DEFINITION: To push yourself so hard, to reach an impossibly high standard of perfection, that you end up undercutting your own success.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Paragonwrong: /parra-gone-wrong/ Nikos dream of perfection was never reached. He wanted his cafe in the centre of town to be the epitome of a Greek kafenion, but he was never satisfied with the decor and continued to import nick-nacks and concrete all the surrounding area until the customers could barely find room to sit. He was a paragonwrong. Etymology: paragon + gone wrong Created by: petaj.
Paragonorrhea: /pare-ah-gon-ah-ree-ah/ Hair perfectly coiffed, immaculate three-piece suit, and a fresh coat of polish on his shoes – it was readily apparent to all who attended the company picnic that Bob was dealing with a nasty bout of paragonorrhea. Etymology: paragon, gonorrhea Created by: purpleartichokes.
Nulltimate: /nuhl-tuh-mit/ He was forever trying so hard to get it right he continued to achieve the nulltimate goal – nothing! Etymology: null + ultimate Created by: Stevenson0.
Perfaultion: /per-fault-shun/ Her tendency to over-pluck her eyebrows is a perfualtion. Now after years of tweezing, plucking and pulling, her eyebrows won’t even grow at all. Etymology: perfection + fault Created by: KristinA.
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