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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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Finallytheyallgetwhattheydeserveness
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: like you read it...
Sentence: I felt the indescribable feeling of finallytheyallgetwhattheydeserveness when i saw the bright light on the horizon quickly coming closer...
Etymology: finally they all get what they deserve - in no way .tif
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
Schadenfraud
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: shawd-en-frawd
Sentence: When the guy who dumped her wound up on the front page for his incredible feat of having fallen out a third story window and barely survived, Mimi, who was invited to his funeral, was incredibly overcome with shadenfraud when she had to play nice to his friends and family.
Etymology: fraud (fake, deceiving) + schadenfreude (german for happiness at the misfortune of others -- something we are all guilty of)
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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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:
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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Schuldeschadenfreude
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: shool-de-shahd-n-froi-duh
Sentence: Kathy'd thought of herself as a "mean girl" so her schuldeschadenfreude at Betty's car accident (Betty'd always flaunted that Mercedes!) was something of a shock.
Etymology: Basically a compound German word, this is based on a combination of "Schuld" (guilt) and "Schadenfreude" (pleasure at the misfortune of others) which is an already accepted, and surprisingly rarely used word in the English language.
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COMMENTS:
I schuld've known! - Alchemist, 2007-03-23: 07:40:00
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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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COMMENTS:
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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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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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