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DEFINITION: v. intr. To be accused of something you didn't do, then do that exact same thing later, completely by accident. n. A false accusation which coincidentally happens to be correct.

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Inadveritas

Created by: Banky

Pronunciation: in-ad-vehr-ih-toss

Sentence: Midway through the master bedroom closet Hank found the diary. He and his wife had been cleaning out his childhood home for three days now, throwing out grade school spelling assignments, and obituaries of every person in the small Arkansas town that his mother had ever known. He began leafing through the journal, hoping that he might begin to understand more about what his estranged mother was like in her youth, and realize how she had become the dour and world-beaten woman that he had buried not a week ago. Engrossed in how she had met his father and their courtship through the Korean war, he paused, with a look of abject terror at the next entry. It described the birth of a baby girl named Elizabeth Marie, who had been given up for adoption in that very town. "How's it going in there, honey?" rang Liz's voice down the hallway. Hank snapped out of his trance, "Uh...it's...it's okay. Sweetheart, what children's home did you grow up at?". A long pause deafened Hank, and a quizzical "St. Joseph's?" answered. The pit in Hank's stomach grew harder, and trickle of cold sweat wound down his back as he found the name on the page. Every time his college friends had taunted him about Arkansians and incest replayed in his mind, their inadveritas jokes hardening the lump in his throat.

Etymology: inadvertent - unintentional, veritas - Latin for "truth"

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COMMENTS:

Shockingly, heartbreaking sentence! Great etymology! Great creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 11:46:00

This word's right on the money. - ErWenn, 2008-02-19: 19:03:00

Banky, your stories are as good as your verbots... better even. Very entertaining! - Tigger, 2008-02-19: 21:00:00

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Arraigncheck

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: a rayn chek

Sentence: George had been fed up with his wife's suspicious questions about his working late every night...afterall he was just taking care of business. Wait till he told his mistresses about the latest arraigncheck she'd just given him!

Etymology: arraign (to accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy) & raincheck (a promise or a commitment to do something later)

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COMMENTS:

clever! - libertybelle, 2008-02-19: 09:16:00

love it! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-19: 09:20:00

Ingenious! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 11:57:00

Spot on, Nosila! Just wait until that cheater George gets the bill for this 'arraigncheck'. - Tigger, 2008-02-19: 13:12:00

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Innonsense

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: in-non-cents

Sentence: Bob,the head geek on his debate team, declared his innocence when asked if he used steroids to give him an edge in competition. He then plead innonsense, stating the steroids were only to help him get picked to a team in gym class.

Etymology: innocent/nonsense

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COMMENTS:

Unique! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 19:25:00

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Veratilie

Created by: 8Revolution8

Pronunciation: vera/ti/lee

Sentence: "But I didn't do it!" "Ok, I believe you...(for now...)" Sometime... later... The veratilie of the offense made that man's three kids orphans...

Etymology: verity (true/truth) + lie

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COMMENTS:

Goes right to the contradiction in the definition! Really captures the dichotomy in it! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 19:33:00

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Accimeant

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: ack - suh - meant

Sentence: Lowell was sure he was being honest when he denied the accusations made against him and only later learned that he had committed the offense by accimeant.....accidentally on purpose.

Etymology: accident + meant

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COMMENTS:

hehehe! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-19: 09:21:00

very good - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-19: 11:13:00

Terrific! It will become part of my vocabulary for accidentally on purpose! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 11:49:00

Another clever blend. - Tigger, 2008-02-19: 20:58:00

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Slipocrisy

Created by: Biscotti

Pronunciation: slip-pock-rysee

Sentence: John was caugt in a slipocrisy when he told the kids not to eat cookies before dinner, yet he had one not 10 minutes later; they were really tempting.

Etymology: slip (to mess up) + hypocrisy (don't practice what you preach)

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COMMENTS:

Excellent verboticism. - Mustang, 2008-02-19: 23:18:00

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Factcident

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: fakt-ser-dent

Sentence: the editor of the tabloid magazine knew that most of what they printed was rubbish...but she was pretty sure there must be a few factcidents in there as well

Etymology: fact, accident

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COMMENTS:

Good sentence! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 12:20:00

Good word and spot-on with the sentence. - ErWenn, 2008-02-19: 19:04:00

I really like the sound of this word. Question though: Your pronunciation (fakt-ser-dent) sounds like how someone from Long Island, New York would say it (adding 'r's). Was that intentional? - Tigger, 2008-02-19: 20:48:00

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Arrestiny

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /uh-REST-tuh-nee/

Sentence: Officer Hurley told us an ironic story about a known car thief who had apparently lost the keys to his own car, and was arrested when the police found him hotwiring it. One week later, arrestiny prevailed, and he was caught hotwiring a car he didn't actually own.

Etymology: blend of Arrest - into legal custody (from Latin, restāre "to stand still") & Destiny - inevitable course of events (from Latin, dēstināre "determine")

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COMMENTS:

Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-19: 15:33:00

Great etymoology and blending! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 19:30:00

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Dohpas

Created by: Jamagra

Pronunciation: doe pah

Sentence: PTO Treasurer Lucinda Bookcooker belatedly realized that announcing an "irregularity" in the organization's financial records whilst wearing Gucci, hand-painted silk Jimmy Choo pumps and carrying a Coach handbag might be considered by some to be a dohpas.

Etymology: colloquial "doh" popularized by Homer Simpson + the French "faux pas"

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COMMENTS:

Clever! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 12:22:00

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