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'I can't believe you forgot my birthday! Whaaa!'

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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Comissmemorate

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: com-miss-MEM-o-rate

Sentence: Benny comissmemorated my birthday this year by organising a special surprise -- a beautifully wrapped, yet empty box.

Etymology: commemorate (to remember a significant event with a ceremony) + miss (to fail -and also the middle of the word omission) + commiserate (sympathize with - what my girlfriends will do when I tell them about Benny the rat)

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how cruel - Benny is a rat - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-06: 16:09:00

Great word. Ever heard of the (cheap fete classic) game "splat-a-rat"? I'd try it. - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-06: 18:12:00

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Thinket

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: think-eht

Sentence: My husband thought about getting me a trinket for my birthday, but all I ended up getting was a thinket. Perhaps he got fuggitful or forgiftful, because later he got doghousen syndrome.

Etymology: trinket, think

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COMMENTS:

I might actually use this one in real life. - iwasatripwire, 2007-04-06: 13:59:00

Can the sympoms of doghousen syndrome be eased by the sufferer sleeping on the sofa, or indeed in the doghouse? - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-06: 15:20:00

*symptoms - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-06: 15:20:00

I like sympoms better. Pays homage to The Simpsons and celebrates this dohccasion. And "The Couch" brings back such bad memories for my boyfriend that he'd prefer to sleep on my f.u.ton. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-06: 18:30:00

petaj Ignore his f.u.tile excuses. Tell him you want your birthday celebelated. - petaj, 2007-04-06: 19:57:00

Oooo, celebelate is a GREAT word! - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-07: 06:03:00

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Celeberate

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: sell-ah-be-rate

Sentence: Julie would tend to celeberate special occassions by remembering the occassion but forgetting to do anything special which usually led to a fight.

Etymology: celebrate + berate

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COMMENTS:

I like it! Good word!! I love berating people at their celebrations. It keeps them from feeling too good about themselves on their special day!!! Got my vote. - Stevenson0, 2007-04-06: 17:03:00

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Dootheadcriptic

Created by: x2talk

Pronunciation: sht-head-criptic

Sentence: Damn dog, you didnt buy anything for her? Thats a shtheadcriptic thing to do.

Etymology:

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Amneversary

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: am nee vers uh reee

Sentence: Someone had once told him that it was the thought that counted. They had lied. this was one anmeversary that would never be forgotten. The scars would see to that

Etymology: amnesia, anniversary

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Negligift

mrskellyscl

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: neg-li-gift

Sentence: Marsha tried to excuse her negligift by saying "It's the thought that counts," but no one would buy it, especially her son Evan who was turning seven.

Etymology: negligence: a failure to act either willfully or through a lack of concern + gift: present

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COMMENTS:

Negliexcellence - Nosila, 2009-10-23: 22:44:00

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Scornabration

Created by: hobodad

Pronunciation: scorn-abration

Sentence: the occasion of his birthday demanded some serious scornabration

Etymology: scorn/celebration

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Oblivicious

Created by: ewigkeit

Pronunciation:

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Etymology: Oblivo, l. "to forget" and Vitiosus, l. "faulty, corrupt".

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Negligentimental

Created by: Sharpedgeshurt

Pronunciation: Negg-leh-jent-teh-mehn-tull

Sentence: Bruce is a negligentimental husband, remembering his loving wife's birthdays and anniversaries while being unwilling to give her even a thoughtless gift for the occassions.

Etymology: negligent (lazily careless) + sentimental (a thought influenced by or proceeding from feeling or emotion)

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COMMENTS:

cute! But sad... - wordmeister, 2007-04-08: 10:48:00

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Noughtful

Created by: simoneshin

Pronunciation:

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Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

Good potential...give us a sentence/etymology and you'll get more points! - Nosila, 2009-10-23: 22:45:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-06: 02:37:00
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"?

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-06: 09:59:00
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.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-06: 13:26:00
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.

petaj petaj - 2007-04-06: 19:51:00
No doubt you have been celeberated for exploiting the comissmemoration for the benegift of the verbotomy crowd. Maybe a box of shocklates would help.

petaj petaj - 2007-04-06: 19:53:00
Or may be a celebelation will suffice.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-08: 09:38:00
Thank you for your kind thoughtdiscounts. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-10-23: 00:13:00
Today's definition was suggested by wordmeister. Thank you wordmeister. ~ James