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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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Shambition
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: sham BISH un
Sentence: Miss Anthrope's snobby parents always had an ambition for her to be a doctor, because she is smart and really likes math and science. It's more of a shambition, however, since she can't stand blood or vomit. Oh yeah, and she doesn't really like people. But she DOES like the "finer things in life," so now their dream is for her to MARRY a doctor. p.s. And it will be THEIR fault if she doesn't marry a doctor, because they haven't fully exploited their country club connections. (See Tuesday.)
Etymology: sham + ambition
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COMMENTS:
Shambitious word! - Nosila, 2010-06-30: 09:13:00
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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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Mobjective
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mob jek tiv
Sentence: Vito had trouble adhering to his mobjective. His heart told him killing was not necessarily a good thing, but his bosses felt it was the only way to initiate him him into the family business, to prove his worth as a valued and trusted team member. The only way Vito could meet his mobjective was to try and shoot his victims, but just to mame, not to kill them. Once he had accomplished this, he was demotivated to learn that his uncles had enrolled him in gun school, so he could improve his marksmanship. Yes, he kept trying to get out, but they kept pulling him back in...
Etymology: mob (group:a disorderly crowd of people, a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities) & Objective ( the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
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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Careerdumb
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kəri(ə)rdəm
Sentence: Cindy finished college and entered the world of careerdumb, taking a job that she doesn't like and isn't in her her field of study. To make matters worse her new coworkers resent that her dad pulled the strings that put her in a position she is barely qualified for. Managing a store that sells plush animals will do nothing to further her career as a veterinarian.
Etymology: career (an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life) + dom (suffix forming nouns: denoting a state or condition) + dumb (stupid)
Masqcareering
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: mask-kuh-reer-ing
Sentence: She wanted to be a scientist, but she was masqcareering as a carpenter because everyone in her family had been a carpenter going all the way back to Jesus.
Etymology: masquerading (pretending to be someone one is not) + career (a chosen profession)
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)
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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Perstubb
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: perSIST+stubbORN
Sentence: Perstubbing beyond reason, the man continued riding the scooter to and from work during the coldest winter in history, and even sufferred a bout of frostbite, all the while preferring to talk of how much he had saved on gas.
Etymology: perSIST+stubbORN
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