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

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Stinkendipitous

Created by: lauramy

Pronunciation: stink-uhn-dip-i-tuhs

Sentence: The toast incident was just another in a never ending chain of stinkendipitous occurences.

Etymology: stink + serendipitous

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Irofate

Created by: Ahmad

Pronunciation: ai-ro-faet

Sentence: He tried his best but fall a pray to irofate

Etymology: irony of fate ...

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Kickmet

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kikmet

Sentence: Harry believes in kismet. Unfortunately he often ends up with kickmet instead.

Etymology: kismet (fate) + kick (strike or propel forcibly with the foot)

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Faytatricked

Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: Fay-ta-tricked

Sentence: Feleeny Meania was always finding herself faytatricked somehow. She begain to question herself. Had she been so mean to others that she was now being repaid by the tricks that fate was playing on her?

Etymology: Fayta: Taken in part of the word fate-Destiny, an inevitable course of events Tricked: A mischievous action; a prank

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Fateality

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: fayt-al-i-ty

Sentence: Sitting at his desk, Joe contemplated his fateality when he realized that he wasn't still dreaming and he really didn't have his pants on.

Etymology: reality: quality and state of things being true + fate: supposed force or princible that predetermines events + fatality: a decree made by fate or the quality of being doomed by disaster

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There's sale down the street he should go to where pants are half off! - Nosila, 2009-09-25: 17:36:00

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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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Dismet

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: dis-met

Sentence: Janene got a bonus of $100 for her hard work on one of her accounts. Her car broke down on the way home and it cost her $300 to get it fixed. She made some extra money at a part-time job and spent all of it on the speeding ticket she got hurrying to get there on time. It's just another of life's cruel jokes. It's dismet!

Etymology: dis (rap slang, short for disrespect) + kismet (fate; destiny)

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Horrorscope

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: hor-or-skOp

Sentence: After endlesss days of bad luck, Jill checked her horrorscope indicating she is in for a life of bad karma.

Etymology: horror/horoscope

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Karmargarine

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kar mar jar een

Sentence: Destiny just knew when her perfect new husband's ex showed up at their wedding reception, it was not only as a guest, but as a date for him. Once again, Destiny's karmargarine was at work. Buttered toast side down on a dirty carpet...the fuzzy end of the lollipop...what's a four letter word starting with an "F"...oh yeah, FATE!

Etymology: Karma (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation)& Margarine (a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter)

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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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