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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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Karmatic

Created by: thoughtnomad

Pronunciation: car ma tic

Sentence: It was karmatic for John, a man who disdained the poor, when he lost his inheritance.

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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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Dangst

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Dang-sst

Sentence: "Dang it!" said Helen, after she opened her umbrella indoors while tripping over a black cat and falling under a ladder. It was hours before her feeling of dangst began to lighten.

Etymology: Dang + angst. Angst is technically the philosophical dread and anxiety about the world because of the future being unknowable.

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Schlumpchumped

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: SHLUMP-chump'd

Sentence: Just my luck, thought Irving, as his car key broke off in the door lock. Schlumpchumped again! Thanks God!

Etymology: schlump + chump

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Karmaslapped

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: car-mah-slapt

Sentence: Jill was having one of those days when nothing was going right and she felt completely karmaslapped.

Etymology: karma (fate) + slapped (i.e. bitchslapped)

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Been there...got the haircut. - urbanwookie, 2007-04-01: 19:50:00

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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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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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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

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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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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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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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