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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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Marzipandering

Created by: kyotonils

Pronunciation: mär'zə-păn'der

Sentence: I guess I'm guilty of marzipandering, but he seemed so sure of himself I didn't have the heart to burst his balloon.

Etymology: marzipan+pandering. It's pandering with a scaffolding built of weak spun sugar, that is, no support whatsoever.

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COMMENTS:

Good one!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-22: 10:39:00

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Rovercommit

Created by: maxxy

Pronunciation: ROH-ver-come-it

Sentence: Jim rovercommited to his boss's plan for a new Coke formula, and ended up running a bottling plant in Tucumcari.

Etymology: Karl Rove + overcommit

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Schemespiration

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: skeem spir ay shun

Sentence: Wilbur & Warren had always supported Wayne by being his schemespiration for all his crazy ideas and plans. True friends would have played Devil's Advocate and pointed out the shortfalls of an idea. Unfortunately these three friends shared a brain and someone forgot it at home today!

Etymology: Scheme (an elaborate and systematic plan of action;a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery; a plan fraught with trickery or deceit) & Inspiration (a product of your creative thinking and work;(theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings)

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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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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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Positivoos

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: positivoos

Sentence: you are a bunch of positivoos

Etymology: positive people

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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

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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

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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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