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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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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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Contrabandiction

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kon tra ban dik shun

Sentence: When the IOC doctors drug-tested and failed the World Champion cyclist, he was in a state of contrabandiction. He'd paid out a lot for pills that turned out to be Midols. Some thought he traded in his bike for a menstrual cycle...

Etymology: Contraband (illegal substance sold or possessed) & Contradiction (deny the truth of;prove false)

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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

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Steroitypical

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ster oy tip ikal

Sentence: Olympian cyclist, Jen DarBender, was given a surprise drug test just prior to the women's Gold Medal competition. Not only was the athlete's denial to claims of drug use steroitypical, it was revealed that Jen was not a female, but a male. Somewhere along the line, Jan had apparently traded in the old menstrual cycle for a Schwinn.

Etymology: Steroid (class of performance enhancement drugs) & Stereotypical (lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality;any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs)

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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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Drock

Created by: Rhyme79

Pronunciation: dr-oh-k

Sentence: Henry's facade of complete drock wasn't a surprise to his opponents.

Etymology: Amalgamation of 'drug' and 'shock'.

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COMMENTS:

Reminds me of dreck and crock. It sounds great. - Discoveria, 2012-09-19: 21:11:00

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Steroidenial

Created by: DaddiezGyrl

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Proslipper

Created by: guesser

Pronunciation: Pro - slip - per

Sentence: How many times can a proslipper slip if a proslipper could slip up?

Etymology: Pro (professional) + slip (make a careless or slight error) + per (completely)

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Stirroid

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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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Dopefeign

Created by: newworldview

Pronunciation: dope-fane

Sentence: The proof is incontrovertible. You can't dopefeign your way out this time.

Etymology: dope + feign

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-23: 10:07:00
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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2011-04-27: 00:28:00
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