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DEFINITION: v. To push yourself so hard to reach an impossibly high standard of perfection, that you undercut your own success. n. An impossibly high goal which practically guarantees failure.

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Undergrasp

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /"un-d&r-'grasp/

Sentence: When the couple played Spades, he would always underbid and she would always overbid; between his overreaching and her undergrasping, they'd usually break even.

Etymology: From the common phrase "his reach exceeds his grasp"

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COMMENTS:

Good word ErWenn! This is a word you could us on an everyday basis -- at least if you know people like that... - wordmeister, 2007-01-16: 10:55:00

Thanks, I was happy with that one. It's nice to come up with one that's not just a portmanteau. - ErWenn, 2007-01-17: 00:15:00

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Excelplode

Created by: galwaywegian

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Prepostexert

Created by: Kirubeza

Pronunciation: pre-POHST-igs-ERT

Sentence: Barry's wife finally pushed him to prepostexert his shaving, by making him use the household craft knife to remove his infuriating stubble.

Etymology: PREPOSTEROUS & EXERT. (To be insensibly impossible & to strive, toil, or struggle for something)

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Motiflaytion

Created by: ubgrud

Pronunciation: mow-ti-flay-shun

Sentence: He was so motiflayted to win the race that he capsized his boat.

Etymology: motivation+flay

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Egoreach

Created by: maxxy

Pronunciation: EE-go-reech

Sentence: Jim was so determined to flatter his new boss that he egoreached himself right into a sexual harassment suit.

Etymology: ego + reach (A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?)

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Martryer

Created by: Carla

Pronunciation: mah-trigh-er

Sentence: Simon's self-loathing drove him to pursue impossible goals. When, inevitably, he failed, he could at least wallow in the sanctimonious self-pity of a martryer.

Etymology: martyr + try

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Disastorious

Created by: jrogan

Pronunciation: di-sas-tor-ee-us

Sentence: Jonathan was going to be the world’s greatest novelist, but he could never get that first sentence right. So he would tell his friends his writing career was disastorious, hoping they would think it was something big... rather than something that was just very short.

Etymology: glorious + disaster

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COMMENTS:

Novel word! - Nosila, 2009-08-19: 12:09:00

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