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DEFINITION: To habitually blame others for problems, which you not only created, but also helped to foster and develop.
Verboticisms
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Defectory
Created by: warped
Pronunciation: de/fec/to/ry (phonetic)
Sentence: Phil is a master of defectory, he's always passing the blame on to someone else.
Etymology: Root word is defect, which has two meanings in this case: a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection, OR to desert a cause, country, etc., esp. in order to adopt another
Farthaway
Created by: Adamson
Pronunciation: Far-th-a-way
Sentence: I was would be into deep doo if I did'nt farthaway.
Etymology: Farth+away
Smeltitdealtitopothy
Created by: johnnyrockett
Pronunciation: smelt-it-dealt-it-opothy
Sentence: Through careful smeltitdealtitopothy I was able to blame my brother for the putrid odor in the air.
Etymology: He who smelt it, dealt it...
Prickalate
Created by: Chistinalove
Pronunciation: Prick - a - late
Sentence: Rick, my boyfriend, feels he must prickalate to save face.
Etymology: Prick - to be a
Tuquoquetate
Created by: Trivigo
Pronunciation:
Sentence: In an attempt to shift blame to others, the students began to tuquoquetate as soon as the evidence of their cheating was presented.
Etymology:
Asscapism
Created by: jboehnker
Pronunciation: ass kayp' ism
Sentence: Bob's attempt at asscapism backfired when he tried to blame the smell on the dogs, before remembering that his wife got the pets in the divorce.
Etymology: ass + escapism
Whomeopathy
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: hu/mee/op/a/th/ee
Sentence: Whomeopathy is the ancient practice of passing the blame onto unsuspecting recipients. It requires extensive education and several degrees to practice it effectively.
Etymology: who me? and homeopathy
Instashadigator
Created by: danboaz
Pronunciation: insta-shada-gAtor
Sentence: Whenever there was trouble going on I knew, that i only needed to talk to the lead instashadagator, Caroline to find out what happened, and get to the root.
Etymology: instigate + shady
Comments:
Kevcom2007 - 2006-12-07: 07:14:00
You guys should try the morning, you get all the perks of having no words all ready made by other users... It's pretty cool.
wordmeister - 2006-12-07: 09:17:00
Looking at the words you guys create, it obvious that the early bird gets the turd -- I mean word. But the rest of us have to drink coffee...
chris - 2006-12-07: 15:10:00
...good word, babel
babel - 2006-12-07: 15:56:00
I'm lucky - GMT+0 here...