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DEFINITION: n. The moment of awareness when you realize that have you made a huge mistake on a big project, and will have to start all over again, from the very beginning. v. To suddenly realize that you are going to fail.
Verboticisms
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Shocktasm
Created by: surfstang
Pronunciation: shock/taz/m
Sentence: I had a shocktasm after seeing my brand new porsche destroyed beyond all repair.
Etymology: Shock + Orgasm
Reprojection
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: ree/pro/ject/shun
Sentence: As she drove home in the pouring rain, eileen realised she'd have to have a reprojection of her entire year.
Etymology: An embedded amalgamation of rejection and project to make reprojection.
Blunderstruck
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bluhn-der-struhk
Sentence: Susan was completely blunderstruck, standing at the alter when she realized that nobody had been assigned to pick up her brother/minister at the airport.
Etymology: blunder (to make a gross or stupid mistake) thunderstruck (dumbfounded, flabbergasted)
Stunveilment
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: stun/vale/ment
Sentence: She was in a complete state of stunveilment when she realized the most important element of her dream wedding was missing - her shoes!
Etymology: unveilment (revelation) + stun (shock)
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COMMENTS:
A stunner! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-15: 18:27:00
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Blunderstruck
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: blun-der-struk
Sentence: Right as he was about to complete his assignment, he became horribly blunderstruck
Etymology: blunder, thunderstruck
Craptastrophy
Created by: SnatchRaffle
Pronunciation: Crap tas troh fee
Sentence: This shit show is a craptastrophy!
Etymology: Crap, catastrophy
Recrap
Created by: benjamin
Pronunciation: re-krap
Sentence: Lets recrap shall we? You thought you could start a llama farm in Manhattan...?
Etymology: recap (go over) + crap (expression of dissatisfaction)
Fiascognition
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: fee-AS-kog-NISH-uhn
Sentence: Dirk put down his stylus, clasping his head and sobbing in a state of paralyzing fiascognition. Those images of albino squirrels weren't gonna un-Photoshop themselves.
Etymology: fiasco + cognition
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COMMENTS:
This is just clever! - texmom, 2007-05-18: 07:24:00
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Sisyphuc
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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Visionerrory
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: viz - jun - err - or - ee
Sentence: Leticia became a visionerrory when she realized that her lifetime goal of completing her Master's Degree was not going to happen. Her professor had realized that Leticia plagiarized her final paper and it all came crashing down in a moment.
Etymology: visionary, error
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by two writers: Osomatic and erasmus. Thank you Osomatic and erasmus! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus. Thank you erasmus. ~ James
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