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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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Dupliciglee
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: doo/pli/si/glee
Sentence: She had a difficult time hiding her dupliciglee when the office know it all got the boot
Etymology: duplicity + glee (deceitful happiness)
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COMMENTS:
I really want to condolight with you on the success of this word ;-) - petaj, 2007-03-25: 04:01:00
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Purplevoodoo
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: per-pull-voo-doo
Sentence: His lust rival's key not unlocking the door brought a sense of purplevoodoo to the guy who, for purely business purposes, had convinced his foxy boss to change the locks on the executive bathrooms.
Etymology: Thought I'd pile in the Hendrix references. Purple is the colour of success/pleasure (a purple patch) but also a bruise. Voodoo is the type of doll people use to alter others' fortunes. Both words appear in famous Jimi songs!
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COMMENTS:
Hmmmm... double entendre? What was that sharp pain I just felt in the corner of my mouth? - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-23: 08:08:00
Is that a purple haze, or purple rain on the horizon? - Stevenson0, 2007-03-23: 10:26:00
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky! - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-23: 10:29:00
'Scuse me while I change my name to AzureArtichokes; this navel piercing is killing me. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-23: 12:25:00
How's the knee? - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-23: 12:56:00
AAAAARRRRGH! Agonkneeee! - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-23: 14:18:00
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Gladversity
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: glad vers it tee
Sentence: Ruth was excited when the Feds came and picked up her partner, Les, for fraud. She thrived in gladversity over his finally being caught, especially since she was the anonymous source who tipped them off. Sure with him out of the partnership, she would be free to rename their business and start afresh. I mean, who wanted to work somewhere called Ruth Les Collections Agency???
Etymology: Glad (showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy;feeling happy appreciation) & Adversity (a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; a state of misfortune or affliction)
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COMMENTS:
Well done! "Ruth Les Collections" - hilarious! - splendiction, 2009-10-09: 21:55:00
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Voodoolicious
Created by: Tanik
Pronunciation: voo-do-li-sh-iss
Sentence: Man, this moment is voodoolicious. He totally deserved that dressing down.
Etymology: voodoo + delicious
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COMMENTS:
I like it! - wordmeister, 2008-06-17: 06:19:00
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Schadenfired
Created by: Loreshai
Pronunciation: shah-den-fy-yurd
Sentence: Jill felt slighty guilty that she was happy about screwing over her best friend in order to get a promotion at work. Jill felt Schadenfired.
Etymology: Fired - to be removed from employment + Schadenfreunde - german term to be happy when bad things happen to your friends.
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-"
Sympaglee
Created by: ShaggE
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "I felt a bit of sympaglee when the guy who kept stealing my pens was fired."
Etymology: Sympathy+ Glee
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COMMENTS:
Good word! Totally understandable without a Verbotomy dictionary. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-23: 14:30:00
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Gleeguilt
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: glee guilt
Sentence: Francis was terrible for suffering gleeguilt.
Etymology: from glee and guilt.
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