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Ruminate 

Focusing on past events in your life, typically ones that didn't turn out the way you would've wanted, and reflecting on them relentlessly with a strong outlook of yourself feeling worthless and inadequate. Depression and anxiety usually follows.

A very common negative thought process after breakups.
Jim: "The definition provided by Jack didn't get very many likes. It didn't even get a whole lot of views for that matter. Now Jack ruminates in the event with thoughts of failure and poor self-image."

James: "Jack looks like he has a lot on his mind."
Jane: "His girlfriend just dumped him. It was simple incompatibility reasons."
James: "Ouch, but why is he taking it so hard? They were only dating for two months."
Jane: "Jack spends a lot of time inside his own head with negative self-talk." He ruminates too much instead of using this as an opportunity to grow and improve."
Ruminate by senahbite85 June 5, 2018
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ruminate 

To marinate oneself in excessive amounts of rum.
When bar hopping in the Caribbean islands, one gets ruminated by the end of the evening.
ruminate by Clewless January 29, 2012

Romination 

What happens when you think you are going to win big even up til the last second but actually fail hard.
Those Tigers, yeah they thought they were gonna win the Romination.
Romination by johnny mnemonic December 6, 2012

rosinate 

Niki could withstand the attack by the aligators, she is rosinated
rosinate by Lövé Anchor June 17, 2016

roominate 

Tunnel vision with zero exception to view beyond the current focus.
You have a way to Roominate seeing a dinosaur.
roominate by 8Octavian8 September 13, 2018

roominate 

v. Thinking quietly in your operating room about the evil you have done, or the havoc your ill-conceived actions have caused.

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No!!!!!! I asked for the atraumatic clamp! Now I’ll have to do a major bowel resection while you roominate.
roominate by gnostic3 February 23, 2024
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That ol' gal of mine drives the 12 lane freeway during the week and a John Deere on the weekends. She likes opra and the Grand Ol' Opry. I love them countrypolitan women.
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person2: ya he was a proper lad
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