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DEFINITION: v. To injure yourself while performing a normal everyday activity, such bending down, standing up, or turning your head quickly. n. An self-inflicted injury which occurred during a period of physical inactivity.
Verboticisms
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Doofusury
Created by: diyan627
Pronunciation: dooo fus jer eee
Sentence: Fredliek's latest doofusjury involved his computer crashing while he was talking on his cell phone. We're not quite sure what happened. And he probably isn't either unless it's so traumatic (or embarrassing) that he doesn't want to give us details.
Etymology: doofus (incompetent, foolish person) + injury
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COMMENTS:
Good word. - Mustang, 2008-04-16: 05:14:00
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Chagrinjury
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: sha-GRIN-jry
Sentence: Elwood suffered yet another chagrinjury when he got his finger caught in the whisk attachment on his mixer, jerked the mixer off the counter wherein it fell on his toes, and while dancing about in pain knocked himself senseless when his head whacked into the open cupboard door.
Etymology: Blend of 'chagrin' (a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation) and 'injury'
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COMMENTS:
What a klutz! Good one. - Nosila, 2009-06-01: 14:37:00
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Mortifimpaired
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: mort - iff - im - payrd
Sentence: Morton was completely mortifimpaired, suffering both injury and embarrassment at his being wheelchair bound thru an injury acquired during foolish horseplay.
Etymology: Blend of mortified and impaired.
Domaim
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: dough-maim
Sentence: Willard became king of his domaim when he slipped on wet linoleum on the way to his porcelin throne. Embarassed to admit the true cause of his injury, he quickly fabricated a more exciting story so his friends wouldn't think he was a complete idiot.
Etymology: domain: territory, environment, kingdom + maim: to injure, wound, disable
Insultwinjury
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: inn sull twin jerr eee
Sentence: Her latest insultwinjury occurred due to her using tweezers while driving. it gave new meaning to "keeping an eye on the road"
Etymology: insult to injury.
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COMMENTS:
great twist - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-15: 10:51:00
It's like when you put mascara on while driving...or so I'm told...good one. - Nosila, 2008-04-15: 20:56:00
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Magnedent
Created by: pieceof314
Pronunciation: mag neh dent
Sentence: Phil was a congenital magnadent. To say he was accident prone would be an understatement. Accidents seemed to find him in the most mundane and safe places. It was a good thing he had insurance, because otherwise he's be in quite a bind. His policy has several riders on it that prohibit him from climbing steps, riding bikes with any amount of wheels, crossing the street, eating while walking, and hundreds of other scenarios that indicate a troubled past.
Etymology: magnet + accident
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COMMENTS:
Phil probably could not walk past a fridge without sticking to it...Good One! - Nosila, 2008-04-15: 20:49:00
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Mundjury
Created by: ElleWhite
Pronunciation: muhnd-jeer-ehy
Sentence: Embarrassed by her recent mundjury, Alice scrambled to concoct any story more impressive than "I broke my leg while walking in heels" before her friends saw the cast and crutches.
Etymology: "mund" from "mundane": commonplace; and "jury" from "injury": harm or damage
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COMMENTS:
Mundacious! - Nosila, 2010-06-22: 00:05:00
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Coughractured
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kôfrakchərd
Sentence: Jimmy doesn’t really want to talk about his latest injury. Apparently he is embarrassed that he coughractured his finger while picking his nose.
Etymology: cough (expel air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound) + fratcured (the cracking or breaking of a hard object or material)
Freaccident
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: freek-seh-dent
Sentence: Being a wholly uncoordinated and clumsy oaf, Manfred seems to suffer one freaccident after another, goofy injuries that for anyone else would be very rare.
Etymology: Blend of 'freak' (A thing or occurrence that is markedly unusual or irregular) and 'accident' (an unforeseen and unplanned mishap)
Accidumb
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: ax-e-dumb
Sentence: After tying my shoes, I stood up too fast and got an accidumb as my leg cramped up.
Etymology: accident+dumb
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Tigger. Thank you Tigger. ~ James
Banky - 2008-04-15: 15:48:00
Excellent definition, Tigger. I actually had this happen before one of my first dates with my wife, and I didn't tell her the real story until a couple months after we were married.
Hey Banky, what was the injury? And how did you hide it from your future wife? ~ James
Tigger - 2008-04-15: 22:43:00
Oh, good words everyone. I couldn't wait to get home and see what everyone came up with. I'm currently nursing a pulled stomach muscle that I got while I was reaching for the phone, when I happened to sneeze at the same time. So, I'm the idiot that inspired the definition.
Today's definition was suggested by Tigger. Thank you Tigger. ~ James
Very good word! I liked your note about it being found on Google because of people misspelling.
I think everyone has a friend's name that they could use. . .