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DEFINITION: The feeling you get when fate plays a stupid little trick on you, just to remind you that life isn't fair.
Verboticisms
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Inconstration
Created by: Nettle
Pronunciation: in-kon-STRAY-shun
Sentence: To Percy's great inconstration, the cat knocked his glass of cola onto his carefully-completed passport application form.
Etymology: In as a negatory + contentment + frustration = inconstration
Indiscrimonition
Created by: trioptimum
Pronunciation: in-dis-crim-uhn-ISH-uhn
Sentence: Whenever he started to think that maybe his life had some kind of guided purpose, he would always be provided with an indiscrimonition to the contrary.
Etymology: indiscriminate (without selectiveness) + admonition (cautionary advice or warning)
Chantagonized
Created by: ScrabbledEgg
Pronunciation: chan-tag-uh-nahyzd
Sentence: Unfortunately, on the one day in the last year that she forgot to hang her parking pass, an eager, new tow company employee was patrolling the lot; yet she refused to feel chantagonized as she took a cab home that evening.
Etymology: chance + antagonized
Karmosity
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: karm/os/ity
Sentence: I'm filled with karmosity when I drop a coin and it rolls into the sewer, the bread lands peanut butter side down, or the milk I just bought is sour.
Etymology: karma + animosity
Cwapaigwump
Created by: RachelPhillipson2007
Pronunciation: Cwapaigwump
Sentence: I fell on my arse the other day and it reminded me life is so shit.
Etymology: Cwapai [feeling crap], Gwump [getting in a grumpy mood, feeling worthless]
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COMMENTS:
that is cool! - RachelPhillipson2007, 2007-09-08: 07:55:00
well its fucking mine lol - RachelPhillipson2007, 2007-09-08: 07:55:00
i no blah - RachelPhillipson2007, 2007-09-08: 07:57:00
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Prankful
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: rhymes with thankful
Sentence: Emma was eternally prankful as she always seemed to be getting the rough end of the pineapple when it came to life's little ups and downs.
Etymology: prank + thankful
Surprisapointment
Created by: haldean
Pronunciation: sur-PRY-za-POYNT-ment
Sentence: What's wrong? Oh just another surprisapointment. Everything was going perfectly, until my two girlfriends met each other.
Etymology: Suprise + Disappointment
Kismetaunt
Created by: Pseudonym
Pronunciation: kiz-me-tawnt
Sentence: "Every light was red; I think I'm the victim of a kismetaunt."
Etymology: kismet (fate) + taunt
Karmatoast
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: karma/toe/st
Sentence: It was all over - she looked at the butter melting onto the floor and realized she was karmatoast
Etymology: karma (fate) + comatose (stupefied) + toast (done)
Murphish
Created by: ConnyWesth
Pronunciation: Murfish
Sentence: Murphys law (everything that can be screwed up, really does) + ish (feeling)
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Murphious could also be a good word for this. - ConnyWesth, 2007-09-09: 10:12:00
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Mylifesucks
Created by: Delilah
Pronunciation: mī-līf-sŭk-s
Sentence: That just figures! If only I had swept and mopped the floor yesterday, instead of spending all my free time at http://www.verbotomy.com. Gross! Cat hair and floor scum on my toast! I'm already running late for work; now, I don't even have time for breakfast; why does this kind of thing always happen to me?!!! Life just isn't fair; Mylifesucks!!!
Etymology: My [of or belonging to me], life [the interval of time between birth and death; the physical, mental, and spiritual experiences that constitute a living organism's existence], sucks [to be inadequate, displeasing, or of poor quality]
Karcruelma
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: kahr-krool-mah
Sentence: Don't cry over spilled milk and that's how the cookie crumbles - typical comments she would blurt out when bouts of karcruelma occurred.
Etymology: karma + cruel
Latamahimo
Created by: leomar
Pronunciation: la-ta-ma-hi-mo
Sentence: a word that describes "we can do nothing" la-ta-ma-hi-mo
Etymology: la, ta, mahimo
Draggravation
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: drag + rav + ay + shun
Sentence: I missed every dang traffic light on the way to work today - it was such a draggravation.
Etymology: drag + aggravation
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COMMENTS:
very good, my favorite, even better than mine! - brankoz, 2007-09-07: 16:41:00
Nice! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-07: 18:24:00
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Funkiny
Created by: doctathunder
Pronunciation: FUN-ki-ny
Sentence: We drove a hundred miles before we found that the ultimate funkiny had occured; the amusement park had shut down due to a massive termite infestation
Etymology: funk + destiny
Deitrick
Created by: earljw
Pronunciation: DAY-e-trik
Sentence: I had an overwhelming sense of deitrick when I realized I was late for an interview and my car wouldn't start.
Etymology: deity + trick
Vexistentiality
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Veks-ee-sten-shee-AL-a-tee
Sentence: When Bob's life momentarily turned from "joie de vivre" to "jolt de vivre," his vexistentiality reminded him of life's vicissitudes.
