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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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Goolight

Created by: sasgod

Pronunciation:

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Etymology: 'goo' something yucky/nasty and '-light' from delight.

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Colleagasm

coachnomad23

Created by: coachnomad23

Pronunciation: colleague-asm

Sentence: Seeing my partners on the project get fired for messing up the presentation, gave me a colleagasm.

Etymology:

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Colleagasm sounds like a very positive thing to me!! Love the word!!! - Stevenson0, 2007-03-23: 10:30:00

So many good words can be contrived from the "O". I keep waiting for the definition for "The point at which you become assimilated with the borg" (borgasm). - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-23: 12:18:00

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Shaftenfreude

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: schft en froy deh

Sentence: Her shaftenfreude evaporated when the parting words of her blubbing ex-colleague were "and now the bastard wants to see you!"

Etymology: schadenfreude, shaft

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love it - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-16: 12:30:00

Another great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-17: 02:55:00

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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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Well done! "Ruth Les Collections" - hilarious! - splendiction, 2009-10-09: 21:55:00

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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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Hiphipsorray

Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: hip hip sorray

Sentence: A classic case of "the good news and the bad news" was just the way Candace's life seemed to be going lately. So when she heard Linda, not Linda B., but Linda S, the one who stole her man had been fired the same day her cat died, she couldn't help but feel hiphipsorray.

Etymology: Feeling sorry on the outside, but cheering on the inside.

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great - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-16: 12:29:00

Excellent - Mustang, 2008-06-16: 19:21:00

Hey, thanks guys. Just found this fun site, and finding my way around. I make up alot of words for fun anyway, so this is right up my alley. :) Alot of VERY talented Verbologists here! :) - lumina, 2008-06-16: 22:33:00

Very i-LUMINA-ting. But I'm sorry about the cat. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-17: 03:08:00

Ozziebob...yeah...the cat...Candace is still feeling very illitterate about it. (Etymology: ill=sick, litter=as in kitty. Def: The lowest point of grief after losing a beloved feline.) :) - lumina, 2008-06-17: 10:46:00

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Pityheehee

CharlieB

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

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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.

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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.

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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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A fululicious word! - wordmeister, 2007-03-23: 10:18:00

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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