Verboticism: Inadvertendipity
DEFINITION: v. To make a mistake where the benefits exceed the costs of the screw-up. n. An excellent mistake, which despite its stupidity, produces a positive outcome.
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Follysuperior
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: faw lee soop pare ee or
Sentence: FiFi had been a trained ballet dancer who had fallen on hard times and was forced to dance in a cabaret show to earn her keep. Instead of leotards and tulle tutu skirts, she wore skimpy theatrical costumes, often with paste gems and feathers or other items strategically placed on them. For the Victorian times of 1870 she lived in, these costumes were considered very scandalous. All that changed one night when the thin straps of her loose dress burdened with the heavy weight of 10 pounds of fake cherries broke free while she was in motion. Her audience was allowed to gaze upon her totally nude body for several minutes before she realized what had happened. Fifi's wardrobe malfunction became the follysuperior of her career and instantly took her from the back of the chorus line to become the featured performer. The stage manager, smelling a fortune to be made, arranged for her to do this every performance, so appreciative was the audience's response. Yes, gentlemen for miles around came to see her lose her cherries every night and that's how the striptease of burlesque was born.
Etymology: folly ( foolish or senseless behavior, the trait or quality of acting stupidly or rashly, a stupid mistake)& superior (of high or superior quality or performance)& rhymes with Folies Bergères (Paris Music Hall which featured bawdy song and dance reviews between 1890-1920, including burlesque and nearly nude dances and stripteases, and later, Josephine Baker)
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COMMENTS:
Love the story. Hilarious! - Tigger, 2008-05-02: 21:57:00
Top story. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-04: 06:52:00
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Fauxparagon
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: foh-PAR-uh-gon
Sentence: As the flash of the photographer's camera went off, amid what seemed to me to be an eternity of applause, my heart pounded with the joy of success. Years of hard work had finally paid off; my book had won the neighourhood annual literary award. However as I came forward to accept the thousand dollar prize, it was quickly becoming apparent to me that, to my horror and utter disbelief, almost certainly, a "great" dust-cover disaster was unfolding right before my eyes: the printers had put my name, by mistake, on another author's work. It was a fauxparagon, but I been down or my luck for far too long, so why shouldn't I have a bit of dumb luck too; and, anyway, I needed the money more than he did.
Etymology: FAUX: false, a blunder; PARAGON:ideal instance; a perfect model,perfect example.
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COMMENTS:
oops! - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-02: 14:07:00
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Booboonanza
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: bu-bu-'nan-za
Sentence: Howard had never had much luck betting on the horse races until one day he mixed up his picks betting on the wrong race. His trifecta win, which paid off at 50 to 1 odds, was a real booboonanza.
Etymology: Boo-boo (error or mistake) & Boon (blessing or benefit) + Bonanza (a rich mine or vein of precious metal or stones; anything which yields a large income or return)
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COMMENTS:
Welcome back, Tigger! - Nosila, 2009-06-12: 08:48:00
very good! - Mustang, 2009-06-12: 22:48:00
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Erreka
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: urr eeek ah
Sentence: His accidental overdose of the new eyedrops he had been prescribed rendered him practically blind, but made him look really cutem, according to the (hopefully) beautiful 18 year old blonde who had just bought him a drink. It was an erreka moment.
Etymology: err, eureka.
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COMMENTS:
I hope her name was Erica - great combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-02: 06:08:00
Excellent verboticism. - Mustang, 2008-05-02: 18:46:00
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Serendumbity
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: serr - uhn - DUM - uh - tee
Sentence: Felicity had a glorious gift for serendumbity; many things that might turn into disasters became successes in spite of her ineptitude in actually planning her life.
Etymology: blend of serendipity and dumb
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COMMENTS:
nice word - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-02: 14:07:00
Great choice in name, too! - pieceof314, 2008-05-02: 14:28:00
Good name for the next sequel to 'Legally Blonde'. - Tigger, 2008-05-02: 22:02:00
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Wurkel
Created by: alicat
Pronunciation: work-el
Sentence: I wurkelled when I crashed my mom's car. Now the insurance is replacing the car with a new one. Did I do that?
Etymology: Win + Urkel (as in Steve Urkel from Family Matters) or Work + Urkel
Beautifall
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: bee u ti FALL
Sentence: Sis accidentally stumbled on Loor Street trying to walk in her new long spandex skinny skirt in vinyl-covered stiletto heels. Her beautifall onto a gorgeous male super model just outside Sheen’s (THE fation house) was well worth the embarrassment of having to tear off the skirt train wear it tore. As sis struggled to get up off Mr. Model, the store’s security emerged along-side the store manager, all wearing worried expressions. The manager offered Sis a serene recovery in the shop’s day spa, followed by lunch and...full replacement of the skirt!
Etymology: A mix of FALL and beautiful.
Serendumbity
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: sair-ehn-DUM-eh-tye
Sentence: Once again Filbert was the accidental 'victim' of serendumbity, having made what for anyone else would be a major faux pas but for him ended up with his dream date.
Etymology: Blend of 'serendipity' (finding unexpected treasure or joy) and 'dumb' (stupid - unintelligent)
Erronebonus
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: air/owe/nee/bow/nus
Sentence: To erroneously mark down the wrong civic holiday on the company calender was a mistake. To get an extra day off was an erronebonus.
Etymology: erroneous + bonus
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COMMENTS:
nice blending. only 2 extra letters added to a 'real' word. - stache, 2008-05-02: 08:54:00
Good one! - Mustang, 2008-05-02: 18:46:00
Excellent! - Tigger, 2008-05-02: 22:18:00
Ditto, ditto. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-04: 06:50:00
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Blooperfect
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bloōpərfikt
Sentence: Last week Jill made a big mistake. She was scheduled to go on a job interview. She wasn’t looking forward to it. The job wasn’t very interesting and didn’t pay all that well but the rent must be paid. She apparently wrote the address down incorrectly. After she announced she was there to apply for a job, she noticed that the company name on the door was different than what she expected. Her oops turned out to be blooperfect. She now has an offer for a great job that pays twice what she would have gotten at the job she was supposed to apply for.
Etymology: blooper (an embarrassing error) + perfect (having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be)
