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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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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
Prescriptstun
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: pre-SCRIP-stun
Sentence: Derek strode into the pretenssconference mistakenly confident that his prescriptstun would convince the world that he was clean.
Etymology: prescription (they always say it was prescribed for the flu) + script (used to rehearse for the press conference) + stun (shock)
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COMMENTS:
well done! (some would say too well done without some help, hmmmm) - galwaywegian, 2007-05-23: 07:01:00
good one petaj - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-23: 12:41:00
Right galwaywegian, I'll see you at the pretenssconference after I consult my spindoctor about this terrible flu I'm suffering. - petaj, 2007-05-23: 18:40:00
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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
Nopeadope
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: nope ah dope
Sentence: He exclaimed "Nopeadope!" when accused of using steroids.
Etymology: nope - negative dope - drugs
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?
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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Indignegate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: in-DIG-neh-gayt
Sentence: The once reigning king of the sport was miffed at the challenge of his improper use of drugs and other chemistry and was quick to indignegate any and all fresh allegations.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'indignant' (adj. characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust) and 'negate' (v. to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of)
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)
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)
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