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DEFINITION: The prescribed response of shock and denial that all world-class athletes follow when caught using banned drugs.
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Protestosterone
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: pro-test-ost-err-own
Sentence: Rastus launched into his protestosterone when he first heard the charges against him. Unfortunately he had not rehearsed adequately.
Etymology: protest (one's innocence) + testosterone (abnormally high levels being banned in elite sports)
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COMMENTS:
Thus the subsequent testostermoan. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-27: 09:15:00
and then the testostergroan - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-27: 10:46:00
And the resulting testostergnome. - Kyoti, 2007-07-27: 11:04:00
too true - Dopey is one of the seven dwarfs, so what does the snow in Snow White really refer to - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-27: 12:20:00
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Liareenass
Created by: dancerxoxox
Pronunciation: liar/een/ass
Sentence: I tested him. He was in total liareenass. He wouldn't admit it
Etymology: Liar and ass LOl
Stareroids
Created by: tatterdemalion
Pronunciation: STAYR-roids
Sentence: Overdosing on stareroids has proven to be vocational suicide for star athletes, however, scientists have not yet discovered whether the effects of this treatment are beneficial or deleterious for society in general.
Etymology: stare + steroids
Awenial
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: awe/ni/al
Sentence: Henri was in total awenial about his alleged drug use. He told the press he was totally awepalled (shocked and horrified) to find out that the needles his coach was giving him were steroids and not vitamin B shots.
Etymology: awe + denial
Shonial
Created by: pinkpearls94
Pronunciation: shanile
Sentence: I was in shonial after the doctors found my banned drugs.
Etymology:
Dopute
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: doh-pewt
Sentence: After much successful dopute, he realised that retiring from the sport was inevitable and that all the days of denying his real passion for competitive scrabble were coming to an end.
Etymology: dope + dispute
Erkimclean
Created by: bigk3452
Pronunciation: erk-im-clean
Sentence: When the athlete was asked if he was clean in the Tour De France, he replied: "Erkimclean"
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Roidrangel
Created by: KristinA
Pronunciation: royd-range-L
Sentence: "Roidrangel" is to Major League Baseball, as "I did not have sexual relations with that woman," is to The White House.
Etymology: roidrage (side effect of steroids) + angel (to act innocent)
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COMMENTS:
You could add wrangle as well for the argument over the charges. - petaj, 2007-07-27: 08:14:00
And the "hypo" portion of "hypotenuse". - Kyoti, 2007-07-27: 11:02:00
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Barryjuice
Created by: kabloozie
Pronunciation: Bare-e-joos
Sentence: After he failed the drug test, Doug launched into a barryjuice, and claimed his detractors spiked his Gatorade.
Etymology: Barry Bonds + juice (slang for 'roids)
Comments:
Jabberwocky - 2007-07-27: 10:48:00
I'm trying to figure out if it's Andy Warhol or Annie Lennox giving the injection
KristinA - 2007-07-27: 14:11:00
I was thinking Bowie.
ziggy41 - 2007-07-28: 01:34:00
Ellen Degeneres was my first guess.
Kyoti - 2007-07-29: 10:45:00
Anne Heche fools everyone yet again.