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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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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
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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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
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
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
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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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]
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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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
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.
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!