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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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Sadissfaction
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: sa-diss-faction
Sentence: I really didn't mean for her to literally "break a leg" on stage, so I was overcome with sadissfaction when I saw her in a cast and using crutches.
Etymology: sad, diss, satisfaction
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COMMENTS:
I feel unworthy! - galwaywegian, 2007-03-23: 06:39:00
As a masochactor I enjoyed it - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-23: 11:02:00
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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-"
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
Amorphish
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: (ah-more-fish)
Sentence: The amorhpish waiter threw down her tray with pleasure as she saw her boss writhe with pain.
Etymology: From the Latin "amor" (to love) and the early Greek "phish" (phony).
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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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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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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Sympathighfive
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: simp/ah/thy/five
Sentence: It was difficult to sympathighfive with her colleague as she was escorted to the door by security guards.
Etymology: sympathize + high five
Sufferfun
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: suffer fun
Sentence: after what has happened, i have sufferfun
Etymology: from suffering an fun.
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