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DEFINITION: n. A mixture of delight and guilt felt when a colleague, whom you despise, suffers a misfortune. v. To feel bad about feeling good when something bad happens to someone who is definitely not good.
Verboticisms
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Gleeguilt
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: glee guilt
Sentence: Francis was terrible for suffering gleeguilt.
Etymology: from glee and guilt.
Elatshame
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: e/lay/shame
Sentence: "There's Joe that no good rotten pig. I wish he would die!!!" thought Jenny as Joe entered the office. At that moment, Joe tripped, fell and hit his head. Jenny was shocked, surprised and filled with elatshame.
Etymology: ELATSHAME - noun - from - ELATION (an exhilarating psychological state) + SHAME (the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, or improper)
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COMMENTS:
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-16: 12:33:00
too bad jenny mistook joe for george. - stache, 2008-06-16: 23:59:00
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Happity
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: hap-pity
Sentence: Lucy was overcome with happityness when her nemesis, Brittany, fell face down on the 50 yard line in front of the whole school and broke her tiara. On one hand, it was terrible that someone sabotaged the float she was riding on. On the other hand, just because she was the homecoming queen, head cheerleader, class president, valedictorian, pretty, popular and dating Brad the quarterback -- who did she think she was, anyway?
Etymology: happy (happiness) + pity
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COMMENTS:
Chuckle! - splendiction, 2009-10-09: 22:02:00
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Sadisposition
Created by: juliar
Pronunciation: say-dis-puh-si-shun
Sentence: I had a feeling of greatest sadisposition when my co-worker, Betty, broke her leg.
Etymology: sadism+despise
Miselation
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-"
Maltriumph
Created by: WindingRoad
Pronunciation: MAL-trahy-uhmf
Sentence: Betty squirmed with maltriumph upon hearing about Greg's demotion.
Etymology: Mal (from L malignus [bad]) + triumph (from ME triumphe [victory])
Fulu
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: foo/loo
Sentence: There's George that no good rotten pig. I wish he would die!!! (At that moment, George trips, falls and hits his head.) "Oh George! George dear!! Are you all right. Oh dear" A perfect example of a fulu.
Etymology: voodoo + f*** you + love you
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COMMENTS:
A fululicious word! - wordmeister, 2007-03-23: 10:18:00
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Comradenfreude
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kom rad enn froy deh
Sentence: She wouldn't admit to comradenfreude, but found herself humming "another on bites the dust" as her ex colleague made her tearful farewells
Etymology: comrade, schadenfreude
Thrillpang
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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Culpabiliglee
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kulp a bili glee
Sentence: Faith could hardly suppress her culpabiliglee when her boss fired Edwin for sexual harrassment. She had hated the guy from day one, especially since he had failed to find her attractive and ask her out. Her manipulations and far-fetched victim's tale had finally forced her boss to remove her enemy.
Etymology: Culpability (state of guilt) & Glee (malicious satisfaction)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Discoveria.
Thank you Discoveria! ~ James
Discoveria - 2007-03-23: 10:56:00
That was quick...
ErWenn - 2007-03-23: 10:56:00
Don't really know how to top schuldeshadenfreude here.
mplsbohemian - 2007-03-24: 22:20:00
The trouble is that there is a word for this in English: schadenfreude.
Discoveria - 2007-03-26: 12:07:00
I've been told already. catgrin and James decided that schadenfreude refers to the satisfaction, and this verboticism refers to feeling guilt over having that satisfaction.
Hey mplsbohemian, Alchemist summed it up nicely with etymology for Guiltenfreude: "schadenfreude (pleasure at the misfortune of others) with guilt."
Today's definition was suggested by Discoveria. Thank you Discoveria. ~ James