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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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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)
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
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"
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
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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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
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]
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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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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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!