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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.
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Alzfinders
Created by: KenM2
Pronunciation: alls-find-erz
Sentence: Remember honey when I bought that new GPS because the other one came up missing...well I found the old one in my bike's baggage holder! Whoduthunk it? Perhaps I have Alzfinder's disease.
Etymology: Alzheimers+Finders
Voodooplicate
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: voo/doo/pli/keyt Sentence: The evil spirits always conspire to voodooplicate the item I just purchased to replace the one I just lost and once again because of this mysterious voodooplication I seem to have two of everything I own. Etymology: voodoo
Sentence: It is always with sinister and evil irony that the spirits always conspire to voodooplicate the item I just purchased to replace the one I just lost and because of this mysterious voodooplication I seem to have two of everything I own.
Etymology: VOODOO - verb - from VOODOO (to act upon with magic; magical) + DUPLICATE (to make an exact copy of)
Serendipishitty
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I had just bought a replacement for my lost love, then I found it, serendipishitty after all.
Etymology:
Substibeaut
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sub sti byut
Sentence: When Jackie returned after being shipwrecked for a year and assumed lost at sea, she was surprised to find that Jack had found a substibeaut in her best friend, Jill. Turns out he was a Jack of all trades, because he swapped out Jill later and went back to Jackie!
Etymology: Substitute (a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another) & Beautiful (beaut -an outstanding example of its kind)
Quasishoproduce
Created by: Kevcom
Pronunciation: kwaw-zee-shaw-pro-deuce
Sentence: Mr. Viola quasishoproduced the camera quick-release hat that he had lost then found shortly after returning from BestBuy.
Etymology: quasi (similar) + shop (to buy) + produce (to have)
Gottwoman
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation: got-two-man
Sentence: So you found it,to bad your a gottwoman now.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
slapsunagelpalupanormenclucion - looseball, 2007-10-30: 11:20:00
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Buyonefindone
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: buy-one-find-one
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
BOFO, instead of BOGO? - Nosila, 2010-02-24: 22:06:00
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Turnup
Created by: fourgirls
Pronunciation: turn up
Sentence: Craig's second trip to the market for a rutabaga was not needed as the first did turnup. What will he do with 2 rutabagas?
Etymology: turnip; turn up
Substidude
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: səbstidoōd
Sentence: Now that their star has healed, the baseball team needs to figure what to do with his substidude.
Etymology: substitute (a person or thing acting or serving in place of another) + dude (a man; a guy)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176! ~ James'
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176. ~ James