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'That idiot has finally been fired?'

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.

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Regretaspitlicious

Created by: mana1066

Pronunciation: re-gret-a-spit-lish-us

Sentence: Trying to hide my regretaspitlicious smile, i shook his hand as he left the office.

Etymology: regretfully + spite +delicious

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COMMENTS:

dunno why i wanted to add delicious in there. - mana1066, 2007-03-27: 00:20:00

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Uglee

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: ug + lee

Sentence: I couldn't help but feel some uglee when the boss chewed out that jerk Bob.

Etymology: ugly + glee

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Blissfortune

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: blisfôrchən

Sentence: Marcia moved ahead because of the blissfortune of others. She tried her best to feel pity when her arch rival Tom accidentally sent a scathing e-mail to the boss but all she could muster was giddy.

Etymology: bliss (perfect happiness; great joy) + misfortune (bad luck)

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COMMENTS:

Blissfortune is perfect for the definition. I'm impressed (again)! - splendiction, 2009-10-09: 21:57:00

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Schadenfriendly

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: shad en frend lee

Sentence: in a fit of schadenfriendliness, she commiserated with Ted while feverishly helping him empty his desk.

Etymology: schadenfreude, friendly

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COMMENTS:

Sounds like sad and friendly. A "worthy" word. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-23: 10:57:00

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Sadpy

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: sad-pee

Sentence: When Rachel heard that her office enemy had spilled her coffee all over her own laptop she became very sadpy.

Etymology: contraction of "sad" and "happy"

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Smykowskipathy

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /sməˈkaʊskəpəˌθi/

Sentence: I was filled with smykowskipathy, for it was the only time the judge's decided in my favor and als the only time that I didn't deserve it.

Etymology: From Tom Smykowski (the annoying coworker from _Office Space_ who suffers a nasty accident) and -pathy (as in sympathy and empathy)

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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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Deguilt

Created by: joshms

Pronunciation: de-guilt

Sentence: Sandra had got him fired yet felt bad too. She was suffering with a classic case of deguilt.

Etymology:

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Congratudegradations

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: con/grat/u/deg/rah/day/shuns

Sentence: Congratudegradations on your transfer to the unemployment line - hope you have a nice trip

Etymology: congratulations + degradation

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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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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-03-23: 00:57:00
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.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-03-26: 23:54:00
Hey mplsbohemian, Alchemist summed it up nicely with etymology for Guiltenfreude: "schadenfreude (pleasure at the misfortune of others) with guilt."

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-10-09: 00:12:00
Today's definition was suggested by Discoveria. Thank you Discoveria. ~ James