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DEFINITION: n. A person who blames their neighbors, coworkers, and/or parents for anything and everything that is wrong in the world. v. To lay blame on someone for something which is obviously beyond their control and influence.
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Raptionalize
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /RAP-shun-uh-liyz/
Sentence: Nothing was ever Doug's fault, and he would be the first one to admit that. He would raptionalize away any hint of blame for anything that went wrong, and he never hesitated to name a scapegoat for any conceivable problem. Doug made an art out of 'passing the buck'. Even when he was caught taking office supplies from the office, he blamed his parents for not spending enough time with him as a child, because, he explained, they were both workaholics.
Etymology: Rap - blame or punishment, especially for a crime (from Swedish, rapp "light blow" as in a rebuke) + Rationalize - to ascribe problems to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid, but are actually unrelated (from Latin, ratiōnālis "reason")
Blameslinger
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: blāmslingər
Sentence: Marge doesn’t like to admit fault for anything. She can be quite the blameslinger, all too ready to shoot from the lip at anybody within earshot.
Etymology: blame (assign responsibility for a fault or wrong) + gunslinger (a man who carries a gun and shoots well)
Culpabully
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kəlpəboŏlē
Sentence: Joyce is a culpabully, blaming everybody else for everything that happens to her or anyone else. Just this morning her dog Patsy took a lambasting for causing Joyce to drop her breakfast even though he was sleeping in his crate at the time.
Etymology: culpability (deserving blame) + bully (a person who uses strength or power to harm or intimidate those who are weaker)
Pastabuckacous
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Parst- a- buck- akus
Sentence: According to the pastabuckacous he didn't do it, how could anyone think he was to blame!!
Etymology: Pass the buck + of course (they always do!!!)
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COMMENTS:
love the way this sounds - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-24: 13:16:00
A good verbotocism and fun to say. - Mustang, 2008-04-24: 22:11:00
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Blamhor
Created by: Moonstar
Pronunciation: Blam-hore
Sentence: Tina was a sweet girl, but when that Blamhor idiot Gretchen spilled red wine all over her brand new wedding dress, then blamed Tina for making her do it, Tina snapped, chasing her round the room in her soiled dress on her big day.
Etymology: Blame, as in to place blame + Whore, as in prostitute or manwhore.
Lackuse
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lak youz
Sentence: As usual Sharon DeBlame always wanted to lackuse her fiance, parents, friends and relatives when things did not go her way, even though they had no control over these events. Her upcoming nuptials gave her a lot of fodder and turned her into a Bridezilla, a Bride of Frankenstein. By the time the big day rolled around, she had become impossible to live with and her fiance, Randy Foule, was seriously considering eloping with his best man, Ben Dover, just to escape the wrath of the hideous creature his innocent young fiancee had become!
Etymology: Lack (the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable or just not there) & Accuse ( blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against;reproach)
Attacktirade
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: A-tak-tir-ade
Sentence: Brenda was quick to attacktirade every little problem she could imagine was happening in order to insult everyone she came in contact with. She was so consumed with being perfectly right...even when she was wrong.
Etymology: Attack-assault. Tirade-abuse, outburst.
Faultune
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: folt-you-n
Sentence: Kate was shunned by her neighbours because they were tired of her faultuning them. They had tried to be friendly, but what could they do with someone who castigated them for the sun coming up later as Winter came on.
Etymology: fault + fortune (destiny, fate) + tune (she's not singing that same old song again?)
Guiltslinger
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: giltslingər
Sentence: Mary is quite the guiltslinger. Everything wrong with the world is the fault of everybody but her. She is all too happy to use her cigarette break to lay blame on anybody who should dare to use an aerosol product, or buy non-local produce. She writes a "How to be Green" newsletter which she delivers door-to-door in her Hummer.
Etymology: guilt (the fact of having committed a specified or implied offense or crime) + gunslinger (a man who carries a gun and shoots well)
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COMMENTS:
love the hummer reference - Jabberwocky, 2009-06-17: 16:01:00
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Transfimplicate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: tranz-FIM-pleh-kayt
Sentence: Freida was borderline paranoid and saw disasters looming in any kind of bad news and even in some of her own misadventures, but rather than taking stock and dealing with issues head on she would transfimplicate, blaming other people, the government and other kinds of agencies for her perceived doom and gloom.
Etymology: Blend of transfer and implicate
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
Tigger - 2008-04-24: 02:50:00
Too bad 'blamestorm' is already in common use...
- 2008-04-26: 15:51:00
hilarious
- 2008-04-27: 07:02:00
Hiillarious clinton
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James