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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.
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Trashedy
Created by: marcogp6
Pronunciation: Noun
Sentence: The barrage of facebook photos of his ex with her new boyfriend, reminded the man of his worst trashedy.
Etymology:
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.
Oopsbliterate
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: oops-bli-ter-ate
Sentence: Rather calmly, Kimberly noticed "I just oopsbliterated the entire server."
Etymology: oops (accidental expression) + obliterate (wipe out)
Delebiejeebies
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dee/lee/jee/beez
Sentence: With one keystroke, Jenny realized that she had eliminated four hours work and a most important document. She was overtaken by the delebiejeebies characterized by uncontrollable shaking and sweating.
Etymology: dele (to delete)+ heebie-jeebies (a condition of extreme nervousness caused by fear, worry, strain)
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COMMENTS:
Rhyming syllables , great choice of words, fun blending, not only is the meaning evident, but the feeling it brings! Great creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-05: 13:14:00
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Inadvertentectomyangst
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: in ad vert ent ekt omee angst
Sentence: Although it bothered her a lot, Hilary Hack had no choice but to do it. Her Hockey Star cheating boyfriend, Randy Gote had been caught with his pants down, again. She had warned him of the consequences the last time, but apparently he did not take her seriously. When she had caught him, she revved up the old Black & Decker in a fit of jealous rage and told him afterwords that the only Hockey Team he could try out for now was the Castor Raiders. Still, she was overcome with a feeling of inadvertentectomyangst...because his days of body-checking and stick-handling were over.
Etymology: Inadvertent (accidental;by chance) & -ectomy (suffix for surgical removal/incision of something to eliminate it) & Angst (an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety)
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COMMENTS:
....aaaaggghhhhh..... I wanted to use "ectomy"! :-) - XMbIPb, 2010-05-14: 10:33:00
after listening to the word for 3 minutes straight, it surely does sound like "in every tent tom yanks". sublime messages you are delivering? - freiflug, 2010-05-14: 13:18:00
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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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Freakzure
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: freek-zhure
Sentence: I had a bad case of freakzure when I accidentally deleted that 20 page paper about nothing.
Etymology: freakout + seizure
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COMMENTS:
Unique choice of words to blend. - silveryaspen, 2008-03-05: 13:18:00
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Deletearious
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: del-eh-TEER-eyuss
Sentence: Margot was deletearious when she realized she had shredded some old love letters by mistake, she cried for hours and was absolutely beside herself.
Etymology: Blend of delete and tear (fluid appearing in or flowing from the eye as the result of emotion, esp. grief)....a play on the word 'deleterious' (Having a harmful effect; injurious)
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COMMENTS:
Great Create. Tear's other meaning tear as in tear to shreds makes this a double meaningful create. - silveryaspen, 2008-12-30: 16:37:00
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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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Axits
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: Axe its
Sentence: Shwreck opened the shredder to show me the scads of little axe blades, swinging up and down the documents, turning them into axits. Too late, I realized that monster Shwreck, with his weapon the shredder, had axited the file the boss wanted immediately. The Boss, Mr Haxle, was not amused when I dumped the axits in his in-box. My axiety was justified. I got the ax!
Etymology: AXES to BITS creates AXITS. Documents AXITED, (verb play on exited, permanently), create AXIETY, that anxiety caused when needed documents no longer exist, except as axits.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by an anonymous donor. Thank you! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James