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DEFINITION: n., The deep feeling of despair, pain, and swelling need for revenge, which occurs when someone thoughtlessly trashes one of your pet projects. v., To cry out at the injustice of it all, especially if it is someone else's fault.
Verboticisms
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Heartwringer
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: HART-ringr
Sentence: It was yet another heartwringer for Miriam, leaving her feeling crushed, and somewhat revengeful when her boyfriend Delbert told her her upside down cake looked right side up, her apple tarts were bland, and her teriyaki was teriyucky.
Etymology: Blend of heart and wringer..."a painful, difficult, or tiring experience; ordeal"
Despervengeance
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: des/per/ven/juhs/ns
Sentence: When Molly found out that her brother destroyed her science project, she went into a fit of desparvengeance, blindly trashing everything in his room.
Etymology: DESPERVENGEANCE - noun - from DESPERATION (recklessness arising from despair) + VENGEANCE (infliction of injury, harm, or humiliation, on a person as pay back)
Thwartitis
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: thwart itis
Sentence: Jerome experienced acute thwartitis when his sand castle was struck by an errant beach ball
Etymology: From thwart, and itis (implying inflammation)
Yendeavourage
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: YEN-dev-Oh-RAGE
Sentence: Bob went into a yendeavourage when Roxie criticised his verboticism.
Etymology: YEN: yearning for something or to do something [syn: hankering, yen] ENDEAVOUR: a purposeful or industrious undertaking & RAGE:Especially, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering wrath; violent anger; fury.
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COMMENTS:
YEN: ENDEAVOUR: & RAGE - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-25: 05:09:00
I hardly dare leave a comment for fear of verboticritique - petaj, 2008-11-25: 06:36:00
Your word and etymology are so appropriate to the definition! Admire your way with words and envy how vast your vocabulary is! I think this every day, not just today. - silveryaspen, 2008-11-25: 11:20:00
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Neeblamme
Created by: sean30
Pronunciation: Nee-Blame-Me
Sentence: I didnt do anything wrong, so Neeblamme!!
Etymology: Nee - No/Dont, Blame - to point finger at another, Me - You
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COMMENTS:
Nema Problema! (my 'old country' ancestors who spoke borken English came up with 'nema problema') Their English-ized way of saying no problem. So your "neeblamme" brought back wonderful memories of my grandmother and her friends. Nice blend! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-06: 16:53:00
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Grievenge
Created by: logarithm
Pronunciation: grih-vehnj
Sentence: Jean decided to take her grievengeful blog down today when she realised that she actually overreacted to the entire situation.
Etymology: 1) Grievance: a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation. 2) Revenge: action taken in return for an injury or offense.
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COMMENTS:
Jean's grievengeful blog has been taken down today by the administrator after much complaint received from the readers and subjects in her blog. - logarithm, 2008-11-25: 02:17:00
Whoops! Is there a way we can delete wrong comments? - logarithm, 2008-11-25: 02:21:00
I don't think so. My comments pop up in the strangest places.... - metrohumanx, 2008-11-25: 10:05:00
Hahah... I noticed that too... :-) - logarithm, 2008-11-25: 18:35:00
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Inrage
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: inˈrājd
Sentence: Josh became inraged when his adversary convinced the boss to pull the plug on the project he had spent years developing. To just about everybody his stoneface expression disguised the seething revenge he was plotting.
Etymology: in (enclosed or surrounded by something else) + enraged (make very angry)
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COMMENTS:
Simple but wonderfully appropriate and memorable! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-25: 11:48:00
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Victimdictive
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: vik dim dik tiv
Sentence: Betty felt understandably victimdictive because the regrettable MacArthur Park incident gave a whole new meaning to the phrase "cake batter".
Etymology: victim (an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance) & vindictive (revengeful)
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COMMENTS:
Nice strong verboticism that nailed the definition! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-06: 07:17:00
very nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-06: 11:52:00
good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-06: 16:51:00
Cheers,all! Nosila - Nosila, 2008-02-06: 18:59:00
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Macarthurparkininsons
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mak arth ur park in sons
Sentence: Out for a walk in Mac Arthur Park, Phoebe tried to forget about the lovely cake she had just made. Although it took so long to bake it, her brother had destroyed it. He was not well and had macarthurparkinsoned the hapless confection. Melting in the dark, all the sweet green icing flowing down...those lyrics made as little sense to him as this does to us...
Etymology: MacArthur Park (song by Jimmy Webb) & Parkinson's Disease (a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination)
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COMMENTS:
I like it, even with the extra \"in\". - artr, 2010-04-26: 12:00:00
Sweet use of that "someone left the cake out in the rain" song! - splendiction, 2010-04-26: 22:06:00
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Pursurity
Created by: ElCappa
Pronunciation: Purse-urity.
Sentence: A sense of pursurity came over me as I watched the construction worker tear down my treehouse. I was pursurious at the thought that a human could dash another man's labours into the ground.
Etymology: Pursuit - A quest or undertaking. Pursue - Chase (for vengeance) Furiosity - Vengeful rage
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Dougalistic. Thank you Dougalistic. ~ James
perfect visual with the drawing for today!!And i understand that old song a little better, too!
Yes, the sweet green icing is flowing down... Oh no!!!!!! ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-02-06: 16:05:00
The face and fists were an excellent portrayal of her anger and frustration! I tried to match that drama in your caricature with the words in my sentence. Very inspiring!
And I will never have that recipe again! Thank you silveryaspen! ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-11-25: 11:53:00
So many great creates every day by such excellent wordsmiths, that I have trouble voting because it's hard to limit my choice for best to just two! I'm also amazed at all the new creations for the temporary re-run of old definitions! Almost proves everything is better the second time around!
Today's definition was suggested by Dougalistic. Thank you Dougalistic. ~ James