Vote for the best verboticism.
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.
Verboticisms
Click on each verboticism to read the sentences created by the Verbotomy writers, and to see your voting options...
You have two votes. Click on the words to read the details, then vote your favorite.
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]
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
Kharmalized
Created by: tommyboy
Pronunciation: kar-muh-lize-duh
Sentence: after a day of repeated jinxes, my fortune was kharmalized with a slip in the shower.
Etymology: play on words/hominym
Karmad
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kar mad
Sentence: Yes Wendy Murphy was upset. It happened again. It was another example of the karmad she had felt lately. Whatever could go wrong, did go wrong...Murphy's Law indeed. And now again her breakfast was ruined. The bread had fallen and landed butter-side down...on her not so clean floor. It probably was because she never learned. Don't butter the bread before you put it in the toaster. It never just pops up, it always goes flying when it is done!
Etymology: Karma (the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny;fate;kismet) & Mad (very foolish;affected with madness or insanity)
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
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
clever! - wordmeister, 2007-03-08: 08:23:00
----------------------------
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)
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.
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Still it's better than a fate-ality - petaj, 2007-03-09: 02:03:00
----------------------------
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
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
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
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Good one! - BMott, 2007-03-08: 23:48:00
----------------------------
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by paintergrl1313.
Thank you paintergrl1313! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by paintergrl1313. Thank you paintergrl1313. ~ James
It's the last day of our first Jasper Fforde week, and it a three-way race for "The Eyre Affair". So don't forget to cast your votes for your favorite writers! And more good news... We're book-jumping with Thursday Next! Next week you can win a signed copy of Fforde's second book, "Lost in a Good Book". ~ James