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DEFINITION: v., To find a lost item immediately after purchasing a replacement. n., An item which is lost and cannot not be found unless a replacement is purchased.
Verboticisms
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Quasishoproduce
Created by: Kevcom
Pronunciation: kwaw-zee-shaw-pro-deuce
Sentence: Mr. Viola quasishoproduced the camera quick-release hat that he had lost then found shortly after returning from BestBuy.
Etymology: quasi (similar) + shop (to buy) + produce (to have)
Substidude
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: səbstidoōd
Sentence: Now that their star has healed, the baseball team needs to figure what to do with his substidude.
Etymology: substitute (a person or thing acting or serving in place of another) + dude (a man; a guy)
Duplocate
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: dyoop-loh-cayt
Sentence: as soon as i returned from the store i duplocated my ipod
Etymology: duplicate, dupe, locate
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COMMENTS:
That's hard to beat - petaj, 2007-10-29: 04:33:00
Ditto! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-29: 20:07:00
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Voodooplicate
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: voo/doo/pli/keyt
Sentence: The evil spirits always conspire to voodooplicate the item I just purchased to replace the one I just lost and once again because of this mysterious voodooplication I seem to have two of everything I own.
Etymology: voodoo + duplicate
Purchiclone
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: PUR-chee-klohn
Sentence: Bob ran naked from his bath when he realized that his purchicloned lotto ticket and the original - thought lost, but now being used by Roxie as a bookmark, were the only winners in the "$20m Bonanza Jackpot."
Etymology: PURCH (of purchase):to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy & CLONE: to produce a copy
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COMMENTS:
your word made me think of purchicloincloth - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-25: 13:20:00
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Shopstitute
Created by: zavijava
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I couldn't find my cheese grater until after I'd gone to the mall for a shopstitute.
Etymology: Shop + substitute
Postespialoss
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: post es pi aloss
Sentence: Johnny was assaulted by a postespialoss and when his wife (didn't he knock her out, haul her to nowhere and put her in a locked chest six feet under the ground?) found him proposing to another woman.
Etymology: Post (after) & espial (taking notice of something) & loss (act or instance of losing)
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COMMENTS:
interesting - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-25: 13:18:00
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Surplacement
Created by: jtwalsh
Pronunciation:
Sentence: On my way back from work i bought myself some more shoes, these were however surplacements as it transpired that i had in fact left the other ones at home
Etymology: surplus (an excess of what is required) + replacement (an article providing a substitute or equivalent of another)
Replilocate
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: rep-li-lo-cate
Sentence: The only way I can find my missing things is to replilocate them. I just buy something just like them, and they come out of hiding just to mock me.
Etymology: replicate: reproduce or repeat + locate: to find
Buyonefindone
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: buy-one-find-one
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
BOFO, instead of BOGO? - Nosila, 2010-02-24: 22:06:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176! ~ James'
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176. ~ James