Verboticisms

Created by: PythianHabenero

Pronunciation: mizza-lation

Sentence: Upon hearing that her arch-nemesis fell down a well, Jeanine was filled with miselation.

Etymology: "misery" + "elation" with help from "mis-"

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: kar-mah-hap

Sentence: When Tish found out that her ex-boss Larry broke his neck while skiing, she felt such overwhelming karmahap that she actually wrote something kind in his well card, despite the fact that when she worked for him years ago he repeatedly told her she was fat and had body odor.

Etymology: karma + happy

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Created by: chaok

Pronunciation: oh-brah-gihlt

Sentence: I felt obraguilt when I heard that my boss was fired.

Etymology: "obra-" comes from "Obratna", which, according to google translate, is macedonian for "reverse". Guilt comes from a word that means "sin, crime, fault" in old english.

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: pit-ee-hee-hee

Sentence: The size of her evil boss's bonus compared to her own meagre income was such that she only felt pityheehee when he was made redundant.

Etymology: pity (feeling of sympathy and compassion) + hee hee (laughter)

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COMMENTS:

unLaoise'd a monster :) - galwaywegian, 2011-02-01: 11:51:00

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Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: shawd-en-frawd

Sentence: When the guy who dumped her wound up on the front page for his incredible feat of having fallen out a third story window and barely survived, Mimi, who was invited to his funeral, was incredibly overcome with shadenfraud when she had to play nice to his friends and family.

Etymology: fraud (fake, deceiving) + schadenfreude (german for happiness at the misfortune of others -- something we are all guilty of)

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Created by: Sed8ed

Pronunciation: core-praw-dic-shun

Sentence: When Lena got the promotion her devious and spiteful colleague had been manuevering for, she first let out a YIPPPPEEEE, then felt a flush of corpradiction for being so openly gleeful.

Etymology: corp from corporate + radiction from contradiction

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Created by: jrogan

Pronunciation: glad-dist

Sentence: When Jenny's boyfriend dumped her, she was sad. When he started going out with her best friend, she was mad. But when they accidentally got sprayed by skunk which she had hidden under the front seat of his car, she was gladdist.

Etymology: glad+ sadist

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-16: 12:31:00

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Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: like you read it...

Sentence: I felt the indescribable feeling of finallytheyallgetwhattheydeserveness when i saw the bright light on the horizon quickly coming closer...

Etymology: finally they all get what they deserve - in no way .tif

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: THRIL-pang

Sentence: Whispering to himself, "Nils carborundum illegitimati" Bob quickly overcame his thrillpangs, as he slowly, but surely, shredded Hugh's application for entry to the University of Tasmania's MBA course.

Etymology: THRILL: A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement; as, a thrill of joy. PANG n. 1: a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "twinges of conscience" [syn: stab, twinge,] 2: a mental pain or distress; qualms, anguish, guilt.

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COMMENTS:

great etymology - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-16: 12:33:00

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Created by: rebelvin

Pronunciation: GUILT+GLEE

Sentence: He is so full of false pride about being assigned the new position, I will be so full of guiltglee if his first big assignment is a flop.

Etymology: GUILT+GLEE

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