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DEFINITION: n. A state of irrational irritation, which inevitably develops whenever you work or live with someone whose annoyingly bad habits happen to mirror your own. v. To be annoyed by someone who has the same annoying habits that you do.
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Selfdepiquetion
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: self-de-peek-shun
Sentence: Selfdepiquetion is the most confronting of all twinsanities. That realisation that one's sister is a spitting image of one's personality flaws usually outweighs the pleasures of completing each other's sentences and sharing a wardrobe.
Etymology: self + depict (show in a picture) + pique (noun and verb for anger)
Mimicky
Created by: Erikv
Pronunciation: Mim ick ee
Sentence: He knew he never wanted to be cloned because of the intense mimicky he felt every time Ted aped him.
Etymology: Mimic plus icky
Olsenation
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ol/sen/ation
Sentence: Donald went into a state of olsenation because of his brother's nasty habits, mimiced from years of living in the same house as Donald.
Etymology: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen totally annoying identical twins - What could be more irritating than these twins as they mimic each other's annoying, irritating habits?
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COMMENTS:
*mimicked And is "annoying" a new euphemism for "hot"? - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-04: 14:33:00
Yikes!! Bulletchewer has a crush on the Olsens - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-05: 08:57:00
I must be twinsane eh? Now THIS is me ranting: Reckoning Freud (you know, that MAJOR contributor to psychology, like Goethe and his mate Kant ^^) would concur, while putting irritations about the Olsens down to sexual frustration/jealousy. Pity my attention seeking! - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-09: 05:39:00
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Mirrortation
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: mirərtāshən
Sentence: Like father, like son, they say... Whenever Jack and Jack Jr. spend more than 5 minutes together you can be assured that sparks will fly. They are so much alike that the mirrortation is inevitable. Friends and family always hope that the phrase **You can cut the tension with a knife**, is virtual and not literal.
Etymology: mirror (a reflective surface, now typically of glass coated with a metal amalgam, that reflects a clear image) + irritation (the state of feeling annoyed, impatient, or angry)
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COMMENTS:
Reflective word... - Nosila, 2009-10-22: 01:33:00
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Slobinmebitchin
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: slob-in-me-be-itchin or -bitchin
Sentence: I find the slobinmebitchin whenever my brother picks it, licks it, rolls it and flicks it.
Etymology: From "slob" meaning "Weezer tune", "in me" and "be itching" or "bitchin". Slobs usually have bad habits, itching is an irritation, and the "in me" covers the mirror bit.
Marcelmarceauism
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: mar/sell/mar/sew/ism
Sentence: Who would have thought a co-worker would arrive dressed as a mime (my usual attire) and cause such marcelmarceauism.
Etymology: Marcel Marceau (famous mime) + ism
Mirritation
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: mi-ri-tay-shun
Sentence: It wound Zach up no end when antisocial eejts in the quiet carriage shouted their stupid lives into their stupid mobiles. It was interfering with the sound of his chirruping Angry Birds app.
Etymology: mirror (to reflect or depict faithfully) + irritation (to excite to impatience or anger)
Hollarium
Created by: angel23
Pronunciation: (hall-air-i-um)
Sentence: She was in a natural state of hollarium when he showed up on her doorstep.
Etymology:
Imithate
Created by: suzanne
Pronunciation: imm - it - hate
Sentence: he broke his pen imithating my constant pen clicking. it made me smile unti ;i realised that it was my pen.
Etymology: im - to copy hate - to despise
Ircho
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ərkō
Sentence: Mike doesn’t care for his new intern. Instead of learning and adopting Mike’s best talents and habits he irchos the worse. All the bad habits and traits he tries to hide behind his cubicle walls come back to smack him in the face.
Etymology: irk (irritate; annoy) + echo (a person who slavishly repeats the words or opinions of another)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by sasgod.
Thank you sasgod! ~ James
Bulletchewer - 2007-04-04: 04:45:00
I think we've already overdone the "doppelgaenger" idea.
wordmeister - 2007-04-04: 09:17:00
Hey Bulletchewer, Are you slobinmebitchin about the carboncopeeved apeathy? Or, are you just feeling hypocricheesed by today's twinfuriating doppelangers?
Bulletchewer - 2007-04-04: 10:59:00
You tell me, Mr Overkill.
wordmeister - 2007-04-04: 15:49:00
I think it's Olsenation...
Today's definition was suggested by sasgod. Thank you sasgod. ~ James