Etymology: Vex-to cause one to feel annoyed, dissatisfied or irritated, etc. Existential-pertaining to existence -ity-expressing state or condition.
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COMMENTS:
I kant help but camuserate with Bob's predicament. It hesse to be the sartre of thing that happens when you let your kierkegaard down. - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-07: 10:32:00
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Serendemonty
Created by: Nicked
Pronunciation: ser' en dem' mon tee
Sentence: When I typed the final keystroke on my thesis and jubilantly threw up my hands thereby sending my laptop crashing to the floor broken beyond repair, I knew serendemonty was at work.
Etymology: "sere____ty" from serendipity--"the ability of making fortunate discoveries by accident" "demon" from demon--"an evil spirit"
Moironic
Created by: jesster
Pronunciation: Moi -ron - ic
Sentence: Jody was thrilled when she discovered the beautiful antique cabinet at a yard sale for only $2. She spent the entire drive home planning how she would arrange her Hummel figurines in it. It was overwhelmingly moironic that when she arrived home, she found that her house had burned to the ground. All that was left of her extensive collection was a melted puddle of kitch.
Etymology: Moira ( Fate in Greek and Roman mythology, any of three goddesses who determined human destinies, and in particular the span of a person's life and his allotment of misery and suffering) + ironic
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COMMENTS:
great story - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-07: 12:33:00
That is a brilliant story, but I'm afraid I can't vote for this, because you used the word "ironic" incorrectly (thank you Alanis Morisette). - Pseudonym, 2007-09-08: 05:08:00
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Nerodisataphy
Created by: leeannhamers
Pronunciation: n-rr-o-d-is-a-taffy
Sentence: someone kicked my dog t was a great nerodisataphy
Etymology: nero(brian/mind), dissapointment, contashophy
Fatel
Created by: Poeiden
Pronunciation: fa-tal
Sentence: Ever had that fatel feeling every time something screws up your life?
Etymology: fate + fatal
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COMMENTS:
It's a nice word, but I would expect that in everyday use the pronunciation wouldn't be distinct enough from 'fatal' to be entirely satisfactory. - Nettle, 2007-09-07: 08:52:00
ITS a bit good but its too relevant to the word 'fatal' , you kno wat i mean? - RachelPhillipson2007, 2007-09-08: 08:03:00
Yeah, I know what you mean - Poeiden, 2007-09-08: 09:28:00
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Wrongfool
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: rong-fool
Sentence: The car wouldn't start and Ken missed his job interview teaching him that life is wrongfool.
Etymology: wrong and fool
Resistentialism
Created by: Syzygy
Pronunciation: Resi-stent-ialism
Sentence: Resistentialism is a theory in which inanimate objects display hostile desires towards human beings
Etymology: Resist and Existentialism
Britchslapped
Created by: phonematode
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: britch as in "too big for your britches" + b*tch slapped = britchslapped
Murphimized
Created by: brankoz
Pronunciation: MURF-imm-eyezd
Sentence: Ed McMahon just knocked on my door ... to ask when my neighbor would be home. It made me feel quite murphimized
Etymology: adjective, from the murphy guy that wrote all those "life sucks" laws
Murpholated
Created by: Jeaneai
Pronunciation: Mirf-oh-late-id
Sentence: Janine felt so murpholated when her shatterproof vase fell right on the linoleum floor and, you guessed it, shattered completely.
Etymology: From Murphy's Law, which is basically that everything that can go wrong will.
Inimistation
Created by: Hyperion
Pronunciation: In-im-ist-a-tion. I'm not very experienced with pronunciation guides, but I hope that helps...
Sentence: She felt utter despair at the inimistation that Destiny has dealt her today.. When would this day end?
Etymology: An amalgamation of the Latin word for unfair and the Greek word for fate, in the a vague sort of way. It is also related to inimical, with station referring to a place in life. The description continues in the Comments section of this Verboticism.
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COMMENTS:
I hope this qualifies... The spelling's a little odd, though... - Hyperion, 2007-09-09: 08:34:00
I've changed the spelling of the word, and refined its meaning. Continuing on the description... Therefore, it means both an unfair fate and a part of life that's bad for you, as well as a feeling of inimicality in relation to the world and frustration with it. Clever, huh? - Hyperion, 2007-09-09: 08:53:00
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Murphsmack
Created by: FreeToys
Pronunciation: murf' - smak
Sentence: Those contributors expecting obedience from the usual candidates are about to get a Murphsmack from Ron Paul
Etymology: Murphy's Law / Smackdown
Realitrick
Created by: graypenguin
Pronunciation: re-al-i-trick
Sentence: He was up all night writing that paper only to realize that his printer was out of ink. One of life's cruel little realitricks...
Etymology: reality + trick
Comments:
FreeToys - 2007-09-07: 06:59:00
Murphsmack
FreeToys - 2007-09-07: 06:59:00
dang, asleep again
RachelPhillipson2007 - 2007-09-08: 08:00:00
aw im last
Delilah - 2007-09-09: 16:24:00
The only way to truly beat this thing is to switch to cereal for breakfast. lol!