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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.
Verboticisms
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Doppelanger
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: dop/ell/an/ger
Sentence: Jim quietly seethed with doppelanger as Suzie threw her dirty laundry on the floor, obscuring his own smelly socks.
Etymology: Doppelganger + anger
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COMMENTS:
Jim and Suzie were the spittingimage of each other -- or is spitting (as in spitting chips) only an Aussie saying? - petaj, 2007-04-04: 05:48:00
twice as funny if you're from Cork. (See Langer!) - galwaywegian, 2007-04-04: 06:08:00
i am from Cork which is why I laughed so much at this one. - suzanne, 2007-04-09: 19:31:00
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Peeritate
Created by: playdohheart
Pronunciation: Peer-ah-tate
Sentence: Susan stood with her boss's dry cleaning, peeritated as hell, while Randy handed him tickets to a performance of his favorite opera... in Vienna.
Etymology: peer- an equal, fellow in community; irritation- a state of anger
Mirrirritationalism
Created by: Jaxies
Pronunciation: /mirra-irra-tay-shun-a-lism/
Sentence: "Doug had developed an acute case of mirrirritationalism as his roommate's snoring increased every night. It did nothing to appease his mind that every other night his roommate thought the same thing about him."
Etymology: Mirror + irration + -alism
Habitatfortwinsanity
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ha-bi-tat-for-twin-san-i-tee
Sentence: After falling in the toilet for the third time that week, and not knowing if it was he who had left the seat up, Bob realized that rooming with Jeff had gone from peaceful cope-habitation to a habitatfortwinsanity.
Etymology: habit, habitat, twin, insanity, Habitat for Humanity
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COMMENTS:
lol..love it! - Sketchy, 2007-04-04: 16:21:00
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Hyposnitical
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: hippo-snit-ick-al
Sentence: Darren argued with his wife about how he hates when she eats cookies in bed and leaves crumbs on the sheets. He doesn't realize he is hyposnitical, as he does the same thing by leaving Dorito crumbs in his side of the bed.
Etymology: hypocritical + snit
Hereditic
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: herr ed it ik
Sentence: the hereditic was finally proven when aunt Agatha replayed her video recording of john's christening to find a conversation where four generations of Murphy men had their fingers up their nostrils while talking.
Etymology: heredititary, tic
Echorritation
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: eh-co-reh-TAY-shun
Sentence: Seeing or hearing some of his own peccadilloes and bad habits from his friends and acquaintenances always causes Wilmer to experience severe bouts of echorritation wherein he shouts the same epithets and insults that they toss his way when HE does or says those things.
Etymology: Blend of 'echo' and 'irritation'
Apeathy
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ape/a/thy
Sentence: Jill's habit of greeting everyone who approached the desk with "what's up guys?" stereophonically in sync with her own sent her into state of apeathy
Etymology: ape (to mimic) + apathy (cool detachment
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
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