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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
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.
Etymology:
Declifloored
Created by: angelheart
Pronunciation: Dec-li-floored
Sentence: "I'm absolutely declifloored that you would think that of me"
Etymology: decli-from the word deline/ floored-another meaning for shocked
Wideoid
Created by: ekath
Pronunciation: wide-oid
Sentence: Jason Giambi was one of the first athletes to nationally popularize the wideoid response to alleged drug use, and later got caught it a legal battle over trademark/copyright laws concerning the controversial reaction technique and accompanying facial expression.
Etymology: from wide-eyed + steroid... i played around with this for a while but couldn't come up with a better spelling to more accurately convey the pronunciation. any suggestions?
Nopeadope
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: nope ah dope
Sentence: He exclaimed "Nopeadope!" when accused of using steroids.
Etymology: nope - negative dope - drugs
Denyitol
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: dee-nI-it-ol
Sentence: I take two tabs of denyitol and I'm fine
Etymology: deny + it+ all
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COMMENTS:
Also looks like Nytol. Good one! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-23: 11:55:00
Does D. Nile use denyitol? - Stevenson0, 2007-05-23: 12:40:00
Yes, D. Nile does do denyitol. Especially when blunderstuck, and there's nothing he can do to blixit. Akerue! - wordmeister, 2007-05-23: 16:15:00
Very good. Must get a prescriptstun for that. - petaj, 2007-05-24: 03:05:00
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Ignoblivian
Created by: grasshopper
Pronunciation: Ig/no/bl/iv/ian
Sentence: The winner of the weight lifting competation stated that he was ignoblivian about any drugs that he was being accusd of using.
Etymology: Igno = Ignorant/ oblivian = oblivious Ignoblivian
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
Stundenial
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: stun-dih-nahy-uhl
Sentence: The athlete's stundenial was hard to believe when he was found to have a trunk full of stimulance.
Etymology: stun (to astonish; astound; amaze) + denial (disbelief in the existence or reality of a thing)
Drugonballs
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)
Comments:
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
Today's definition was suggested by wordmeister. Thank you wordmeister. ~ James