Verboticism: Dreamvocation
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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Dreamvocation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dreem vo kay shun
Sentence: Stella's dreamvocation was not the one her folks had planned out for her. They saved for her to attend Harvard, get her MBA and then take over their family potato business when they retired. This was at odds with her lifelong goal of being head greeter at Walmart.
Etymology: Dream Vacation (holiday of a lifetime) & Vocation (career,intended job)
Knockupation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: nok u pay shun
Sentence: Contrary to what her family and guidance counsellors decided, Rosa kept her nose to the grindstone to avoid her planned knockupation as a Nobel-prize-winning writer. Yes, instead she was going to hone her skills and become a sharp-nosed reporter for the Daily PlanIt.
Etymology: Knock (find fault with;point out flaws;express criticism of) & Occupation (career; way of earning income)
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COMMENTS:
I guess work isn't what it's knocked up to be. - mrskellyscl, 2009-06-08: 10:30:00
I guess work isn't what it's knocked up to be. - mrskellyscl, 2009-06-08: 15:49:00
Sounds like a relative of the school of hard knocks. Good word! - Mustang, 2009-06-08: 21:38:00
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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)
Careerdumb
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kəri(ə)rdəm
Sentence: Cindy finished college and entered the world of careerdumb, taking a job that she doesn't like and isn't in her her field of study. To make matters worse her new coworkers resent that her dad pulled the strings that put her in a position she is barely qualified for. Managing a store that sells plush animals will do nothing to further her career as a veterinarian.
Etymology: career (an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life) + dom (suffix forming nouns: denoting a state or condition) + dumb (stupid)
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
Persisdunce
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: per-sis-duhns
Sentence: Jan's persisdunce in working for the phone book company has resulted in just what everybody told her would happen. The company has gone out of business and she is unemployed. What a persisdunce.
Etymology: persistence (to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action) + dunce (a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt)
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)
Masqcareering
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: mask-kuh-reer-ing
Sentence: She wanted to be a scientist, but she was masqcareering as a carpenter because everyone in her family had been a carpenter going all the way back to Jesus.
Etymology: masquerading (pretending to be someone one is not) + career (a chosen profession)
Curridiculum
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: cure/ree/dic/ulum
Sentence: A curridiculum is often favoured by the parents of "gifted" children.
Etymology: curriculum + ridiculous
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COMMENTS:
Wow I really like your word. It has a nice ring to it. Good job! - chingbangwa, 2008-04-30: 00:52:00
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Shambition
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: sham BISH un
Sentence: Miss Anthrope's snobby parents always had an ambition for her to be a doctor, because she is smart and really likes math and science. It's more of a shambition, however, since she can't stand blood or vomit. Oh yeah, and she doesn't really like people. But she DOES like the "finer things in life," so now their dream is for her to MARRY a doctor. p.s. And it will be THEIR fault if she doesn't marry a doctor, because they haven't fully exploited their country club connections. (See Tuesday.)
Etymology: sham + ambition
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COMMENTS:
Shambitious word! - Nosila, 2010-06-30: 09:13:00
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