Verboticism: Dogmanagement
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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Struterrgy
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: strut-err-gee
Sentence: she had been struterrgizing for so long she felt it was hopeles to fight it.
Etymology: stratergy, rut, err
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COMMENTS:
love it - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-28: 15:40:00
Top word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-02: 05:41:00
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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
Momentdumb
Created by: arrrteest
Pronunciation: moe-ment-dum
Sentence: Jillian had an epiphany about her present course of action, but her momentdumb prevented her from avoiding the train wreck that was approaching.
Etymology: momentum, an impelling force or strength + dumb, slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
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COMMENTS:
Best of the day! - Mustang, 2008-04-28: 21:22:00
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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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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)
Attendunce
Created by: pieceof314
Pronunciation: uh-ten-duns
Sentence: Looking back at Olivia's singlemindedness of attendunce to do stupid things even though she knew it would harm her in the end, led her psychiatrist to prescribe her medicine for OCD.
Etymology: attend + dunce
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
Discomjobulated
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: dis - com - job - you - lay - ted
Sentence: Joy did not want to be a comedian. When she was up on stage she felt all discomjobulated. Everyone else thought she was funny and wanted her to continue entertaining but she did not find any of this enjoyable. In fact, the more she made people laugh, the more she felt like crying.
Etymology: discombobulated (confused, embarrassed, Upset; broken, mixed up), job
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COMMENTS:
So, would her anxiety be considered discomjobrelated? - mrskellyscl, 2009-06-08: 08:00:00
probably! - mweinmann, 2009-06-08: 11:34:00
Your sentence made me laugh out loud! Love it! - hyperborean, 2009-06-08: 21:35:00
love the the word and the sentence made me pee in my pants - DrWebsterIII, 2009-06-08: 23:13:00
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