Verboticisms

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: apathy42

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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: 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: Syzygy

Pronunciation: Resi-stent-ialism

Sentence: Resistentialism is a theory in which inanimate objects display hostile desires towards human beings

Etymology: Resist and Existentialism

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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]

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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: 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: 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: 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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