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'What do you mean, you're not coming?'

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.

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Failpex

Created by: maddyclo

Pronunciation: fay-ull-pex

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Qualmflash

Created by: Filthy

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Sentence: Amy had been planning to attend law school in the Fall, but after spending some time with actual lawyers during her internship, she began having doubts. Ha. Doubt is actually not the best way to describe it. It was more like a qualmflash--she suddenly saw the connection between all the uneasy feelings that had striken her during the semester; she would never be comfortable with the mores governing a law firm.

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Duhnouement

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: duh noo mont

Sentence: The duhnouement was swift, painful and quite expensive.

Etymology: denouement, duh

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Futilization

Created by: ldikarev

Pronunciation: fyoo til ee zation

Sentence: Moment of truth had come... and left, and nothing exploded. Feeling of futilization enveloped the somber group of would-be demolition men.

Etymology: futility +realization

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Exposeheh

Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: ex/pose/hay

Sentence: It was a huge exposeheh when she realized he had said 'would you like to meet my wife' not 'would you like to be my wife'.

Etymology: expose + heh?

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COMMENTS:

Love it - reminds me of a very old song: "I can't get away to marry you today, cause my wife won't let me!" - Nosila, 2008-08-15: 23:15:00

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Bannsaboteur

CharlieB

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: ban-sab-at-er

Sentence: Sarah was so close to tying the knot with her darling John. If only her evil nemesis cousin hadn't turned up to the reading of the banns waving a copy of Sarah's current marriage certificate. I mean, she and Trevor hadn't seen each other for ages: it was a divorce in all but name. Couldn't her stupid bannsaboteur relative see that? And where was John, anyway?

Etymology: banns (public notice of forthcoming marriage) + saboteur (one who commits an act of destruction)

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Blunderstruck

artr

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)

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Sodbodge

Created by: Rhyme79

Pronunciation: sod-bodge

Sentence: Sally sodbodged when she realised she hadn't turned on her computer before typing her thesis. Can also be used as a curse word, e.g. "Oh sodbodge!"

Etymology: Combines 'sod', as in 'Oh, sod it!' and 'bodge', as in a mistake or to do something quickly without care or expertise.

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Eslipphany

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: ee/slip/fanny

Sentence: It was a major eslipphany when the fax machine ate the document that he was supposed to be scanning

Etymology: epiphany + slip

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Good one. - Clayton, 2007-05-17: 15:47:00

nice - galwaywegian, 2007-05-18: 04:23:00

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Brickfaswallow

Created by: heartnsoul

Pronunciation: brick/face/WALL/o

Sentence: "She was reviewing her PowerPoint presentation for tomorrow's meeting when it hit her like a ton of bricks. In that brickfaswallow moment she saw her assistant had used outdated statistics in a critical section of their research."

Etymology: brick-wall + face + wallow = "it's time to swallow"

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-17: 01:10:00
Today's definition was suggested by two writers: Osomatic and erasmus. Thank you Osomatic and erasmus! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-12-02: 00:11:00
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus. Thank you erasmus. ~ James

CharlieB CharlieB - 2011-04-21: 03:25:00
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