DEFINITION: v. To do something decisive and then immediately start to have doubts, wondering if you did the right thing. n. Second thoughts, or second guesses, about a decision or an action you have made but cannot change.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Deskepticision: /duh-skept-ah-sish-un/ Kat’s deskepticision about jumping out of the airplane proved to be unnecessary and a waste of time. Etymology: decision + skeptical Created by: remistram.
Doubtbout: /daowt baowt/ For a moment after Naomi squished the cockroach, she experienced a doubtbout. Would Karma be waiting to pay her back? Do these bugs do any good, like eat other bugs? Can she get the goo off her shoe? But her biggest doubt about the demise of the huge insect was even more worrying. How many of his friends and family would show up at her place for the funeral??? Etymology: Doubt (indecision; lack confidence in or have doubts about) & Bout (A period of time spent in a particular way; a spell) Created by: Nosila.
Pregret: /prÄ“gret/ Tim’s mom is a guilt trip travel agent. If there is one emotion she taught him, it is shame. As an adult, Tim can not only feel bad after making a hard decision, he can experience pregret and premorse long before he takes action. The one thing he feels good about is putting mom’s favorite phrase on her headstone, â€Don’t mind me, I’m just your motherâ€. Etymology: pre (before) + regret (a feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over something that has happened or been done) Created by: artr.
Regrecision: /REE-greh-ci-zhun/ Alice suffered so acutely from regrcision that she never left home for fear of making a choice she might later regret. Etymology: Derived from “regret”, “regress”, and “decision”. Created by: BookWorm579.
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