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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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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)
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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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)
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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Stareoid
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: stare + oid
Sentence: When accused of using drugs, he looked ahead with that look of shocked innocence - a stareoid.
Etymology: stare & steroid
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?
Deniabolical
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)
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)
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
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