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DEFINITION: interj. A word, or sound, used to express disappointment when you realize you've made a really stupid mistake. v. To moan and groan about how stupid you are.
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Blixit
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: b-lick-s-it
Sentence: Just one more drop of glue and it is done. Perfect... wait.. did I just glue this upsidedown? Blixit! I am going to have to start over to fix this.
Etymology: Starting with 'B' for 'bad'...blix rhymes with fix.. 'it' because many interjections have 'it' added on to the end.
Sheepshifters
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: SHEEP-shif-terz
Sentence: "Aw, sheepshifters!" exclaimed Jordan, dejectedly, lowering the rifle. "Now I'll never know who my real father is!"
Etymology: sheep + shapeshifters = whimsical jocularity
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COMMENTS:
what?!? - galwaywegian, 2007-05-22: 05:50:00
My thoughts exactly. - Clayton, 2007-05-22: 17:55:00
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Fudgemuffins
Created by: cohenarie
Pronunciation: exactly as one would expect
Sentence: "Fudgemuffins" was actually the interjection I used in elementary school - butter wouldn't melt in my mouth back then.
Etymology: I honestly don't remember how I came up with it.
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COMMENTS:
umm i use this ALL the time... muffins forever! haha love it - ekath, 2007-05-22: 21:11:00
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Dohp
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: do ope
Sentence: After Selena had accidentally e-mailed everyone on her mailing list about how she really felt about her co-workers and boss, she tried not to dohp all day. It was bad enough putting her thoughts on paper, but circulating them at work was career suicide.
Etymology: Doh (Homer Simpson's expression when he realizes he has done something stupid) & Dope (an ignorant or foolish person;stupidity)
Farg
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: FARG
Sentence: Farg! cut my self again! Should never try to shave with a farging hangover!
Etymology: farg - aborigine term for not bringing enough water on a long hike.
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COMMENTS:
fearg (pronounced farg) is Irish for rage. (but of course you knew that) - galwaywegian, 2007-05-22: 04:44:00
nope. now I learned something today! :-) - Alchemist, 2007-05-22: 06:05:00
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Mammameaculpa
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ma ma mia kulpa
Sentence: Mammameaculpa, here I go again, My my, how can I resist mistakes? Mammameaculpa, does it show again? My my, just how much I've messed up? Yes, I've not been the smartest, Stupid since the day I started Why, why can't you see there's nothing I know?? Mammameaculpa, now I really know, My my, you should really let me go.
Etymology: Mamma Mia (Musical Play & Movies based on songs of ABBA;an Italian expression, denoting various kinds of emotions: surprise, fear, rejection, anguish) & Mea Culpa (an acknowledgment of your error or guilt)
Infecktion
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: inn fek shun
Sentence: there was a serious infecktion in her voice as she realised that it was indeed the now lifeless cat's tail which was protruding from the large pot of seafood chowder which she was in the process of serving to her guests. The grief would come later.
Etymology: inflection, feck.
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COMMENTS:
are you sure it wasn't a chow chow's tail sticking out of the chowder? - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-22: 12:19:00
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Phit
Created by: ekath
Pronunciation: fit (must be said sharply and with much aggravation)
Sentence: OH PHIT! is believed to be the phrase that escaped joe-from-blues-clues' mouth when he realized he was actually a grown man and not a four year old half dog-man.
Etymology: from shit + fit
Icantbelievituperation
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: eye cant bee LEE vih too per AY shun
Sentence: When George locked his keys in his car for the third time this month, making him late for work AND costing him $100 for the services of a locksmith, a series of icantbelievituperations were heard to leave his mouth as he bitterly bemoaned his own stupidity.
Etymology: "I can't believe it" + vituperation (sustained, harshly abusive language; railing against; condemnation; invective)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by ohwtepph. For everyone interested in the parts of speech, this is our first definition which is specifically defined as an interjection. But feel free to create a noun, a verb, or even an adjective, if that's what sparks your fancy. Thank you ohwtepph! ~ James
Jabberwocky Wins! Read about it and all the wild words from last week in Verbotoweek .
Today's definition was suggested by ohwtepph. Thank you ohwtepph. ~ James