Mispronunciation or misspelling of a word which starts off only being used in a small group, but catches on to a much wider group. Happens a lot in the world of management consulting where words are bastardised on a regular basis and then become part of the standard vernacular.
The way he pronounced that word was wrong, but it sounded cool so the rest of the team started pronoucing it the same way. It was inflectious.
by neologician November 14, 2012
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I had a severe case of Self Inflicted Stress Syndrome - SISS this morning: drank too much last night, overslept, couldn’t find my keys, got on the road too late so got stuck in traffic and in the rush forgot my phone.
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When a female inserts cocaine into their vagina and a male has sex with her then the girl proceeds to sniff the remaining cocaine off of his penis.
Dave: "Hey man heard you hooked up with Emily last night."
Benni: "Yeah man she even let me sprinkle the infield!"
Dave: "Atta boy!"
Benni: "Yeah man she even let me sprinkle the infield!"
Dave: "Atta boy!"
by Howiefeltersnatch420 September 19, 2016
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Synonym: Hung over.
Synonym: Hung over.
Dude,i got Irish influenza from brian's party last night, im not gunna make it to Nyack with you to see those French biddies.
by Mr.HelleR July 27, 2009
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Get the influential mug.The Holy Spirit is the ultimate source of inflection because all he does is fix God's mistakes from only doing Good when there is a PERFECT universe he is not Good enough to Join by himself alone.
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