Verboticisms

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"

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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: 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)

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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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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

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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

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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

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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: phonematode

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

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

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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

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