Verboticisms

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

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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

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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

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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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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.

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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

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Created by: phonematode

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Etymology: britch as in "too big for your britches" + b*tch slapped = britchslapped

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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

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Created by: apathy42

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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

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