Verboticisms

Created by: muddy

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Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Doe-ree-doo

Sentence: Harvey had spent hours transferring all his accounts onto spreadsheets ready for the tax inspector, unfortunately he experienced a dohredo when he realised he had forgotton to save his work before switching off his computer. Therefore he had to start from scratch all over again.

Etymology: Doh( a now popular word used when you realise you have made a big mistake, see Homer Simpson) + Redo( Start again)= Dohredo

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COMMENTS:

if that happened in a cookie factory it could be a dohredoreo - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-15: 10:39:00

If that happened in the days of "Wild West" it could have taken place on "The Streets Of Laredo" Though I guess Harvey's solution would have been to shot the tax inspector. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-15: 18:47:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: DUH-pif-anee

Sentence: Rodger had worked on his presentation for weeks. Everything hinged on his ability to explain his radical new concept to the executive committee. The fact that he was in a room full of knodding heads didn't prepare Rodger for the duhpiphany moment that was heading towards him at break-neck speed. One properly-placed stupid question was about to send him back to square one.

Etymology: Duh: (as in DUH!) combined with epiphany: (a moment of sudden revelation or insight)

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: plite-bulb-mo-mint

Sentence: Rising the next morning to find the ground covered in a thick white frost, Tom had a plightbulbmoment when he realized he'd have to replant his entire garden.

Etymology: lightbulb moment, plight

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If only Tom had stuck to planting freesias and daffodils. Those bulbs love a good cold spell. A frost won't blightbulbs. - petaj, 2007-05-17: 06:04:00

I'd surley save the artichokes! Good one! - toadstool57, 2007-05-17: 06:40:00

surely* (correct spelling) - toadstool57, 2007-05-17: 06:44:00

Great comment petaj! :-) I'd say that Tom is not the brightest bulb in the bed, but he's brilliant in every other way. He just needs to pay more attention to that whole "last frost date" thing. Toadstool - I didn't plant artichokes this year - I didn't get them started in time. However, it appears that I'm growing a healthy and abundant crop of whatever those cows ate. :-( I obviously lack "inshite". (Thanks for that word Galway!) - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-17: 06:57:00

wow Purple - it sounds like you live in an idyllic place with crops and plants and cows and interesting weather - kind of a hippie paradise with the internet - great word by the way - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-17: 09:12:00

Yeah, it's pretty nice. I don't have any cows though - not enough land, but chickens aren't out of the question! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-17: 11:08:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Gaff - veh - LAY - shun

Sentence: Miranda experienced a major gaffevelation when she realized too late that she'd given the caterers, the other vendors and the auditorium managers the wrong date for the huge party.

Etymology: Blend of gaffe and revelation

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Created by: guesser

Pronunciation: ut-oh-itis

Sentence: As she waited alone at the Alter, she realized she was experiencing uthoeitis.

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Created by: whipspeak

Pronunciation: i-poof-uh-nee

Sentence: And in that moment, in a sudden epoofany, Kim acknowledged that Don preferred men.

Etymology: epiphany: a sudden intuitive perception or realization + poof!: used to express or indicate a sudden disappearance

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COMMENTS:

poof positive - Nosila, 2009-12-03: 01:39:00

wonderfully clever - mweinmann, 2009-12-03: 08:50:00

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Created by: cohenarie

Pronunciation: SIS i fuk

Sentence: It was 3am. Somehow, the warning "This Action Cannot Be Undone" failed to penetrate. In one sisyphuc, by clicking "Revert to Saved," John effectively erased half of his thesis.

Etymology: From the myth of Sisyphus, forced eternally to roll the same big rock up the same big hill. Clayton's comment inspired me to alter the word (from sisyphstant) - not sure about the ethics of such a move, but we could consider it etymological evolution?

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COMMENTS:

Hard to pronounce, but Camus would be proud. - Clayton, 2007-05-17: 15:50:00

sisyphuc would be easier to say, wouldn't it? And perhaps more expressive. - cohenarie, 2007-05-17: 17:03:00

Nice one. Just glad for the ph spelling instead of f. - texmom, 2007-05-18: 07:26:00

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Created by: AlouattaPigra

Pronunciation: Reel hore oh lies

Sentence: Prince Daviidu's eyes opened wide in realhorrolization. "I realhorrolize it now, oh woe to the error in my stirde, to be abash of these things I've done is all that I can ask of you sweet shaman. . ." The wise wizard looked at his soul and said. "No."

Etymology: Realize + horror, aggulutinative

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: apok/a/laps

Sentence: He was running his best 10k ever when he suddenly realized he wasn't really ahead of the pack but in the wrong race

Etymology: apocalypse + lapse

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