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DEFINITION: v. To remember those special personal events, like your spouse's birthday, or your wedding anniversary, while nevertheless forgetting to take appropriate action, like getting a gift, or a card, or flowers. n. A gift that was thought of, but not purchased.
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Givenesia
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: giv-NEEZ-ya
Sentence: Bertrand has a bad case of givenesia, always remembering important dates like Alicia's birthday, their anniversary, Valentines day etc, but never remembering to follow up with a gift.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'give' and 'amnesia'.
Birthdaze
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bərθdāz
Sentence: Brenda has a mind like a steel trap. She can remember every day of her life in vivid detail. Where other people have an internal clock, she has an internal calendar. She can call up any of her friend*s anniversaries, birthdays or graduation dates. She can tell you the date that each of her siblings each lost each of their baby teeth. What she can*t do is turn any of that memory power into action. As dates roll by she is in an anniversary stupor, a birthdaze, never once getting so much as a card for anyone she knows. She loves the phrase **It*s the thought that counts** because that*s all she ever has.
Etymology: birthday (the annual anniversary of the day on which a person was born, typically treated as an occasion for celebration and present-giving) + daze (unable to think or react properly; stupefy; bewilder)
Uhohcasion
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: uh o kay sjun
Sentence: Being that Noel's birthday is on Dec.25, no one remembers to get him a birthday present. His uhohccasion is lumped in with the Christmas celebrations and people seldom remember to get him a separate birthday gift.
Etymology: Uh oh (Oops!)(Used to express acknowledgement of a blunder, or mistake) & Occasion (event, milestone,celebration)
Acentminded
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: A-suhnt-mahyn-did
Sentence: Paul had listened carefully to his girlfriend over the last year. He knew her shoe size, favorite color and the designer brand she wanted. He was just too acentminded to pull the trigger on the purchase, so he went with the standby bow around his genitals.
Etymology: A Cent - Absentminded
Indifferecall
Created by: PythianHabenero
Pronunciation: in.diff.uh.re.call.
Sentence: Emily indifferecalled her boyfriend's birthday every year without fail.
Etymology: indifferent + recall
Presentashun
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: prez un tay shunnn
Sentence: It wasn't the anniversary presentashun that bothered him, it was the look in her eye when she told him "it's the thought that counts"
Etymology: presentation, shun
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COMMENTS:
What a celebrashun! - Nosila, 2009-10-23: 22:44:00
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Neglibrate
Created by: riflesandkids74
Pronunciation: neh-glih-brayt
Sentence: I tried to explain to Carie that i didn't intend to neglibrate her dog's 3rd birthday, but she would no longer have it, and she ran off with Lu-Lu under her arm.
Etymology: neglect and celibrate
Anniverlaze
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: an ee ver laze
Sentence: Jane was a complete aniverlaze always avoiding getting anyone anything for any event.
Etymology: from lazy and anniversary.
Theorecall
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌθiəˈɹikɑl/
Sentence: One can theorecall major events, which often results in lots of head-smacking and an inability to get sympathy from anyone, but it's also possible to theorecall simple things. For example, one might remember to go to the store but end up buying snacks instead of milk and eggs.
Etymology: From theoretical + recall
Comments:
This definition is based on a fictional event. The fact that my dear and loving partner celebrated her birthday yesterday, is not related to this definition in anyway whatsoever. It is simply a coincidence. And, may I repeat, I did not forget her birthday. In fact, I thought of many gifts which I could have easily purchased for her. Thank you. ~ James
purpleartichokes - 2007-04-06: 08:13:00
So your partner got "Jamesed"?
I believe she was verbotomized. And I don't think she was too pleased with the procedure. ~ James
purpleartichokes - 2007-04-06: 11:12:00
That bad, huh? Well, an iron makes a useful gift, as it is the perfect size, shape, and weight to make good contact with the forgifter's cranium.
Forgifter? What a wonderful merger of the words "foresight" and "gift". Clearly, I should be be forgiftgiven.
purpleartichokes - 2007-04-06: 15:31:00
Perhaps a bottle of fine whine with some aged cheesy excuses might work.
No doubt you have been celeberated for exploiting the comissmemoration for the benegift of the verbotomy crowd. Maybe a box of shocklates would help.
Or may be a celebelation will suffice.
Thank you for your kind thoughtdiscounts. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by wordmeister. Thank you wordmeister. ~ James