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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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Errennial
Created by: Trystera
Pronunciation: air-IN-ee-ull or ur-IN-ee-ul
Sentence: Duane errennially spent his weekly pay on lottery tickets.
Etymology: Err + perennial
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COMMENTS:
Ok, so it's neither of the suggested parts of speech. I like it anyway. - Trystera, 2007-06-07: 17:56:00
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Redodebooboo
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ree-doo-dee-boo-boo
Sentence: Like Alice in Blunderland, Bob didn't realize he was about to redodebooboo. I watched in amazment as he once again set the office toaster oven to Burnt Beyond Recognition and walk away. Eh, at least we'd get a few minutes out of the office when the fire alarms went off.
Etymology: redo the boo-boo
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COMMENTS:
as in to continually try to sing covers of Michael mcDonald songs "I keep forgetting, I can't sing this high"? - galwaywegian, 2007-06-07: 04:54:00
Re doobie doobie doo. No I mean, redo doobie doobie doo, er redoobie doo doobie, um ... re ... doo, doobie boobie doo sigh! - petaj, 2007-06-07: 08:29:00
You people are merciless!! (sha-doo-bee-doo-wah...) - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-07: 09:37:00
maybe the doobie redoobie explains the forgetfulness - perhaps the smoke wasn't from the office toaster - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-07: 11:36:00
The smell would have been much better. Whatever he was cooking stunk like hell. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-07: 11:41:00
whenever someone burns toast in our office everyone yells "group stroke" - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-07: 11:55:00
If you yelled that in my office, you'd likely be molested! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-07: 12:03:00
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Repligress
Created by: iago150
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After the fourth slap in the face, he realized that he was just repligressing.
Etymology: Replicate + trangress
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.
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
Frodulerg
Created by: hatman003
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Henry! thats the third time you didn't lock the airplane door are you just making a frodulerg?
Etymology:
Dejavupid
Created by: Katisms1
Pronunciation: day-ja-VOO-pid
Sentence: Why, oh why, did she ignore her gut, yet again, and agree to go out with this wanker? Was she completely dejavupid?!?
Etymology: deja vu + stupid
Sturepitity
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: stoo.re.pi.ti.tee
Sentence: I can't believe this guy. This is the seventh ticket he got this month for parking his car in the fountain in front of the town hall. He says he very much likes the fact that it is so clean afterwards
Etymology: stupidity+repetitive
Redoofus
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: rēdoōfəs
Sentence: Eric is a redoofus. He doesn*t mean to make the same mistakes over and over. It*s just that he is a very habitual person. Once he has goofed twice, he has developed a reflex. Even when he has time to ponder a decision, he overthinks it and usually corrects the correction back to the error.
Etymology: redo (do something again or differently) + doofus (a stupid person)
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COMMENTS:
funny...love it - mrskellyscl, 2009-12-31: 06:05:00
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Blunderasunder
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: blun der as sunder
Sentence: Folly Walnuts was one of the more minor members of the "The Crew". Although his heart and loyalty were in the right places, his brain & judgement had always been away on vacation. When the Mob Boss ordered Folly to off the Secretary of State for his views on organized crime, Folly as per usual misread his instruictions and instead whacked a secretary oft late, which was Miss Tardy A. Lot, who happened to work for Homeland Security. Not only was it a blunderasunder on Folly's part, but he is now enjoying the sunshine and exercise of a Cuban vacation in Gitmo...permanently!
Etymology: Blunder (error;mistake;an embarrassing mistake; make one's way clumsily or blindly; commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake) & Asunder (all over the place; into bits & pieces; everywhere)
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!!