelle, 2008-02-19: 09:16:00

love it! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-19: 09:20:00

Ingenious! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 11:57:00

Spot on, Nosila! Just wait until that cheater George gets the bill for this 'arraigncheck'. - Tigger, 2008-02-19: 13:12:00

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Veratilie

Created by: 8Revolution8

Pronunciation: vera/ti/lee

Sentence: "But I didn't do it!" "Ok, I believe you...(for now...)" Sometime... later... The veratilie of the offense made that man's three kids orphans...

Etymology: verity (true/truth) + lie

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COMMENTS:

Goes right to the contradiction in the definition! Really captures the dichotomy in it! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 19:33:00

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Slipocrisy

Created by: Biscotti

Pronunciation: slip-pock-rysee

Sentence: John was caugt in a slipocrisy when he told the kids not to eat cookies before dinner, yet he had one not 10 minutes later; they were really tempting.

Etymology: slip (to mess up) + hypocrisy (don't practice what you preach)

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COMMENTS:

Excellent verboticism. - Mustang, 2008-02-19: 23:18:00

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Coincicheat

Created by: CanadianAndyCapp

Pronunciation: Co-in-sih-chee-t

Sentence: Many atheletes are worried that the current wave of generic accusations of drug enhancements will uncover their real cheating activities in a case of coincicheat.

Etymology: Coincidence- Spontaneous simultaneous occurence. / Cheat- To gain advantage by illegitimate activity.

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COMMENTS:

Write on the definition! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 12:00:00

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Arrestiny

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /uh-REST-tuh-nee/

Sentence: Officer Hurley told us an ironic story about a known car thief who had apparently lost the keys to his own car, and was arrested when the police found him hotwiring it. One week later, arrestiny prevailed, and he was caught hotwiring a car he didn't actually own.

Etymology: blend of Arrest - into legal custody (from Latin, restāre "to stand still") & Destiny - inevitable course of events (from Latin, dēstināre "determine")

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COMMENTS:

Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-19: 15:33:00

Great etymoology and blending! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 19:30:00

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