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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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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
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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Gottwoman
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation: got-two-man
Sentence: So you found it,to bad your a gottwoman now.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
slapsunagelpalupanormenclucion - looseball, 2007-10-30: 11:20:00
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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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Repeek
Created by: FreakoSpeako
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I repeek a lost shoe.
Etymology:
Surregain
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /sʌrɪgeɪn/
Sentence: :- "Baby, baby... Don't get mad, this is just a surregain, it always works! I know it can sound incredible, but if I didn't surregain it I would have never got you back! You would had been lost forever... I was desperate..."
Etymology: SURREGAIN. From Surrogate (One that takes the place of another; a substitute) + Regain (To recover possession of; get back again)
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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Duplidipity
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: dew-pleh-DIP-eh-ty
Sentence: Webster beamed with the duplidipity that had come his way when he got a new pair of house slippers to replace his old 'lost' pair and then found the old ones where they'd fallen behind some boxes in his closet.
Etymology: Blend of 'serendipity' (n. the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for)and 'duplicate' (adj. being the same as another)
Lurp
Created by: Justpeachyy
Pronunciation: l er p
Sentence: My universal remote is one LURP that just really irks me.
Etymology: L Lost* U unless* R replacement* is P purchased
Costanfound
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Cos-t-en-fownd
Sentence: Henry had searched for his very expensive watch for weeks, eventualy he decided to buy a replacement as he never knew what time of day it was. He went to the jewellers and picked one out that was similar to the one he had lost, satisfied with his purchase(apart from the price) he got back into his car to go home and promptly dropped his keys under the seat as he reached down to retrieve them he felt something else lurking there and could not believe it when he pulled out his original watch, and realised he had certainly suffered the costanfound syndrome.
Etymology: Cost(The price of something) + Found(to come upon unexpectedly after searching) = Costanfound
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COMMENTS:
good word! - Nosila, 2008-09-25: 20:15:00
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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