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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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Ostretch

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: oss/trech

Sentence: If your credibility is ever in doubt just do this simple ostretch and it will all go away

Etymology: ostrich + stretch

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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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Stimuplant

Created by: pinwheel

Pronunciation: stim/you/plant

Sentence: 'It's a stimuplant!' the gold medalist protested when confronted with the evidence.

Etymology: stimulant + plant

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COMMENTS:

now if only they had the plantidote - rikboyee, 2007-05-23: 03:02:00

it's probably just a shot of buttox to flesh out his pants - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-23: 12:53:00

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Dohpe

Created by: benjamin

Pronunciation: DOE-p

Sentence: What do you mean "horse growth hormone?" Dohpe!

Etymology: D'oh (expression of grief a la Homer Simpson) + Dope (illicit substance)

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COMMENTS:

Good one! - Stevenson0, 2007-05-23: 12:44:00

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Pharmapologia

Created by: cohenarie

Pronunciation: ,far ma pa 'lozh ee a

Sentence: The offering of unlikely and elaborate justifications -- "I was taking cold medicine, see, and I'm allergic to all the normal active ingredients, so I had to take specially formulated custom cold medicine, that happened to contain chemicals that appear similar to steroids in tests." -- is a hallmark of pharmapologia.

Etymology: From pharmacology and the older sense of apologize (to offer justifications and explanations, rather than to express regret and guilt).

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COMMENTS:

Excellent word! - ErWenn, 2007-05-24: 20:11:00

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Fartichoque

Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: faaaaaaaaaar

Sentence: teeeeeeeeeeeee

Etymology: shocque

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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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Steroidenial

Created by: DaddiezGyrl

Pronunciation:

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Nonedralone

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: nun dra lown

Sentence: He went into the press dispute and gave a very very very energetic version of the nonedralone defense.

Etymology: nandralone and none

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Deniabolical

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: dinīəbälikəl

Sentence: The use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports is deniabolical.

Etymology: deny (refuse to admit the truth) + anabolic steroid (a synthetic steroid hormone that resembles testosterone in promoting the growth of muscle) + diabolical (belonging to or so evil as to recall the Devil)

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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