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DEFINITION: To be so afraid of failure that you become paralyzed -- unable to move, respond or even say a word.
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Deerheadlighted
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: deer-hed-lie-ted
Sentence: many people become dearheadlighted when they see a beautiful and/or famous person they want to talk to and therefore cannot fulfill this goal.
Etymology: Everybody knows the deer-in-the-headlights look which comes from deer being locked into staring at the headlights of an approaching car which disables them from running away from said object.
Stunblock
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: STUHN-blok
Sentence: The moment Chrissy walked into the room, Jeremy developed a bad case of stunblock. He's been like that since noon.
Etymology: stun+block
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COMMENTS:
Good! - wordmeister, 2007-02-08: 09:26:00
great! I like this one. - w5lf9s, 2007-02-11: 02:49:00
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Northpoleaxed
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: north/pole/axd
Sentence: The thought of rejection completely northpoleaxed him leaving him frozen in place like frozen tag.
Etymology: north pole + poleaxed
Startalized
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: star ta lye sd
Sentence: colin was startalized to the point of hardly even breathing when tracy walked in to the room.
Etymology: from startled and paralyzed.
Fretrified
Created by: urbanwookie
Pronunciation: fret-riff-ride
Sentence: Thinking of the possible consequences of screwing up his final examination paper had Tony so completely fretrified, he failed to write a single word...
Etymology: fret + petrified
Partylysis
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: part-ill-is-is
Sentence: Faced with social situations, Kevin was a nervous wreck. As soon as crossed the front door of his mate's birthday bash, he went into a rigid state of partylysis.
Etymology: party (social celebration, festivities) + paralysis (unmoving state)
Flatatonic
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: flat a ton ik
Sentence: When Star Trek geek Jaune Yellowhead pushed his other Star Trek geek friend, Ginger Carrotop, to ask the new girl out, Ginger went into a flatatonic state. The new girl with the magenta hair, Pinky Purple, was so cute that Ginger was speechless. Apparently love is colorblind and the phasers were on stunned that day.
Etymology: Flat (having lost effervescence;completely or partially deflated) & Catatonic (a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods
Numbdumb
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: num/dum
Sentence: When he came face to face with his boss to ask for the deserved raise, he became totally numbdumb.
Etymology: numb + dumb
Numbskulled
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: num/sculd
Sentence: He was so numbskulled that his friends didn't know whether he was a nerd, a nimrod, or just a nincompoop.
Etymology: variation of numskull, circa 1724, a higgledy-piggledy muddleheaded person
Paralump
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: para.lump
Sentence: "So, what did he do when she finally spoke to him?" - "Well, you know him, he's a paralump, stood there like a statue."
Etymology: paralyse+lump
Comments:
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Thanks! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by mana1066. If you have an idea that you'd like verbotomized, send it to us! Go to: http://www.verbotomy.com/verbinition.php.
Thanks! ~ James
wordmeister - 2007-02-08: 14:08:00
Hey this room is nice.... Not too big