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dilemmanade

dilemmanade noun: a notional drink, a positive thing that one makes by making the best of dilemmas one faces.

Noun

dilemmanade (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) A notional drink, a positive thing that one makes by making the best of dilemmas one faces.
    • When life deals you a dilemma, just make dilemmanade
      If you let your attitude go bad, it doesn't take very long for that negative feeling to get passed on to your staff and then to your customers.1988, Nursery Manager
    • This is truly a dilemma. But as my guru harry Cohen Baba once told me, when you're faced with a dilemma, the only thing to do is make dilemmanade. Yes, we need a new approach, something truly revolutionary and earth-shaking.1993, Swami Beyondananda, Steve Bhaerman, When you see a sacred cow-- milk it for all it's worth, →ISBN

Origin of dilemmanade

Blend of dilemma + lemonade. Usually occurs in phrases that mirror or reference when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Questions about dilemmanade

What does dilemmanade mean?
Dilemmanade means a notional drink, a positive thing that one makes by making the best of dilemmas one faces.
What part of speech is dilemmanade?
Dilemmanade is a noun.

Words near dilemmanade in the dictionary

  1. dilections
  2. DiLello
  3. DiLellos
  4. dilemma
  5. dilemmalike
  6. dilemmanade
  7. dilemmas
  8. dilemmata
  9. dilemmatic
  10. dilemmatical
  11. dilemmatically

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