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DEFINITION: v. intr. To be accused of something you didn't do, then do that exact same thing later, completely by accident. n. A false accusation which coincidentally happens to be correct.
Verboticisms
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Accimeant
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ack - suh - meant
Sentence: Lowell was sure he was being honest when he denied the accusations made against him and only later learned that he had committed the offense by accimeant.....accidentally on purpose.
Etymology: accident + meant
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COMMENTS:
hehehe! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-19: 09:21:00
very good - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-19: 11:13:00
Terrific! It will become part of my vocabulary for accidentally on purpose! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 11:49:00
Another clever blend. - Tigger, 2008-02-19: 20:58:00
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Lewinskidince
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: loo in skid inse
Sentence: It was a pure lewinskidince, she was shining my shoes before my press conference, the phone rang and I couldn't find an ashtray.
Etymology: lewinski, coincidence
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COMMENTS:
are you sure it wasn't blewinskidince? - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-19: 11:16:00
Roaringly funny! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 12:11:00
Certainly put her moniker on this one! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-19: 15:29:00
HA! - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-19: 18:20:00
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Hypocriticize
Created by: swallowedbyafish
Pronunciation: hih-po-crih-tih-size
Sentence: Remember the other day you hypocritisized me about driving on the wrong side of road? Well look at me now - I'm dead!
Etymology: hypocrite + criticize
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COMMENTS:
Hauntingly well done! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 11:54:00
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Dohpas
Created by: Jamagra
Pronunciation: doe pah
Sentence: PTO Treasurer Lucinda Bookcooker belatedly realized that announcing an "irregularity" in the organization's financial records whilst wearing Gucci, hand-painted silk Jimmy Choo pumps and carrying a Coach handbag might be considered by some to be a dohpas.
Etymology: colloquial "doh" popularized by Homer Simpson + the French "faux pas"
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COMMENTS:
Clever! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 12:22:00
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Accusident
Created by: leemarquis
Pronunciation: Accuse - e - dent
Sentence: John accusidented Fred of smashing a headlight of his car. As Fred left and drove away in a hurry, he backed into John's car and smashed a headlight.
Etymology: Wrongly accused of something which you then do later by accident.
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 12:14:00
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Arraigncheck
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: a rayn chek
Sentence: George had been fed up with his wife's suspicious questions about his working late every night...afterall he was just taking care of business. Wait till he told his mistresses about the latest arraigncheck she'd just given him!
Etymology: arraign (to accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy) & raincheck (a promise or a commitment to do something later)
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COMMENTS:
clever! - libertybelle, 2008-02-19: 09:16:00
love it! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-19: 09:20:00
Ingenious! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 11:57:00
Spot on, Nosila! Just wait until that cheater George gets the bill for this 'arraigncheck'. - Tigger, 2008-02-19: 13:12:00
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Fabrifate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: fab-RI-feyt
Sentence: Despite his innocence on the jay-walking charge, Bob knew his fabrifate was sealed when, on the gallows, he looked into the eyes of the hangman and realized that he was the traffic officer who had reprimanded him for jay-walking on another, somewhat later, occasion.
Etymology: FABRIFATE: Fabri(cate): to falsely make up or accuse & FATE:destiny, element of chance in the affairs of life.
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COMMENTS:
perfect - right on the meaning - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-19: 11:12:00
Fate-tastic! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 19:27:00
Wow, hanging... for a jaywalking charge. Poor Bob. - Tigger, 2008-02-19: 20:54:00
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Accuratesation
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: ack-you-rate-sa-shun
Sentence: Amanda vehemently denied David's suggestion that she had been over using chemicals to relax her hair; her total baldness by the end of the month revealed the depth of david's accuratesation.
Etymology: accurate + accusation
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COMMENTS:
Great sentence and etymology! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 11:52:00
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Veratilie
Created by: 8Revolution8
Pronunciation: vera/ti/lee
Sentence: "But I didn't do it!" "Ok, I believe you...(for now...)" Sometime... later... The veratilie of the offense made that man's three kids orphans...
Etymology: verity (true/truth) + lie
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COMMENTS:
Goes right to the contradiction in the definition! Really captures the dichotomy in it! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-19: 19:33:00
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Meaculprit
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: me - ah - cul - prit
Sentence: "My lunch was in a white sack. It's missing from the fridge. Did you take it?" said Trudy. "It wasn't me! As you can see, I'm eating the yogurt, the apple, and the iced tea I brought. " Erica replied. Trudy took the last brown lunch sack, not white like hers, from the fridge. She opened it. As she set the yogurt, apple and iced tea on the table in front of Erica she said, "Oh, we brought the same lunch in different sacks! You did take my lunch! So now, I will take yours! When it comes to stealing lunches, we are both mea culprits!
Etymology: A blend of culprit and mea culpa. Culprit: which carries the double meaning of both an accused person and a guilty person. Mea Culpa: means "accepting guilt." And of course the admission of guilt in bad grammar "me a culprit!"
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COMMENTS:
Neat word. While reading your sentence, a previous submission, from a few months ago, came to mind - Sandwicheroo. - Tigger, 2008-02-19: 13:04:00
since Trudy deliberately ate the wrong lunch I would say she's guilty of being the meamaximaculprit - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-19: 14:29:00
great word! - libertybelle, 2008-02-19: 14:57:00
Another great word and entertaining sentence! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-19: 15:27:00
Love it! - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-19: 18:14:00
Exquisite!!! - Mustang, 2008-02-19: 23:16:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by 8Revolution8. Thank you 8Revolution8. ~ James
Nosila - 2008-02-19: 14:20:00
Good one, Tigger...how irobnic!