Definition: A behavior-altering New Year’s vow that quickly fizzles out.
Sample usage: “My resolution to eat less red meat turned into a fizzelusion the moment I saw that double-stack burger stuffed with pastrami.”
Quality: Even though the word means failure, it still sounds as if you accomplished something.
JAMES LILEKS
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