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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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Redumbdancy
Created by: ekath
Pronunciation: re-dumb-dan-cy
Sentence: Sharon just broke up with another one of those scumbag boyfriends of hers. Ya know I think she needs to address her redumbdancy issues before she goes on the wanted list of the Scumbag Association of America.
Etymology: from redundancy + dumb
Dumbasstrophy
Created by: s6guy72
Pronunciation: dum-bass-tro-fe
Sentence: Johnny had a dumbasstrophy when he got crabs from the same girl twice.
Etymology: dumbass- english for dumbass, and trophy from catastrophy for a bad event.
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COMMENTS:
Hee...that was a little "nasterous" but still funny AND great word! - lumina, 2008-07-30: 16:55:00
If you get caught by the crabs twice, you deserve to die. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-30: 17:19:00
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Remistake
Created by: eurythmech
Pronunciation: re-mis-take
Sentence: That morning started like so many other mornings, with Charlie remistakingly incinerating his breakfast toast.
Etymology: Rather self explainatory :)
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COMMENTS:
The sentence sells it. Elegant simplicity. - celan1, 2007-06-07: 19:52:00
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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.
Obooboosessive
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: əboōboōsesesiv
Sentence: Roger’s collection of traffic tickets is a clear indication that his need for speed is obooboosessive.
Etymology: obsessive (preoccupy or fill the mind to a troubling extent) boo-boo (mistake)
Arrbeeaye
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: R-B-I
Sentence: Eee by gum, ar Donny's a dolt. Thar ee sits sticking bandaids on his hairy knees. Ee knows it's gonna sting like blazes when he pulls em off, but he keeps on doin it. ee must ave arrbeeaye.
Etymology: RSI (repetitive strain injury) + B is for brain
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COMMENTS:
forgot to weave in "repetitive brain injury", but I'm sure verbotomists are too clever to have arrbeeaye and would have figured it out anyway. - petaj, 2007-06-07: 03:32:00
I somehow assumed the etymology would include something about overeating Arby's and paying for it later. God knows it's impossible not to. - jadenguy, 2007-06-07: 09:11:00
This evokes images of Long John Silver - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-07: 13:37:00
I'm afraid it's baseball season and I only saw "runs batted in". - mplsbohemian, 2007-06-07: 15:18:00
Never heard of Arby's. Sounds like some undesirable franchise we don't need in Australia. - petaj, 2007-06-07: 22:28:00
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Fauxcycle
Created by: elemon
Pronunciation: foh-sicle
Sentence: Maeve is totally caught in a dating fauxcycle -- have you seen her latest prize?
Etymology: faux (Fr: "faux pas" -- missed steps); OE: "cycle" -- go round and round)
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like Maeve's situation is farcicle. - petaj, 2007-06-07: 22:33:00
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Dumbsquared
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: dum-squared
Sentence: Len dumsquareded when it came to booze - it never was the enormous amount of alcohol that poisoned his system, it was always the bad chicken wings.
Etymology: dumb X dumb = extremely stupid
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COMMENTS:
Wow, I wish I'd thought of this one! - texmom, 2007-06-07: 12:08:00
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Rebonerr
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ree bone air
Sentence: Pete Ayr was one absent-minded dude. Since his attention span was zip and he never paid attention to what he was doing, he programmed himself to rebonerr regularly. He always lost keys, forgot what to do and generally spent his days in a vortex of making goofy mistakes, from which he learned nothing. He was not always this way. His distraction was not due to chemical abuse, dementia or stupidity, but more plausibly due to being in love. He had met the woman of his dreams, Jill, and since then his head was in a swirl. His rebonerr was charming but at times annoying to Jill. As a result of his behaviour, she nick-named him Re-Pete Ayr. I guess that was better than being called Fatal Ayr.
Etymology: re (do again); boner (stupid, embarrassing mistake); err (to make a mistake or be incorrect) rhymes with debonair(having a sophisticated charm-NOT!)
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COMMENTS:
-Love it! - hooterbug, 2008-07-30: 11:20:00
Hilarious! lovortex...been there, dumb that. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-30: 17:30:00
Good one. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-31: 02:25:00
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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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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!!