Verboticisms

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: 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

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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

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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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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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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

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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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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: phonematode

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

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

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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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