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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.
Verboticisms
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Prophetsorial
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: profet/sorry/al
Sentence: Because he was a prophetional player his comments tended to be prophetsorial.
Etymology: prophet + professorial + professional
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COMMENTS:
Like your originality! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 11:43:00
Close to the mark. Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-19: 15:31:00
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Fict
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: fikt
Sentence: He told the lie with such conesty, that no one suspected that his fact, was in fact, a fict.
Etymology: fact, fiction
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COMMENTS:
Short, strong sentence and blend. Like conesty as much as fikt! Exceptional! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 12:07:00
Agreed, I like 'conesty' as well. - Tigger, 2008-02-19: 13:20:00
Yep, "conesty" is tops! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-19: 15:32:00
I liked conesty too, but when I saved it, google found it on another invented word web site. - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-19: 15:49:00
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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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Hypocriticize
Created by: swallowedbyafish
Pronunciation: hih-po-crih-tih-size
Sentence: Remember the other day you hypocritisized me about driving on the wrong side of road? Well look at me now - I'm dead!
Etymology: hypocrite + criticize
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COMMENTS:
Hauntingly well done! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 11:54:00
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Accuratesation
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: ack-you-rate-sa-shun
Sentence: Amanda vehemently denied David's suggestion that she had been over using chemicals to relax her hair; her total baldness by the end of the month revealed the depth of david's accuratesation.
Etymology: accurate + accusation
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COMMENTS:
Great sentence and etymology! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 11:52:00
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Accusident
Created by: leemarquis
Pronunciation: Accuse - e - dent
Sentence: John accusidented Fred of smashing a headlight of his car. As Fred left and drove away in a hurry, he backed into John's car and smashed a headlight.
Etymology: Wrongly accused of something which you then do later by accident.
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 12:14:00
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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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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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Lewinskidince
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: loo in skid inse
Sentence: It was a pure lewinskidince, she was shining my shoes before my press conference, the phone rang and I couldn't find an ashtray.
Etymology: lewinski, coincidence
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COMMENTS:
are you sure it wasn't blewinskidince? - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-19: 11:16:00
Roaringly funny! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 12:11:00
Certainly put her moniker on this one! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-19: 15:29:00
HA! - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-19: 18:20:00
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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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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by 8Revolution8. Thank you 8Revolution8. ~ James
Nosila - 2008-02-19: 14:20:00
Good one, Tigger...how irobnic!