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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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Merphdesten

Created by: tonya87

Pronunciation: Mer-F-Dest-en

Sentence: Damn Merphdesten, you strike again!

Etymology:

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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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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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Lucketydootbarbatrick

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: lukety/doot/barba/trik

Sentence: Lucketydootbarbatrick - life's got me by the ..... again

Etymology: lickety-split barbatrick + luck + doot

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Long live the Barbapapas - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-08: 12:20:00

Congratualations on the birth of their new born son Karmababa. - Stevenson0, 2007-03-08: 12:53:00

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Serendipiteous

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Created by: swallowedbyafish

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

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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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]

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Vicioussitude

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: vish + iss + ih + tood

Sentence: The brakes on my car failed three days after the warranty expired... it's enough to give you a vicioussitude!

Etymology: vicious + (vicissitude combined with attitude)

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COMMENTS:

like it. - galwaywegian, 2007-03-08: 04:46:00

Thanks, person-from-Galway-or-so-I-assume. I know it doesn't *exactly* meet the definition, but as soon as it popped into my brain I knew I could not resist. - Osomatic, 2007-03-08: 04:49:00

petaj I think it's as close as may be. Makes Fortune sound like vengeful agent. - petaj, 2007-03-08: 05:50:00

I tried saying this word and sprayed slobber all over my monitor... - Alchemist, 2007-03-08: 14:43:00

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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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Murphancholy

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈmɚfənˌkɑli/

Sentence: Murphancholy is as likely to be triggered by the Peter Principle, Hofstadter's Law, Godwin's Law, or other force of irony than by Murphy's Law itself.

Etymology: From Murphy (as in Murphy's Law) + melancholy

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COMMENTS:

Nice. - wordmeister, 2007-03-08: 01:06:00

A very good combo! - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-08: 04:49:00

Gotta give you credit (and a vote) for the fancypants linguistic markings in the pronunciation. - Osomatic, 2007-03-08: 05:40:00

Woo! I knew all that time fiddling with the IPA charts would pay off. - ErWenn, 2007-03-08: 17:35:00

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Disstiny

Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: diss-ten-ny

Sentence: The dissteney sank into her stomach as she managed to stub her toe while reaching for the china, which now lay on the tile floor in a thousands bitter sharp shards.

Etymology: from diss + destiny

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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
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