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DEFINITION: v. To make a mistake where the benefits exceed the costs of the screw-up. n. An excellent mistake, which despite its stupidity, produces a positive outcome.
Verboticisms
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Blunderluck
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bləndərlək
Sentence: Robert didn’t realize his mother in-law was standing in the doorway when he confessed to his brother that he hated her green bean casserole. Rob’s blunderluck was that she hated it too but continued to foist it on the family thinking they enjoyed it. She was greatly relieved to be able to try something new.
Etymology: blunder (a stupid or careless mistake) + luck (success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions)
Okaylamity
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: oh kay lammm itt eee
Sentence: Kate had a talent for the okaylamity. her better screw ups had ruined her love life, but got her a job as a stunt woman in the porn industry.
Etymology: okay calamity
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COMMENTS:
Okaylamity Jane! - Nosila, 2010-07-09: 00:34:00
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Beneflukedup
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: ben-ih-FLUKKED-up
Sentence: Their boss was a floozy- Todd really expected… To get some "OT" but was firmly rejected. Although he believed through the ranks he’d move up- He’s unemployed now ‘cause he BENEFLUKEDUP. Boasting about how she was more than willin’... His workmates line up now to take penicillin.
Etymology: BENEfits+FLUKE+f*ckeD UP= BENEFLUKEDUP.....BENEFIT: advantage, useful aid, help, a service provided by an employer in addition to wages or salary; Middle English, from Anglo-French benfet, from Latin bene factum, from neuter of bene factus, past participle of bene facere.....FLUKE: a stroke of luck, an accidentally successful stroke at billiards, pool, or social climbing; Middle English floke, fluke, from Old English flōc; akin to Old English flōh chip, Old High German flah smooth, Greek plax flat surface, and probably to Old English flōr floor.....F*ck up: to ruin or spoil especially through stupidity or carelessness, to act foolishly or stupidly, to blunder; origin uncertain.
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COMMENTS:
Your poems are epic, like played in 3D, who knew one could rhyme about the joys of VD? - Nosila, 2009-06-12: 08:53:00
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Bonerrata
Created by: arrrteest
Pronunciation: bahn-ehr-atta / bōn-err-atta
Sentence: "She fired me!" Kevin cried out in laughter. "Really? What for?" Devon asked surprisingly. "I asked her out." Kevin replied with a twinkle in his eye. "Huh?" Devon grunted. "Yeah, I asked her out after I accidently deleted all of the files of the Johnson report." "Really?" asked Devon. "Yeah, she said no and she doesn't want me to work here anymore, but she needs me to fix the situation -- from home! So I will now be telecommuting Dude!"
Etymology: bon, good + boner, blunder + errata, corrections of mistakes, from err, to make a mistake
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COMMENTS:
Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-04: 06:50:00
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Airrorist
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: err or ist
Sentence: Randy was an airrorist. He'd slept in late, had not finished packing and due to heavy traffic got to the airport just as his flight to Miami took off without him. He had to rebook, wait 4 hours and finally boarded, only to learn that the flight he missed had been hijacked to Cuba and no one knew the fate of the passengers yet. His airror this morning saved his life!
Etymology: Air (travel via aircraft;flying) & Error (a misconception resulting from incorrect information;a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention) & ist (suffix for a person who follows a belief or does something) (Rhymes with Terrorist (a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities)
Mistaketastic
Created by: d1420
Pronunciation: mi-steyk tas-tik
Sentence: Jack's decision to sale his only source of milk and protein for "magic beans" sorely upset his mother and put him in a jam. But he soon realized that his mistaketastic set him on his epic adventure up and down the beanstalk.
Etymology: mistake = a misunderstanding or misconception + fantastic = extravagantly fanciful; marvelous
Catasterrific
Created by: Rutilus
Pronunciation: cat-as-ter-if-ik
Sentence: Geoff was happily contemplating the reason he'd got here.Refusing to accept his line manager's bullying and getting fired had given him time to study and re-train. Here was a man better qualified, better off and much happier. Oh how he chuckled at an event he had seen as a disaster had in fact been completely catasterrific for him.
Etymology: Catastrophic - dramatic negative effect; Terrific - extremely good, wonerful
Idiovindicity
Created by: DazzleMcFazzle
Pronunciation: Idy-o-vin-dicitee
Sentence: Charlie having finished his game of tennis, went back to the changing rooms and looked on the bench where he left his clothes. He got changed, and walked out. It was not until he reached into his pocket for his train ticket that he had put someone elses trousers on. But having found a wallet with not only an all day ticket but a huge wad of cash felt a sense of idiovindicity wash over him.
Etymology: n. Stupidity which through its positive result, justifies it having been committed with no remorse.
Benefauxpas
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: beneFIT+faux pas
Sentence: I dialed my old girlfriend by mistake but it turned into a benefauxpas when unexpectedly she told me she wanted to get back together!
Etymology: beneFIT+faux pas
Zooperblooper
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Zoo-purr-blu-pur
Sentence: Jane was distracted by her kids whilst buying her lottery ticket and made a mistake by writing down the wrong numbers, fortunately it turned out to be a zooperblooper as, due to her mistake she won the jackpot!
Etymology: Zooper(super,great) Blooper(a big mistake) = zooperblooper
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COMMENTS:
Zoinks, that was a lucky mistake. - Tigger, 2008-05-02: 22:01:00
What are the chances... - Nosila, 2008-05-03: 22:22:00
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Comments:
Today's definition is inspired by Johnny Bunko's Career Lesson # 5: "Make excellent mistakes". See: "The Adventures of Johnny Bunko" by Dan Pink. Thanks Dan! ~ James
Today's definition is inspired by Johnny Bunko's Career Lesson # 5: "Make excellent mistakes". See: "The Adventures of Johnny Bunko" by Dan Pink. Thanks Dan! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by johnnybunko. Thank you johnnybunko. ~ James
Israfaceneeme - 2018-07-06: 12:41:00
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