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DEFINITION: n. A person who blames their neighbors, coworkers, and/or parents for anything and everything that is wrong in the world. v. To lay blame on someone for something which is obviously beyond their control and influence.
Verboticisms
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Scapegoatherder
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: scape/gote/hur/dur
Sentence: Sam was a scapegoatherder who had a handy flock of scapegoats to blame for anything that went wrong.
Etymology: scapegoat + goat herder
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COMMENTS:
lol - mrskellyscl, 2009-06-17: 06:52:00
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Critisighs
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: kri/ti/size
Sentence: Sally was convinced that the world was doomed by thoughtless people and would often let her opinions out in carefully aimed citisighs. "odor" "mold" "dust" "waste of space"
Etymology: criticize + sighs
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COMMENTS:
funny word! - wordmeister, 2008-04-24: 10:09:00
Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-26: 19:10:00
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Transfimplicate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: tranz-FIM-pleh-kayt
Sentence: Freida was borderline paranoid and saw disasters looming in any kind of bad news and even in some of her own misadventures, but rather than taking stock and dealing with issues head on she would transfimplicate, blaming other people, the government and other kinds of agencies for her perceived doom and gloom.
Etymology: Blend of transfer and implicate
Coblamer
Created by: chingbangwa
Pronunciation: koh-blay-mer
Sentence: Julia is the world biggest coblamer. She lost a game of tetris and blamed it on me saying i distrupted her.
Etymology: co+blamer
Culpoholic
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: KUHL-po-hol-ik
Sentence: Bob was culpoholic who would smile when things went wrong because he had already thought of someone he could blame it on.
Etymology: CULPOHOLIC: One who ascribes blame to others excessively & habitually. From Lt, "CULP" " fault, blame, crime & "OHOLIC" : A pseudo suffix: for one who does something to excess & habitually.
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-24: 11:45:00
excellent - stache, 2008-04-24: 14:07:00
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Culpabully
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: kull - pa - bull - ee
Sentence: Marcy is known as a culpabully. No matter what goes wrong in the world, she always blames someone; even if it is a force of nature or circumstantial.
Etymology: culpable (deserving blame), bull (a serious and ludicrous blunder,bullshit: obscene words for unacceptable behavior), bully (pick on, browbeat)
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COMMENTS:
like it - Jabberwocky, 2009-06-17: 16:03:00
Good one. - Mustang, 2009-06-18: 00:23:00
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Faultypowers
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fall tee pow urs
Sentence: Basil Fawlty is a faultypowers. He faultypowers his hotel guests for expecting too much from him, like sunny weather and decent food. He faultypowers his wife Sybil, his little nest of vipers, for his cynical world view, due to his prison camp of a marriage (she being the warden, of course and he the lifer). And mainly he faultypowers Manuel, his dogsbody, on everything and anything else that clouds his day, just because Manuel is from Barcelona and can never understand enough English to know he is to blame. In his own mind, nothing is ever Basil's fault. Luckily he has Sybil to constantly remind him that he is wrong about that, too!
Etymology: faulty (describes a situation where things are wrongly done; being responsible for errors or defects;gives reason to complain) & powers (in fluential persons; ability to act or make changes; superhuman skills) & for rhyming and reference, Fawlty Towers (popular British sitcom)
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COMMENTS:
I love Faulty Towers! - pieceof314, 2008-04-24: 11:30:00
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Sinflate
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: sin-flate
Sentence: Jean would sinflate every mistake Jack made until he felt like he needed to beg for absolution.
Etymology: sin: guilt, trespass, ungodliness + inflate:aggrandize, blow out of proportion
Faultfoist
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: fawlt/foist
Sentence: Jenny faultfoists all her marriage problems on her mother.
Etymology: fault (flaw; failing) + foist (to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably)
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COMMENTS:
that's martial law for you! - galwaywegian, 2008-04-24: 05:41:00
Good blend - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-26: 19:11:00
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Manipublame
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: man ip u blaym
Sentence: Sherry is the Queen of manipublame. Nothing in the world is ever her fault. It's her parent's fault she was born; her teachers' fault she did poorly in school;her boss' fault she got fired and her boyfriend Andrew's fault that she is having to plan a wedding. If he thinks she's grumpy now, wait till she is stressed out by wedding details. Run, Andrew, run while you still can...
Etymology: Manipulate (influence or control shrewdly or deviously) & Blame (Accuse;reproch;attribute responsibility to)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
Tigger - 2008-04-24: 02:50:00
Too bad 'blamestorm' is already in common use...
- 2008-04-26: 15:51:00
hilarious
- 2008-04-27: 07:02:00
Hiillarious clinton
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James