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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.
Verboticisms
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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
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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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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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
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
Suckatude
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After I dropped my toast I was over come with a feeling of suckatude
Etymology: Suck+aditude
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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Kickmet
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kikmet
Sentence: Harry believes in kismet. Unfortunately he often ends up with kickmet instead.
Etymology: kismet (fate) + kick (strike or propel forcibly with the foot)
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]
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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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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