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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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Animinder
Created by: thewiccaman
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He set an animinder for her birthday well in advance.
Etymology: Hybrid word made up from anniversary and reminder.
Missedgiving
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: mist GIV ing
Sentence: Laura was anxious because her husband seemed to really be downplaying her upcoming birthday. She suspected that he thought that she wouldn't want attention brought to it, since it was her 40th. But she really wanted all the trappings - the big party, fancy jewelry, and maybe an expensive trip. She figured she deserved the attention! But she was starting to have some missedgivings....
Etymology: missed + misgivings
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COMMENTS:
good word - mrskellyscl, 2009-10-23: 11:56:00
Excellent word! - Nosila, 2009-10-23: 22:42:00
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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
Naryanniversnary
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: nairy annee vers nairy
Sentence: You just knew that after 37 years, the honeymoon was over. In the early years, Peaches and Howard had bought each other elaborate gifts and surprises to mark their wedding anniversaries...exotic trips, a new home, elegant gifts and expensive cameras, perfumes,jewellery, etc. After that long, people start to take each other for granted. Medicines and their side effects to keep symptoms at bay replace romance and passion with menopause,ED,gastro reflux and more frequent potty trips. Now they celebrated a naryanniversnary. Maybe he'd remember to shave that day and maybe she'd cook him a nice supper. They still loved each other, but they didn't remember why. Life just sometimes gets in the way of love...
Etymology: Nary (negative;not in any degree or manner; not at all) & Anniversary (the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it);ie: a wedding)
Disselebrate
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: diss + el + eh + brate
Sentence: Hey, I knew it was your anniversary, I just chose to disselebrate it.
Etymology: diss + celebrate
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
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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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
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
Commehmorate
Created by: playdohheart
Pronunciation: com-MEH-more-ate
Sentence: Bobby couldn't wait to get a wonderful present for their six day anniversary but Susan commehmorated it.
Etymology: commemorate + "meh" (a sound expressing "whatever")
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COMMENTS:
Ha Ha, I love the "meh" - riflesandkids74, 2007-04-08: 11:38:00
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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