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DEFINITION: v. To fret and worry after the accidental trashing of an important document, file or friend. n. The state of anxiety caused by an accidental deletion.
Verboticisms
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Frayhem
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: fray/hem
Sentence: Frayhem ensued at the dry cleaners when the Armani suit got caught in the shredder.
Etymology: fray + mayhem + hem
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COMMENTS:
It's always nice to see something a little bit different! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-05: 21:19:00
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Deletumtremens
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: dee-lee-tum-TREM-ens
Sentence: After Bob had accidentally destroyed the corporate memory of the multi-national organization he worked for, he was diagnosed as suffering from the DTs: that is: the deletumtremens.
Etymology: DELETE & PLAY on DELIRIUM TREMENS: violent delirium induced by the excessive and prolonged use of intoxicating liquor. TREMENS: (Lt) To tremble.
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COMMENTS:
Tongue twister of the day! - silveryaspen, 2008-12-30: 16:30:00
Nice construct. - metrohumanx, 2008-12-31: 01:10:00
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-31: 09:39:00
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Lostalgia
Created by: Autolupus
Pronunciation: los-tal' ji-ə
Sentence: She realised what she'd done, she'd deleted his number! Now all that was left was an empty pang of lostalgia.
Etymology: [O.E.&Gr. losian, to be a loss & algos, pain.]
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COMMENTS:
Portraying this aspect is very nice originality! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-05: 13:21:00
excellent start - great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-05: 15:51:00
Yep, I love it! Reminds me of shredding the 10-year-old divorce papers. - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-05: 19:34:00
Brilliant... - kashman, 2008-03-09: 00:42:00
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Mishredread
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: miss - shred - dread
Sentence: Mona didn't mean to destroy everything in sight. In fact, she often felt mishredread after she went on one of her "rampages". When she was upset, she destroyed things that she would later regret or need. She was known to use shredders, knives, chainsaws, graters, swords or any other shred-capable object within reach. "I need help" she thought after she inflicted shred on her beloved Beanie Baby collection. Tobasco, Ruff and Mew now lay in a big pile of fluff and Mona sat down to cry.
Etymology: Miss (fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind;be without) + Shred (tear into shreds or pieces) + Dread (apprehension: fearful expectation or anticipation)
Oblitabummer
Created by: gelsomina17
Pronunciation: oh-bli-tuh-bummer
Sentence: Marion had a bad case of oblitabummer after she deleted the guest list for her 21st birthday party.
Etymology: obliterate + bummer
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COMMENTS:
Viva La Strada! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-31: 01:02:00
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Schnippelangst
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Shh-nip-pull-ang-st
Sentence: The otherwise efficient receptionist's fetish for deleting "unwanted" e-mails, files and documents at the circumcision clinic, inevitably led to a mistake that erased the appointment schedule; causing her to mistakenly make a number of re-bookings for work that had already been done! Leaving her with a permenant case of shnippelangst
Etymology: Orig;German - Schnippeln (To delete) / Angst (Fear)
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COMMENTS:
Sure glad you put the etymologym, cause the nippel in the middle was really baffling! Uber originality! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-05: 13:45:00
Nice word. Makes me think of all those lovely german words in English, such as kindegarten, Edelweiss, Weltgeist, and the many german placenames in Australia: Coburg, Brunswick, Heidelberg, (suburbs of Melbourne) Klemzig, Hermansburg, and many more in South Australia. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-06: 04:47:00
Nice word. Makes me think of all those lovely german words in English, such as kindegarten, Edelweiss, Weltgeist, and the many german placenames in Australia: Coburg, Brunswick, Heidelberg, (suburbs of Melbourne) Klemzig, Hermansburg, and many more in South Australia. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-06: 04:47:00
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Mishabolish
Created by: brasstax82
Pronunciation: miss-haa-ball-ish
Sentence: Realizing too late that it WAS in fact her bra in the back seat of her BF's car, jenny quickly regretted her little mishabolish.
Etymology: Mishap: An unfortunate accident Abolish: To put an end to. Slang often used in many prominent law firms, political offices, and Energy company board meetings.
Pulpitation
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: pulp-per-TEY-shun
Sentence: Little did the young reverend know that datastrophe dangled above him like damoclean sword, as he mistakenly shredded, and pulped the last dirty document from the Archbishop’s 666 boxes of private pornographic papers. But when he heard a ranting, raving, roaring, purple-robed, crimson-faced figure storming towards him, he fell to his knees in prayer. And as he prayed, his thoughts were only of the Archbishop’s pornografia, including the sincunabula he had unwittingly pulped, so much so that his pulpitations became so strong that he thought that his heart was a about to leap from his chest. Looking to the heavens for comfort all he could see were the church walls with Michelangelo’s face staring back at him. Resorting to scripture, he yelled out in panic, "It‘s the "Textasy and Datagony. Textilence, perhaps - in the Archbihop's case, sextilence - is upon the land; Infogeddon is at hand."
Etymology: Blend of PULP: to reduce to pulp, destroy, crush; PALPITATION: to throb, flutter like the rapid beating of the heart when excited, anxious, nervous, etc; and, in this case, PULPIT.
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COMMENTS:
Was it an apse in concentration? or was he just a nave? No doubt he aSPIRED to a higher existence. - petaj, 2008-03-05: 05:13:00
I assume its pulpiataion fiction! - galwaywegian, 2008-03-05: 06:23:00
pulpitation fiction! - galwaywegian, 2008-03-05: 06:24:00
another good one - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-05: 11:05:00
Datastrophe is right up there with pulpitation! Great sentence and verboticisms! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-05: 13:31:00
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Shredpidation
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: shred-pih-day-shun
Sentence: Julie felt a nanosecond of shredpidation before pulverizing her ex-boyfriend's lottery check. So sad he didn't leave a forwarding address.
Etymology: shred, trepidation
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COMMENTS:
great combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-05: 10:56:00
Ah, we've all felt this one! Well done! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-05: 13:40:00
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Butterflinger
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈbʌdɚˌflɪŋgɚ/
Sentence: I am not really a butterflinger; it's just that I first accidentally dropped an important file into the recycle bin, then clicked the "empty recycle bin" item while trying to open the bin to get it back, and finally panicked and clicked "yes" when my computer asked me if that was what I really wanted to do. It's really Microsoft's fault for making it so easy to permanently delete documents.
Etymology: from butter(fing)er + fling
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COMMENTS:
I tried to use one of those fancy pieces of software to recover the data from the hard drive, but I accidentally wrote zeros to every bit on the disk. Then I spilled corrosive acid and lighter fluid on it, set it on fire while trying to ascertain the damage with a candle, and mistakenly hit it with a sledgehammer 40 times. - ErWenn, 2008-03-05: 09:32:00
I actually did destroy a hard drive with a sledgehammer once, but that was on purpose. - ErWenn, 2008-03-05: 09:33:00
another migraine moment - I do like your word today - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-05: 10:44:00
Luv butterflingers ... maybe because that's what mine are! It's a great one letter change to blend two words into a really funny, but very apt, exceptional verboticism! Outstanding! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-05: 13:27:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by an anonymous donor. Thank you! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James