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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
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
Humilifated
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:
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 ...
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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Failtalism
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
Moiraed
Created by: EonaFrae
Pronunciation: moy-raid
Sentence: Susan moiraed through the days events; life really did suck.
Etymology: Moirai [name of The Fates from Greek mythology] + ed [suffix]
Randumb
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ran dum
Sentence: these randumb events were beginning to sow seeds of doubt about her ever having her own broadcasting corporation by the age of thirty
Etymology: random, dumb
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COMMENTS:
clever! - wordmeister, 2007-03-08: 08:23:00
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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
Merphdesten
Created by: tonya87
Pronunciation: Mer-F-Dest-en
Sentence: Damn Merphdesten, you strike again!
Etymology:
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by paintergrl1313.
Thank you paintergrl1313! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by paintergrl1313. Thank you paintergrl1313. ~ James
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