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DEFINITION: v. To offer unquestioning support and enthusiasm, when perhaps, some "constructive criticism" would be more helpful. n. Support which is given without restraint or consideration.

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Spencourage

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: spen coor aj

Sentence: Joe's buddies helped spencourage him to follow his dream and give up all for a pipedream that would wipe him out financially in 2 months. With friends like that...who needs enemies?

Etymology: Spend (pay out money) & Encourage (support,influence)

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Unyescessary

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: un-yes-ess-air-ee

Sentence: letting him believe he looked good in that shirt was most unyescessary

Etymology: unnecessary, yes

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Overvalidate

Created by: ahwinters

Pronunciation: oh-ver-val-ih-date

Sentence: Hal overvaliadted her lousy BBQ chicken to avoid the inevitable fight.

Etymology: over + validate

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Ninnynodders

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: nin-ee-nod-er

Sentence: Between the two of them Cletus and Billy Bob don't have a single opinion about anything. They will agree to almost anything anybody says. Some of their friends just call them "Sure" and "Why Not". They are just a couple of ninnynodders.

Etymology: Ninny (a fool or simpleton) + nodder (bobble head, one who nods [agrees] to anything)

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Cockuptease

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: coc/up/teez

Sentence: A cockuptease is a person who lures his/her friends into a false sense of security just before they make a foolish mistake.

Etymology: cockup + cock tease

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Failbait

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: FAIL-bate

Sentence: Although a little voice in her head told Sue that hiring hundreds of telemarketers to promote the product was not a good plan, Bob failbaited her into doing it.

Etymology: fail, (jail)bait

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Thincouragement

chadfust

Created by: chadfust

Pronunciation: Thin-courage-ment

Sentence: Garth's marijuana-induced ideas were worthy of only thincouragement.

Etymology: Thin + encouragement

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Champeeon

Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: champ/pee/on

Sentence: To champeeon his cause was akin to raining on his parade, but what was he to do with such an outrageous idea.

Etymology: vulgar verb variation of "champion"

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Wisdumb

mrskellyscl

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: wiz-dum

Sentence: Instead of seeking the advise of his professor, Ben followed the wisdumb of his frat buddies and changed his major to Advanced Macrame.

Etymology: wisdom: common sense; good judgement + dumb: stupid; asinine

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Sensibull

Created by: egonschiela

Pronunciation: sen-se-bull

Sentence: Although James was thrilled with the discovery that earthworms contained life-sustaining properties, his lab. partner's proposal required a fair bit of sensibull discussion.

Etymology: sensible (of good sense, reason) + bull (foolish talk)

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