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DEFINITION: v., To find a lost item immediately after purchasing a replacement. n., An item which is lost and cannot not be found unless a replacement is purchased.
Verboticisms
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Replilocate
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: rep-li-lo-cate
Sentence: The only way I can find my missing things is to replilocate them. I just buy something just like them, and they come out of hiding just to mock me.
Etymology: replicate: reproduce or repeat + locate: to find
Sparendipity
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Spare-en-dipp-itee
Sentence: Admiring the new treasure along side the newly found OLD treasure, Todd thanked sweet sparendipity for his good fortune.
Etymology: Spare (extra) + serendipity
Redittoscover
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: re-dit-oh-skuhv-er
Sentence: After purchasing 20 puppies he realized that this redittoscovering was futile, he knew little Pooky was gone for good and he would never find him.
Etymology: rediscover + ditto
Identifind
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: ahy-DEN-ti-fahynd
Sentence: It was eurekarma for Bob when he realized that his purchicloned lotto ticket and the identifind - thought lost, but now being used by Roxie as a bookmark, were the only winners in the "$20m Bonanza Jackpot."
Etymology: "Identifind": blend of indenti(cal) & find. "Eurekarma": Blend of "eureka" & good "karma." "Purchiclone" vb. to purchase an identical item or thing.
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COMMENTS:
I really like purchiclone! - MrDave2176, 2007-10-29: 09:19:00
lucky Bob - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-29: 13:48:00
Agreed MrDave - 'perchiclone' gets my vote. - Tigger, 2007-11-06: 17:30:00
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Dupelganger
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: DOOP-el-gang-er / spare-en-DIP-it-ee
Sentence: Yasmine owned four dupelgangers of "Queen's Greatest Hits." Two had been returned by boyfriends who had taken her copies, one had been found in an old backpack and one was a cassette that mysteriously appeared in her car one afternoon. Her sparendipity for that particular item was unparalleled
Etymology: dupe (dupicate) + Doppelganger (an exact duplicate of a person) / spare + (ser)endipity (unexpected discovery)
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COMMENTS:
Tip to Mustang for thinking like a true genious! I Spotted yours after I wrote this. - MrDave2176, 2007-10-29: 09:17:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-29: 13:48:00
Great word and interesting etymology! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-29: 20:06:00
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Accumulose
Created by: administraitor
Pronunciation: acc-youm-you-lose
Sentence: catherine had a whole drawerful of sunglasses, due to her tendency to accumulose her eyeware.
Etymology: accumulate + lose
Duplidipity
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: dew-pleh-DIP-eh-ty
Sentence: Webster beamed with the duplidipity that had come his way when he got a new pair of house slippers to replace his old 'lost' pair and then found the old ones where they'd fallen behind some boxes in his closet.
Etymology: Blend of 'serendipity' (n. the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for)and 'duplicate' (adj. being the same as another)
Whiploss
Created by: svnfsvn
Pronunciation:
Sentence: i experienced whiploss when i found a condom in my wallet
Etymology:
Findstitute
Created by: Lidipop
Pronunciation: f-hind-st-eee-toot!
Sentence: to easy my mind from searching obsessively for what i've lost, i'll just have to 'findstitute' my item until it pops up!
Etymology: Find(to encounter/to discover) + substitute(to replace with something that should function the same way)= 'findstitute'
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176! ~ James'
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176. ~ James