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DEFINITION: v. To make the same mistake over and over again even though you know it's stupid. n. A compulsively repeated mistake.
Verboticisms
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Decorrigible
Created by: jadenguy
Pronunciation: DEE cor ridg ib ul
Sentence: It's not often that we get to stare into the Sun and feel good about it after, and this certainly wasn't one of those times for Darian. His decorrigibility still astounded his brother on new levels, his rIcarus feat less successful with the assistance of plexiglass eyewear.
Etymology: de + corrigible de is pretty obvious. i picked corrigable, because i think that once you've made the mistake, you can learn from it, but then you unlearn from it and commit it again, so that's how you know it's stupid even when you repeat it.
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COMMENTS:
your sentences are like riddles jadenguy - it takes me ages to figure them out - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-07: 11:28:00
in a...good way? - jadenguy, 2007-06-07: 14:57:00
definitely in a good way - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-07: 16:44:00
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Dohbletake
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: doh! + bull + take
Sentence: She flung a plate at him which shattered, but it missed so she was angry enough for a dohbletake and threw another.
Etymology: Doh!
Recidiotism
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: re-sid-ee-ot-ism
Sentence: The first two times he tried to eat the wax fruit on her dining room table, she thought it was quirky ... but after that she started to suspect it was recidiotism.
Etymology: RECID and ISM from RECIDIVISM (repeated or habitual relapse)with IDIOT inserted in the middle
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COMMENTS:
Good word. - ErWenn, 2007-06-07: 14:26:00
Wish I could give you both of my votes. - Clayton, 2007-06-07: 18:17:00
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Compulstuped
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: com-pul-stooped
Sentence: Rob Dimbulb has this bad habit of being compulstuped by the easiest of tasks.
Etymology: "Compul" - Taken from part of the word Compulsive: Psychology Caused or conditioned by compulsion or obsession. "(Stup)-ed" Taken from part of the word Stupid: Slow to learn or understand; obtuse. Tending to make poor decisions or careless mistakes. Marked by a lack of intelligence or care; foolish or careless.
Goofligate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: GOO-fli-geyt or git
Sentence: Bob, whose mistakes at first seemed like harmless nonsense, repeated them so frequently, that, in the end, through his goofligates and goofligating he lost all his friends.
Etymology: GOOF: a mistake or blunder; a stupid person & OFLIGATE (of profligate): unrestrained by convention, reckless, dissolute, self-abandoned.
Compidiocy
Created by: Katoch
Pronunciation: com-PID-iocy
Sentence: With the police edging towards him and his friends, the pre-teen downed the alcohol as an act of compidiocy to hide the evidence.
Etymology: compulsive: Compelling: Enforces a need to take urgent action, usually an irational one. idiocy: Stupidity: Willful ignorance or unintelligence. Inacted together to form the somewhat cringeworthy yet humourous act of compidiocy.
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COMMENTS:
Cringeworthy ! Hahahahaha ! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-31: 00:44:00
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Idiomitake
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: ih-dee-aw-m-ih-tay-k
Sentence: Wayne asked himself "Why do I keep doing these things?" right before he made yet another idiomitake by walking into the polished glass door.
Etymology: idiotic+mistake
Cockupation
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: cock-you-pay-shun
Sentence: Ted's main cockupation is phoning his ex girlfriend when he's drunk. But he also has a few sidelines like locking himself out of his house and eating stupidly hot curries when he's on the last few sheets of loo roll.
Etymology: A play on 'occupation'. Cock up + occupation = cockupation. Cock/cock up - a mistake/to make an error. Occupation - an activity or vocation.
Redumbdant
Created by: FaintStar
Pronunciation: Ree-duhm-dant
Sentence: The man's redumbdancy resulted in him crashing into other cars, even though he knew he was drunk.
Etymology: Redundancy + Dumb
Redumbdant
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: re-dum-dent
Sentence: I know that eating an entire bag of salt and vinegar chips is going to leave me with a belly ache and a stinging mouth as it's done every other time, but I just can't help being redumbdant.
Etymology: redundant + dumb. Also - i love love the drawing - made me lololol
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by jadenguy. Thank you jadenguy! ~ James
jadenguy - 2007-06-07: 08:49:00
I only made the word because I really wanted a word to use to describe this. In hindsight, I probably should have also tried to come up with one... This wont' be the last time that happens.
evan - 2008-07-30: 11:59:00
Uh, wouldn't this qualify as 'Addiction?'
Today's definition was suggested by jadenguy. Thank you jadenguy. ~ James
no word right now - but the drawing cracked me up again!!