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'I'm clean! Clean as a needle!'

DEFINITION: n. The prescribed response of shock and denial that all world-class athletes follow when caught using banned drugs. v. To act shocked and deny guilt when accused of wrong-doing.

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Stirroid

ohwtepph

Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: /stir - roid/

Sentence: I found out that athletes share a common defensive reflex when I sent fake e-mails to all of the Olympics athletes that they were discovered to be on physically enhancing illegal drugs. I will call this worldwide phenomenon a "stirroid".

Etymology: stir [cause a stir; a commotion] + steroid

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Notmeosis

Created by: thephil

Pronunciation: notm:eosis

Sentence: When caught, he entered the mental state of notmeosis.

Etymology: NOT ME osis

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Accusedflex

Created by: serendipity9000

Pronunciation: ack-used-flex

Sentence: The reporter had barely gotten the accusation out of his mouth when the athlete responded with their stock accusedflex answer "Must be a sample mixup".

Etymology: accused + flex (from reflex)

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Perplexcess

CharlieB

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: per-plex-ess

Sentence: When told his doping test had come up positive, Francis's eyes widened and his mouth fell open. His overaction was so perplexcessive that no one doubted the accuracy of the results.

Etymology: perplexed (confused, bewildered) + excess (a surplus, abnormality)

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Prevaricontraindication

Created by: Clayton

Pronunciation: proh-VAR-i-kon-truh-in-di-KEY-shuhn

Sentence: Barry was caught up in a moment of classic prevaricontraindication: just lie to the reporters and hopefully it will all go away. Except the sterility. And the shrunken testes. And the heart disease. And the liver failure.

Etymology: prevarication + contraindication

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Drugonballs

bennyfio

Created by: bennyfio

Pronunciation: drug-on-balls

Sentence: drugonballs!

Etymology: maybe the etymology is 'drug on balls' or or maybe dragon balls (ancient chinese remedy to all the illnesses)

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Steroidenial

Created by: DaddiezGyrl

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Dopnial

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌdoʊpˈnaɪəl/ /dohp-NAI-uhl/

Sentence: I sometimes wonder whether players rehearse their claims of dopnial just in case they get caught.

Etymology: From doping + denial

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COMMENTS:

Only the dopey ones! - Stevenson0, 2007-05-23: 12:45:00

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Fartichoque

Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: faaaaaaaaaar

Sentence: teeeeeeeeeeeee

Etymology: shocque

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Dopified

Created by: daisy

Pronunciation: doe-pi-fide

Sentence: Mr. Landis was dopified to learn that those bottles of steroid water could actually be detected.

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-23: 10:07:00
Some of the best Verboticisms were late showing up this morning, even though they had already entered the race. I categorically deny that this had anything to do with the use of stimulants. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2011-04-27: 00:28:00
Today's definition was suggested by wordmeister. Thank you wordmeister. ~ James