Verboticism: Undertermining
DEFINITION: v. To stick to your plan even though you've realized it's dumb. n. A stupid plan, especially if it's a career plan suggested by parents, teachers or guidance counselors who want you to be something that you're not.
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Vocationullment
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: voe - cay - shu - NULL - muhnt
Sentence: Following his mentor's recommendation to pursue a career in a field he truly hated, Trevor was on a path to certain failure - self induced vocationullment - and he was oblivious to the long term cost of that failure.
Etymology: Blend of vocation and annulment.
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COMMENTS:
like the blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-28: 15:42:00
Mustang, sounds like you and I could both not get the new word last night...due to computer problems. However, I like your word. - Nosila, 2008-04-28: 22:21:00
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Modusoperandumb
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: moh/duhs/op/uh/ran/dum
Sentence: A parent who pushes a child into an activity, or area where the child has no known ability, or confidence is performing an act of modusoperandumb.
Etymology: modus operandi (an unvarying, or unyielding act, method, or procedure) + dumb
Tragictory
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: tra jik tor ee
Sentence: Lily stuck to her career plan, which was always to become a famous Opera singer...a real diva. She studied Italian, knew all the words to every aria and dreamed of debuting at La Scala or The Met. But her career plan was on a tragictory course. The one thing that she forgot was that she could not sing a note, never mind reach the high notes a soprano needs to achieve to become a star. Her frustration just made her become a demanding diva instead to her friends and family. Too bad, she never got a Handel on the old talent thing.
Etymology: Tragic (very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction) & Trajectory (path, orbit)
Mislabored
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: mis-labored
Sentence: Janet was mislabored because of her guidance counselor who advised her to become a gym teacher even though she had a full scholarship to Peabody for voice. "What can you do with a degree in voice?" he asked. "If you become a gym teacher you have guaranteed income."
Etymology: Misled: given bad advice + labor: work + mislabeled: incorrect labeling
Realisidiot
Created by: chingbangwa
Pronunciation: ree-yal-ee-see-dee-yot
Sentence: Adam was determined to jump from his roof into his car. He knew it was stupid but its what he always wanted to do. He knows hes being a realisidiot but he is going to do it anyway.
Etymology: Realise(Be fully aware or cognizant of) + idiot (A person of subnormal intelligence)
Planglomania
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: plan/glow/mane/eea
Sentence: Jane's planglomania invloves recreating an English village in Northern Ireland.
Etymology: plan + anglomania ( craze for English institutions and customs)
Jobborn
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: jäbərn
Sentence: Morris was never suited his profession but he is very jobborn. His parents always wanted him to be a doctor so that’s what he is. The fact that he faints at the sight of blood makes his life a lot more difficult.
Etymology: job (a paid position of regular employment) + stubborn (having or showing dogged determination not to change one\'s attitude or position on something)
Mockupation
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: ma:k -u - peshien
Sentence: Celine's current mockupation as well as her pride and ego stood in the way of her true professional calling, similar to what verbotomy does to me on occasion
Etymology: Mock (travesty) + occupation ( the principal professional activity in one's life)
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COMMENTS:
Great word! I struggled with this one! - hyperborean, 2009-06-08: 21:52:00
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Dysmission
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: dĭs-mĭsh'ən
Sentence: It had always been assumed that, as the eldest son, Iggy would go to law school, join his father's firm and eventually assume the reins as senior partner, but even though his real name was Pontious Albert Poppagopolus III, Iggy knew that, for him, the law school route was a dysmission.
Etymology: 'dys,' bad, as in dyspepsia, dysentery; mission, an assigned or self-imposed duty or task; calling; vocation.
