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Wishbane
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: WISH-bane
Sentence: When Bob broke off the larger part of the wishbone, he thought that he was in for a spate of good luck. And, immediately, it seemed that good luck had come his way when Bob - a great wine lover- received news that he had inherited a vineyard from his late uncle. But when he realized that it was sitting on the edge of the Great Australian Desert, and had only ever produced harvests of sour grapes, he began to think that his furculations were nothing more than a wishbane.
Etymology: Based on wishbone and the custom of two people, making secret wishes, tug on opposite end of a furcula of a fowl. For the person who breaks off the larger piece the wish comes true. Bane: something or someone that causes unhappiness or distress.
Fulfailment
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: full + fail + ment
Sentence: I got a deep sense of fulfailment when I finally was able to run a 6-minute mile, but the cops still caught me anyway.
Etymology: fullfillment + failure
Antignome
Created by: noztril
Pronunciation: an-tahy-nohm
Sentence: His failure was a result of his antignome ambitions.
Etymology: anti + gnome
Wishper
Created by: Methylphenidateian
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Like wind as a genie she rubbed the lamp of her life, in a loudish wish, but it only came back to her as a wishper, so subtely, so soft, it was not exactly what she'd wanted; but she could accept it anyhow.
Etymology: whisper + wish = wishper
Gleepointment
Created by: Kitten3735
Pronunciation: glee POYNT ment
Sentence:
Etymology: glee + disappointment = gleepointment!
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COMMENTS:
This is a pretty good word - you should always use it in a sentence though, so that you get your full allotment of points! - Osomatic, 2007-08-24: 02:01:00
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Malony
Created by: rasumohan
Pronunciation: melanie
Sentence: wish for malony
Etymology: From Tamil
Wishappointment
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: wish-uh-point-muhnt
Sentence: Ken received his wishappointment but the transmission promptly fell out of it.
Etymology: Wish - (to hope for) disappointment - (let down)
Wishiprocation
Created by: haldean
Pronunciation: WISH-IH-PRO-KAY-SHUN
Sentence: I didn't want him to die, really; it was just a figure of speech! I wasn't counting on any wishiprocation.
Etymology: WISH - desire, want (English) RECIPROCATION - to get what one deserves (English)
