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DEFINITION: v. To make the same mistake over and over again even though you know it's stupid. n. A compulsively repeated mistake.

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Fauxcycle

Created by: elemon

Pronunciation: foh-sicle

Sentence: Maeve is totally caught in a dating fauxcycle -- have you seen her latest prize?

Etymology: faux (Fr: "faux pas" -- missed steps); OE: "cycle" -- go round and round)

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petaj Sounds like Maeve's situation is farcicle. - petaj, 2007-06-07: 22:33:00

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Frodulerg

Created by: hatman003

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Henry! thats the third time you didn't lock the airplane door are you just making a frodulerg?

Etymology:

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Eragen

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: errr ag enn

Sentence: his tendency to eragen had already cost him an arm, a leg and had severely impacted his sex life, but he was determined to convert at least one of his pet dragons to the joys of vegetarianism.

Etymology: eragon, err again

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COMMENTS:

petaj There's nothing a dragon likes more than a good sausage sizzle, so it's going to be a tough job! - petaj, 2007-06-07: 08:25:00

mmm, arby's...curse you petaj. i know where i'm going for lunch though! - jadenguy, 2007-06-07: 09:15:00

it sounds like there's no sausage left but barbecued ribs would make a tasty treat - perhaps he could tempt him with a tofoot kebab (oops I meant tofu kebab) - great word galwaywegian - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-07: 10:18:00

It's like that little-known J.R.R. Tolkien apologue, "Where Have All the Aragorn?" - Clayton, 2007-06-07: 18:22:00

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Eruditto

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: air/u/dit/oh

Sentence: to err is human - to eruditto is deja vu

Etymology: err + erudite + ditto

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Errerrerr

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Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: roll the Rs /eh-reh-rehr/

Sentence: Erin erroneously erred and chose to errerrerr the same errerrerr again.

Etymology: a repeated mistake... a repeated "err"

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COMMENTS:

Ha! I hadn't seen yours when I did the same word (spelled diff.). You got my vote! - Alchemist, 2007-06-08: 06:47:00

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Redumbdant

Created by: FaintStar

Pronunciation: Ree-duhm-dant

Sentence: The man's redumbdancy resulted in him crashing into other cars, even though he knew he was drunk.

Etymology: Redundancy + Dumb

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Blooperdupe

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: blu/pur/doop

Sentence: owing to her predisposition to blooperdupe, she had a standing order for large bottles of white out

Etymology: blooper + dupe (repeat)

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COMMENTS:

petaj I really hate it when I keep making mistakes with the white out and covering up perfectly good text. Is that oopsablooperdupe? - petaj, 2007-06-07: 08:23:00

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Neuerrotic

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: noo/err/rot/ik

Sentence: Joe was trapped in the cycle of compulsively repeating his mistakes over and over again. He was a classic neuerrotic.

Etymology: NEUERROTIC - noun - from NEUROTIC (a person prone to anxiety and excessive repetitiveness)+ ERROR

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Repetigaffe

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: reh-PET-eh-gaf

Sentence: Being intensely dense, Leonardo quite frequently would ignore the fact that he'd made a silly mistake and would repetigaffe again and again.

Etymology: Blend of 'repetition' (n. the act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) and 'gaffe' (n. a noticeable mistake)

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Dumblicate

Created by: jetty1

Pronunciation: Dumb-li-cate

Sentence: Sarah knew that Mary was going to dumblicate last nights' events. So she was prepared and called a taxi.

Etymology: So dumb that you duplicate your mistake.

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-06-07: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by jadenguy. Thank you jadenguy! ~ James

jadenguy - 2007-06-07: 08:49:00
I only made the word because I really wanted a word to use to describe this. In hindsight, I probably should have also tried to come up with one... This wont' be the last time that happens.

evan - 2008-07-30: 11:59:00
Uh, wouldn't this qualify as 'Addiction?'

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-12-31: 00:05:00
Today's definition was suggested by jadenguy. Thank you jadenguy. ~ James

libertybelle libertybelle - 2011-05-11: 10:39:00
no word right now - but the drawing cracked me up again!!