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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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Wisdumb
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
Veneerate
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: ven ear ate
Sentence: The pundits on Fox readily veneerated W's latest plan to send additional troops into Iraq.
Etymology: veneer (skin deep) + rate
Enfooliasm
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: en-fool-lee-azm
Sentence: Mark was so emboldened by his coworkers enfooliasm that he marched into his Boss's office and demanded a raise.
Etymology: enthusiasm +fool
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COMMENTS:
Good word...please give us a good sentence too to amuse us wordsmiths! - Nosila, 2009-08-26: 19:17:00
great word and sentence!! - mweinmann, 2009-08-27: 07:43:00
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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
Offunsupenth
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: of-fun-supenth
Sentence: There's a lot of offunsupenth support, these days
Etymology: offer unquestioning support and enthusiasm :-)
Backpateror
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: BACK-PAT-ER-OR
Sentence: Harold's always so nice. He really came thru as my backpateror when I started my hampster milk empire.
Etymology: A good ol Pat on the Back + Awesomer + Terminator
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)
Approvalying
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: uh-proove-a-lie-ing
Sentence: Your approvalying has led me to bankruptcy, when I was counting on your sagacity.
Etymology: approval (support) + lying (telling untruths)
Ruindulge
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /'rü-in-"d&lj/
Sentence: Sometimes there's a fine line between over-criticism and ruindulgence, but usually it's pretty easy to tell the difference.
Etymology: From ruin + indulgence
