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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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Hoorayaculpa

Created by: Mobelia

Pronunciation: Hah Ray A Cul Pa

Sentence: When my friend cried on my shoulder about her lecherous boyfriend ending their relationship I couldn't help but feel a little hoorayaculpa.

Etymology: Hooray as in I am SO happy I am cheering and Mea Culpa Latin for "my bad" a guilty little apology for lack of decorum.

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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)

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Culpabiliglee

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kulp a bili glee

Sentence: Faith could hardly suppress her culpabiliglee when her boss fired Edwin for sexual harrassment. She had hated the guy from day one, especially since he had failed to find her attractive and ask her out. Her manipulations and far-fetched victim's tale had finally forced her boss to remove her enemy.

Etymology: Culpability (state of guilt) & Glee (malicious satisfaction)

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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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Goolight

Created by: sasgod

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

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Bitchwine

AnnieChandon

Created by: AnnieChandon

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Maltriumph

Created by: WindingRoad

Pronunciation: MAL-trahy-uhmf

Sentence: Betty squirmed with maltriumph upon hearing about Greg's demotion.

Etymology: Mal (from L malignus [bad]) + triumph (from ME triumphe [victory])

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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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Gleeguilt

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: glee guilt

Sentence: Francis was terrible for suffering gleeguilt.

Etymology: from glee and guilt.

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Glumption

Created by: mwveasey

Pronunciation: GLUMP-CHUN

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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