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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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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
Trainwreckspotter
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: TRAIN rek spot er
Sentence: Jordan's last ditch effort to please the clients would fail badly. They were not impressed with her cheap plastic advertising pens that glowed in the dark. In fact her ad plan turned out to be a complete disaster when the pens didn't glow but instead leaked. Normally Jordan teamed up with Sass and they would share their strengths. This time Jordan greedily went solo - searching glory - while Sass moped around waiting for another bid. She secretly knew Jordan couldn't go it alone successfully - Jordan lacked judgement! Jordan's clients began to lose interest and backed away from the big job (which could have brought in much needed big profits for the company). Instead of helping, her jealous colleague Sass trainwreckspotted Jordan get the boot.
Etymology: From: trainspotter and trainwreck.
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COMMENTS:
Talk about derailment...good word! - Nosila, 2009-10-09: 23:05:00
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Gleemorse
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: glee - morse
Sentence: Frowning on the outside, giggling on the inside, Lucinda was thoroughly enjoying her waves of gleemorse as word circulated around the office that her social superior and tormentor, Elvira, had been diagnosed with genital herpes and was suddenly being shunned by all the single guys in the department.
Etymology: blend of glee and remorse
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-16: 12:32:00
Sounds like you have invented the gleemorsecode - Nosila, 2008-06-16: 19:22:00
Love it! Good one! - lumina, 2008-06-16: 22:35:00
Fantastic. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-17: 02:54:00
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Gleemorse
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: glēmôrs
Sentence: When her rival was caught cheating Sarah felt a deep sense of gleemorse. The only thing that could make her feel better/worse would be if she had been the one to report it.
Etymology: glee (great delight) + remorse (deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed)
Malecstasy
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: mə-lěk'stə-sē
Sentence: When her a-hole neighbor Mark slipped on his icy front walk, Lana couldn't help giggling like a schoolgirl with malecstasy.
Etymology: malicious, malignant ecstacy
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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Obraguilt
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.
Vooblue
Created by: Sissyphus
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Martin lost his job because of the fight we had when he was working... in a way I feel bad, but the vooblue is leading me towards a celebratory drink..
Etymology:
Sadenfreude
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sadd enn froy deh
Sentence: Her sadenfreude was obvious as she passed round the sacrificed chicken sandwiches at his leaving party
Etymology: sad schadenfreude
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COMMENTS:
Das ist schade! - Nosila, 2009-10-09: 17:25:00
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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.
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