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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.
Verboticisms
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Negligift
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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Quasipathy
Created by: zrotv
Pronunciation: kwā-zĭp'əth-ē
Sentence: Its not that I don't care about special days. I have quasipathy about the situation. Sure, acknowledgment might be in order, but blathering celebration seems a bit much. (also: quasipathetic)
Etymology: quasi ('To some degree') + pathos ('feeling'... as in sympathy or empathy)
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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Crassternation
Created by: efreet69
Pronunciation: krass-tur-NA-shun
Sentence: He is so cheap when it comes to gift buying; he shows the ultimate in crassternation.
Etymology:
Nommemorate
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: no-MEM-oh-rate
Sentence: Andy believed in setting a proper tone of nommemoration early in a relationship. "If you get her flowers on her birthday, she'll expect them all the dang time..." was his philosophy.
Etymology: from the Eskimo "nome", meaning cold, and the slavic "memonik", meaning 'sleep on the couch"
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COMMENTS:
HA! Love the etymology! - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-06: 07:09:00
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Verbration
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: vur/brey/shuhn
Sentence: It was another special occasion when Susie celebrated Joey's Birthday with a verbration. Verbration is the all talk, no action, giftless celebration. "Besides", Susie said during her verbration, "it's the good vibrations that count, not the gift."
Etymology: verbalize + celebration
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COMMENTS:
gives a whole new meaning to "Im picking up good verbrations""She's giving me exitations" - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-06: 16:14:00
that one's for you purple - I hope you like the Beach Boys - hopefully it will get rid of the Moody Blues - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-06: 16:21:00
(Knives in white satin, she's givin' me excitations...) ARRRRRRGGGGGHHHH! - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-06: 18:34:00
Sure, why not. ;-) - jedijawa, 2007-04-07: 02:50:00
ingenious. - riflesandkids74, 2007-04-08: 11:39:00
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Disregive
Created by: Ellemorpheus
Pronunciation: Dis-re-give
Sentence: How could she disregive me like that? Does she even care?
Etymology: Dis-not re-remember give-to give
Dissendowment
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: diss-in-dow-ment
Sentence: Jill was underwhelmed with the dissendowment David gave her for her birthday
Etymology: diss, as in to disrespect or shun/ endowment, as in gift
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COMMENTS:
Followed by disembowelment. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-06: 11:02:00
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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
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