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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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Fatestration
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: fae stray tion
Sentence: There was an overall sense of fatestration at the annual singles Valentine's Day dance when no women showed.
Etymology: fate frustration
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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COMMENTS:
Been there...got the haircut. - urbanwookie, 2007-04-01: 19:50:00
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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
Serendipiteous
Created by: swallowedbyafish
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: serendipity + piteous
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COMMENTS:
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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Irofate
Created by: Ahmad
Pronunciation: ai-ro-faet
Sentence: He tried his best but fall a pray to irofate
Etymology: irony of fate ...
Serendupity
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: serr-en-DEWP-eh-tee
Sentence: Thinking that things were actually going her way for a change, Daisy was once again struck with a bout of serendupity when karma visited her, and a sure bet turned into a total disaster.
Etymology: Blend of 'serendipity' (n. the faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident) and 'dupe' (v. to make a dupe of)
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]
Spoofate
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: spoo-feyt
Sentence: A sense of spoofate overcame Angela as the toothpaste plopped onto her new silk shirt. She had to laugh - bitterly.
Etymology: combination of root words spoof +fate
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:
Still it's better than a fate-ality - petaj, 2007-03-09: 02:03:00
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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
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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