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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.

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Brainfart

Created by: Sed8ed

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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

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Reviate

Created by: Clayton

Pronunciation: REE-vee-eyt

Sentence: Gunther's proclivity to reviate was chief among the concerns of the local constabulary. No way was he being left alone with any more cadavers.

Etymology: re + deviate

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petaj erk. don't want to speculate on this one. - petaj, 2007-06-07: 03:32:00

Was it him, or the cadavers, that made him neuerrotic? - Stevenson0, 2007-06-07: 08:52:00

blame the victim! it's not the cadavers' fault they're irresistible. - jadenguy, 2007-06-07: 09:09:00

Had they not been wearing so little... - Clayton, 2007-06-07: 18:15:00

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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.

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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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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

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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.

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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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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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Gafflexes

hyperborean

Created by: hyperborean

Pronunciation: ga' flex iz

Sentence: The doctor said his gafflexes were in perfect condition: he always repeated the same mistake at least twice.

Etymology: Gafflexes n. pl. (gaffe: mistake) + (reflexes: the body's automatic responses to stimulus.)

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Brokercide

Created by: baltbail

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-06-07: 00:01:00
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?'

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-12-31: 00:05:00
Today's definition was suggested by jadenguy. Thank you jadenguy. ~ James

libertybelle libertybelle - 2011-05-11: 10:39:00
no word right now - but the drawing cracked me up again!!