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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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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)
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
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
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)
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)
Testosterage
Created by: jesster
Pronunciation: tes-TOS-ter-age
Sentence: When the reporter asked him to comment on his positive test results, the athlete was overcome by testosterage.
Etymology: testosterone (male hormone that is linked to aggression) + rage (blinding anger)
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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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
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
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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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