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DEFINITION: v. To remain calm, steadfast and ploddingly systematic in the midst of a huge freaking disaster. n. A person who systematizes everything from their morning routines to personal relationships.
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Zensible
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: zen/si/bol
Sentence: Joe is zensible in the worst situations, remaining centered and focussed on what needs to be done to avert disaster and calmly following through.
Etymology: ZEN (calmness and enlightenment through meditation and self-contemplation) + SENSIBLE (having, using, or showing good sense, or sound judgmen)
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COMMENTS:
I hope that Joe's ZENSIBILITY carries the day when the shrouded head of doom rears it's ugly head on the horizon. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-10: 08:01:00
nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-10: 09:26:00
Joe must frink Dr. ZenZen, that German wine...a lot! Zentrifugal! - Nosila, 2008-07-10: 23:18:00
Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-11: 18:06:00
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Hocusfocus
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ho/cus/fo/cus
Sentence: It was Black Monday, the stock market was crashing and with all the wild rumours, panic, hysteria and insanity trader Davis Smith was in the state of hocusfocus, buying, selling, shorting and stabilizing his clients' portfolios among the doomsdayers and panic traders.
Etymology: hocus pocus + focus
Placidifize
Created by: daisy
Pronunciation: pla-si-di-fize
Sentence: Don't placidifize me, with those pictures on the internet, I will never be president!
Etymology:
Syssedate
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: siss-seh-date
Sentence: "Queenie is so sysedate despite the madness in this office. I don't know how she does it!"
Etymology: Amalgamation of the words 'system' and 'sedate'.
Relaxemergent
Created by: nostalgia75
Pronunciation: ri-laks-i-mur-juhnt
Sentence: When the intense fire broke out at the circus, Coco the clown was surprisingly the most relaxemergent person there.
Etymology: Relax: to release oneself from inhibition, worry, tension, etc. Emergent: calling for immediate action; urgent.
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COMMENTS:
RELAXMERGERT?...out of the inkwelll.... - metrohumanx, 2008-07-10: 13:05:00
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Herosterics
Created by: janatic
Pronunciation:
Sentence: When the proverbial feces hits the fan, you can count on Stan to fall into herosterics.
Etymology: hero + hysterics
Catastaunch
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /kəˈtæˌstɔːntʃ/
Sentence: When calamity strikes, it's often surprising to see who steps up to catastaunch the flow of disaster; it's not always whom you expect.
Etymology: from catastrophe + staunch (meaning both "steadfast" and "to stop the flow of")
Systemanic
Created by: jschrady
Pronunciation: (sis-ta-man-ick)
Sentence: The way he organized everything on his desk in perfect right angles labeled him as a systemanic among the OCD world.
Etymology: system- A way of defining/organizing things into appropriate sections based on preference & manic- Over the top ridiculous about something
Numbfreak
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: numm - freek
Sentence: Ted numbfreaked like a pro when he was told that everyone in the office was being fired. He took his coffee cup and he went home. Needless to say he won the numbfreak employee of the month award.
Etymology: numb (to be indifferent, non-feeling), freak (as in irrationally emotional, an anomoly)
Apocalypstoicism
Created by: Trystera
Pronunciation: "ah-POCK-uh-lips-TOE-iss-izm"
Sentence: His convertible was on fire, the killer in the backseat had a knife to his throat, and they were driving through the Rabid Grizzly Wildlife Refuge with the top down and two flat tires, but Ed merely smiled placidly and turned up the radio, his apocalypstoicism prevailing.
Etymology: Apocalypse + Stoicism
Comments:
Today's definition was inspired by Cory Doctorow's short story "When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth" which is published in Overclocked, and was suggested by autophile. Thank you Cory and autophile! ~ James
I'm still grinning at this one. Well done!
Today's definition was suggested by doctorow. Thank you doctorow. ~ James