21AUG09

stultify:

1. To render useless or ineffectual; cripple.
2. To cause to appear stupid, inconsistent, or ridiculous.
3. Law To allege or prove insane and so not legally responsible.

how to use in casual conversation:

"lets stultify this mofo."
"everytime i hear that weakerthans song i turn into a stultified wreck and regret oozes from my psyche like so much drunken drooling."
"if you worked as hard at being awesome as you did at stultifying others, you might be a halfway decent person"

not to be confused with:

shanghai

how it makes me feel:

i'm familiar with this one. it's a pretty good word. solid WOTD. it's actually quite powerful. it kinda hits you in the center of the chest like heartbreak or a heart attack. anything heart related really. you know what i'm talking about......that shallow 'oh crap i can't breathe' feeling that seems to cinch down around your diaphragm and squeeze the life out of you like a homicidal boa constrictor. you could say "i feel useless" or "i feel crippled" and you'd get the point across, but if you were like "i feel stultified", that's a whole other beast. it's analogous to saying "i am f__king livid" as opposed to saying "i am angry". it's a question of degrees and stultify is 'useless' turned up to 11.