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Saturday, November 20, 2010

Wordfuse









*accidonkulously (adverb):  accidentally + ridonkulously = a word used to describe the action involved in an accidental but particularly kooky, bizarre or freakishly embarrassing mishap: Upon entering the parking space, I failed to notice the shopping cart and accidonkulously rammed it into the RCMP officer's car. See Tiger Woods for plenty of other examples.

* "Accidonkulously" sounds better than "accidiculously" for uh, obvious reasons. BTW, the etymology of the word ridonkulous (as a replacement for ridiculous) is apparently as follows: "created in the backwoods of a Mississippian moonshiner in 1968." The story goes that he was so drunk on moonshine that when he tried to mount his donkey (named Jimmy), it kicked him in the face and he was nearly killed. After regaining consciousness, he described the whole experience as "ridonkulous!" 

11 comments:

Missy said...

I Accidonkulously Fell down the steps and Cracked my Tail bone!~

Alittlesprite said...

I accidonkulously got my little finger closed in the car door.

baygirl32 said...

LOVE it!

Debra She Who Seeks said...

My favourite portmanteau word is "bootylicious."

Artist and Geek said...

What? Never.

Bella said...

I absolutove this post! Ingenious and creative... absolutove the combination!

DB Stewart said...

@Missy I hope you're kidding.
@Alittlesprite I hope you're kidding too but I've done that too.
@baygirl32 Thank you!
@DSWS Yes. Great word. Ahem, I can still visualize that video.
@A&G Be honest.
@Bella I thank you, absolutovely.

Alittlesprite said...

No I'm not kidding. It was gross and hurt so much. We're not sure if the nail will grow back attatched to the nail bed, it appears to be healing properly though.

Artist and Geek said...

Okay.
I like your blog, because it's fucced (funny, creative, clever and delightful).

DB Stewart said...

@Alittlesprite Whoa.
@A&G Haha. Awesome, but uh, just how do you pronounce that?

Artist and Geek said...

Phonetically.
The etymology of fucced is only a few hours old, so...

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