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'The toast fell butter-side down.'

DEFINITION: n. The feeling you get when fate plays a stupid little trick on you, just to remind you that life isn't fair. v. To suddenly remember that you've been screwed by the powers that be.

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Schleprocked

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: shlep-rokd

Sentence: After waking up late, tripping over the dog, burning her toast, getting a flat tire, spilling hot coffee in her lap, and being fired for being late to work, Amy was feeling quite schleprocked and decided to go back to bed. At noon.

Etymology: Schleprock - if you know who Schleprock is, you'll get it.

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COMMENTS:

I'm a big Flintstone fan. Good one! - toadstool57, 2007-03-08: 07:42:00

YABBA-DABBA-...(you know) - Alchemist, 2007-03-08: 14:42:00

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Calamiflucked

Created by: Sed8ed

Pronunciation: ka-lam-i-fluck-t

Sentence: Everytime she turned around fate threw litte problems in her path to remind her she was calamiflucked

Etymology: calami from calamity + f from "ifuseek" + lucked from luck = calamiflucked

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COMMENTS:

flucked = foul-lucked as well. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-08: 08:07:00

Right you are! - Sed8ed, 2007-03-09: 05:02:00

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Dangst

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Dang-sst

Sentence: "Dang it!" said Helen, after she opened her umbrella indoors while tripping over a black cat and falling under a ladder. It was hours before her feeling of dangst began to lighten.

Etymology: Dang + angst. Angst is technically the philosophical dread and anxiety about the world because of the future being unknowable.

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Fatalisterical

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: fay tah liss terr ik al

Sentence: No matter how frequently Mr. right escaped her clutches, it nver ceased to maker feel fatalisterical.

Etymology: fatalistic hysterical

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Metagogy

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: MEH-tuh-goh-jee

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Etymology: meta- ("beyond") + [peda]gogy ("the study of teaching")

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Destinyschide

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: dess-tun-eez-chide

Sentence: every week he bought a lottery ticket..except this week... and as he watched his numbers come up he was filled with a sense of destinyschide

Etymology: chide, destinys child

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COMMENTS:

Good one! - BMott, 2007-03-08: 23:48:00

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Butterlife

beatriz

Created by: beatriz

Pronunciation: but-er-li-fe

Sentence: after eating the bread of anxiety you can feel the butterlife in your stomach

Etymology: butter like up side down life like ruins everything, classified in the family of point of view.

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Repolinder

Created by: mana1066

Pronunciation: ri'po'lin'der

Sentence: I was completely repolindered at the sight of the mess, causing a dramatic outbreak

Etymology: repo as in reposession of sanity + 'inder as in reminder

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Suckality

Created by: BMott

Pronunciation: Suk-al-ity

Sentence: Her last piece of toast hit the floor face down, the suckality of it caused her to shed a tear.

Etymology: Suck: Doh, life sucks sometimes. -- ality: from reALITY, which sucks sometimes.

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COMMENTS:

petaj Still it's better than a fate-ality - petaj, 2007-03-09: 02:03:00

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Serendipiteous

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Created by: swallowedbyafish

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Etymology: serendipity + piteous

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COMMENTS:

petaj I really like this word, but it would be much better with a sentence... - petaj, 2007-03-09: 02:18:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-03-08: 12:11:01
Today's definition was suggested by paintergrl1313.
Thank you paintergrl1313! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-09-25: 00:04:00
Today's definition was suggested by paintergrl1313. Thank you paintergrl1313. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-09-25: 08:47:00
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