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DEFINITION: v. To stick to your plan even though you've realized it's dumb. n. A stupid plan, especially if it's a career plan suggested by parents, teachers or guidance counselors who want you to be something that you're not.
Verboticisms
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Plantartica
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: PLAN-tahrk-ti-ka
Sentence: When his parents told him that they had secured for him a career in the cryogenic's industry, plantartica, and the feeling of being left out in the cold in a "dead-end" job, snap-froze ergoptimistic Bob unto his upwardly-mobile marrow.
Etymology: PLAN & ANTARCTICA: frozen, forsaken vocational void felt by those trapped by the doings of others, without any real plan of escape from undesired positions.
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COMMENTS:
sounds like a Canadian winter - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-28: 15:41:00
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Discomjobulated
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: dis - com - job - you - lay - ted
Sentence: Joy did not want to be a comedian. When she was up on stage she felt all discomjobulated. Everyone else thought she was funny and wanted her to continue entertaining but she did not find any of this enjoyable. In fact, the more she made people laugh, the more she felt like crying.
Etymology: discombobulated (confused, embarrassed, Upset; broken, mixed up), job
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COMMENTS:
So, would her anxiety be considered discomjobrelated? - mrskellyscl, 2009-06-08: 08:00:00
probably! - mweinmann, 2009-06-08: 11:34:00
Your sentence made me laugh out loud! Love it! - hyperborean, 2009-06-08: 21:35:00
love the the word and the sentence made me pee in my pants - DrWebsterIII, 2009-06-08: 23:13:00
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Planglomania
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: plan/glow/mane/eea
Sentence: Jane's planglomania invloves recreating an English village in Northern Ireland.
Etymology: plan + anglomania ( craze for English institutions and customs)
Dysmission
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: dĭs-mĭsh'ən
Sentence: It had always been assumed that, as the eldest son, Iggy would go to law school, join his father's firm and eventually assume the reins as senior partner, but even though his real name was Pontious Albert Poppagopolus III, Iggy knew that, for him, the law school route was a dysmission.
Etymology: 'dys,' bad, as in dyspepsia, dysentery; mission, an assigned or self-imposed duty or task; calling; vocation.
Persisdunce
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: per-sis-duhns
Sentence: Jan's persisdunce in working for the phone book company has resulted in just what everybody told her would happen. The company has gone out of business and she is unemployed. What a persisdunce.
Etymology: persistence (to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action) + dunce (a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt)
Determinut
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: dee-TERM-eh-nut
Sentence: Gwendolyn is a whacked out determinut when it comes to career choices, bent on becoming an opera singer though she cant carry a tune, has a raspy voice and cant even pronounce the names of most operas.
Etymology: Blend of 'determined' (bent on doing something) and 'nut' (slang for ''crazy person')
Tragictory
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: tra jik tor ee
Sentence: Lily stuck to her career plan, which was always to become a famous Opera singer...a real diva. She studied Italian, knew all the words to every aria and dreamed of debuting at La Scala or The Met. But her career plan was on a tragictory course. The one thing that she forgot was that she could not sing a note, never mind reach the high notes a soprano needs to achieve to become a star. Her frustration just made her become a demanding diva instead to her friends and family. Too bad, she never got a Handel on the old talent thing.
Etymology: Tragic (very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction) & Trajectory (path, orbit)
Knockupation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: nok u pay shun
Sentence: Contrary to what her family and guidance counsellors decided, Rosa kept her nose to the grindstone to avoid her planned knockupation as a Nobel-prize-winning writer. Yes, instead she was going to hone her skills and become a sharp-nosed reporter for the Daily PlanIt.
Etymology: Knock (find fault with;point out flaws;express criticism of) & Occupation (career; way of earning income)
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COMMENTS:
I guess work isn't what it's knocked up to be. - mrskellyscl, 2009-06-08: 10:30:00
I guess work isn't what it's knocked up to be. - mrskellyscl, 2009-06-08: 15:49:00
Sounds like a relative of the school of hard knocks. Good word! - Mustang, 2009-06-08: 21:38:00
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Mockupation
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: ma:k -u - peshien
Sentence: Celine's current mockupation as well as her pride and ego stood in the way of her true professional calling, similar to what verbotomy does to me on occasion
Etymology: Mock (travesty) + occupation ( the principal professional activity in one's life)
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COMMENTS:
Great word! I struggled with this one! - hyperborean, 2009-06-08: 21:52:00
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Comments:
Today's definition is inspired by Johnny Bunko's Career Secret # 1: "There is no plan". See: "The Adventures of Johnny Bunko" by Dan Pink. Thanks Dan! ~ James
Nosila - 2008-04-28: 22:24:00
I can usually get the new word by 10:00 pm MDT, but last night it was late and I eventually had to flake out to get up for work. Hope it's "on time" tonight!Cheers!
Yes Nosila, I was working way too late last night. I got stuck between few words, or something like that... but eventually I got it done. Thanks! ~ James
Today's definition is inspired by Johnny Bunko's Career Secret # 1: "There is no plan". See: "The Adventures of Johnny Bunko" by Dan Pink. Thanks Dan! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by johnnybunko. Thank you johnnybunko. ~ James