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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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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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Failtalism

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: fail tall ism

Sentence: Mary was hit by a feeling of failtalism when she realized that yet again she was not going to be Cinderella at the ball.

Etymology: from fail and faitalism

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Providented

CharlieB

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: prov-ee-dent-id

Sentence: After the sleepless night, the car alarm waking her at 4.30 and the heating failing to come on, the toast falling butter-side down was the final straw. Cheryl felt unfairly providented.

Etymology: providence (God's guidance over humans) + dented (to reduce or slightly injure)

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COMMENTS:

:) - galwaywegian, 2011-02-08: 09:47:00

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Destikneecapped

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: des/tin/nee/capt

Sentence: My New Year's resolution to get in to work on time every day was destikneecapped by a power failure and a subway delay.

Etymology: destiny + knee-capped

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COMMENTS:

love it - galwaywegian, 2011-02-08: 09:45:00

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Fateism

Created by: bobditty

Pronunciation: fate ism

Sentence: Due to fateism, bob had seven years of bad luck because he broke a mirror

Etymology: fate- destiny ism- randomness

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Humilifated

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: rhymes with humiliated

Sentence: Carole was humilifated by the continuing mishaps that plagued her.

Etymology: humiliate (to cause a painful loss of dignity) + fate (destiny)

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COMMENTS:

petaj I guess that's just the way the fortunecookiecrumbles. - petaj, 2007-03-08: 02:56:00

excellent - wordmeister, 2007-03-08: 08:23:00

Nice one! - BMott, 2007-03-08: 23:49:00

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

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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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