Verboticisms

Created by: suzanne

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: mel-uhn-jol-ee

Sentence: Joyce had a case of menanjolly when she heard that her major rival was being let go over a conflict of interest issue. The fact that she had presented him with the opportunity to do so pinged on her conscience just a little, but she got over that quickly.

Etymology: melancholy (depressed, sad) + jolly (laughing, joyful)

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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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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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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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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: com/pine/ee/lay/shun

Sentence: Combpinelation is the sweet feeling you get when your arch enemy loses in musical chairs.

Etymology: combination + pine + elation

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Created by: rebelvin

Pronunciation: GUILT+GLEE

Sentence: He is so full of false pride about being assigned the new position, I will be so full of guiltglee if his first big assignment is a flop.

Etymology: GUILT+GLEE

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Created by: jrogan

Pronunciation: glad-dist

Sentence: When Jenny's boyfriend dumped her, she was sad. When he started going out with her best friend, she was mad. But when they accidentally got sprayed by skunk which she had hidden under the front seat of his car, she was gladdist.

Etymology: glad+ sadist

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-16: 12:31:00

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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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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

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