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DEFINITION: n. A state of irrational irritation, which inevitably develops whenever you work or live with someone whose annoyingly bad habits happen to mirror your own. v. To be annoyed by someone who has the same annoying habits that you do.
Verboticisms
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Snackle
Created by: jaberdadi
Pronunciation: snackle(verb); eating a snack meal
Sentence:
Etymology:
Harsissism
Created by: simoneshin
Pronunciation: hahr-suh-siz-uhm
Sentence: with his finger almost touching his brain, mel ventured his disapproval of brad picking his nose. realising that was a moment of pure harsissism.
Etymology: harsh; ungentle, unpleasant narcissism; excessive self-love
Hollarium
Created by: angel23
Pronunciation: (hall-air-i-um)
Sentence: She was in a natural state of hollarium when he showed up on her doorstep.
Etymology:
Palindromony
Created by: unclerobb
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After following the trail of Dorito crumbs from their rooms into the hallway, Tom and Joe were overcome by a feeling of palindromony.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Your entymology will give you more points and votes! - Nosila, 2009-10-22: 01:30:00
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Projiktation
Created by: MissJones
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Living with him keeps me in a permanent state of projiktation. You're so projiktable!
Etymology:
Hypocricheesed
Created by: PythianHabenero
Pronunciation: hi-paw-cri-cheesed
Sentence: Anna was well and truly hypocricheesed when her roommate's constant need to talk on the phone interfered with her highly important phone calls to people she'd met once on a bus.
Etymology: hypocrisy + cheesed off (meaning annoyed).
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COMMENTS:
Mmm...cheese. Makes the bad habits sound hygiene-related. And the "hypocrisy" notion works better than the overkilled "doppelgaenger" for which many have plumped. - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-04: 14:41:00
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Selfdepiquetion
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: self-de-peek-shun
Sentence: Selfdepiquetion is the most confronting of all twinsanities. That realisation that one's sister is a spitting image of one's personality flaws usually outweighs the pleasures of completing each other's sentences and sharing a wardrobe.
Etymology: self + depict (show in a picture) + pique (noun and verb for anger)
Ircho
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ərkō
Sentence: Mike doesn’t care for his new intern. Instead of learning and adopting Mike’s best talents and habits he irchos the worse. All the bad habits and traits he tries to hide behind his cubicle walls come back to smack him in the face.
Etymology: irk (irritate; annoy) + echo (a person who slavishly repeats the words or opinions of another)
Twinch
Created by: Sketchy
Pronunciation: twin-CH
Sentence: Today I saw Earl drink milk from the carton and I started to twinch. I thought I was the only one in the house who did that???
Etymology: twin, twitch
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by sasgod.
Thank you sasgod! ~ James
Bulletchewer - 2007-04-04: 04:45:00
I think we've already overdone the "doppelgaenger" idea.
wordmeister - 2007-04-04: 09:17:00
Hey Bulletchewer, Are you slobinmebitchin about the carboncopeeved apeathy? Or, are you just feeling hypocricheesed by today's twinfuriating doppelangers?
Bulletchewer - 2007-04-04: 10:59:00
You tell me, Mr Overkill.
wordmeister - 2007-04-04: 15:49:00
I think it's Olsenation...
Today's definition was suggested by sasgod. Thank you sasgod. ~ James