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DEFINITION: To get what you wished for, but not exactly what you wanted.

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Pink

Created by: sunnaaa

Pronunciation: ..

Sentence: ..

Etymology: ...

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Disappgot

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: dis-uhp-got

Sentence: He felt like Fred Flintstone, with that "wah, wah, wah, wahhhhh" sound in the background when she made eye contact with him, but flipped him the bird curtly. He skulked home disappgotten again, but far better than being totally ignored.

Etymology: disappoint + got

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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

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Inadblurtment

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Created by: joelb

Pronunciation: in-ad-BLERT-ment

Sentence: Jesse provoked Samantha's inadblurtment by consistantly agreeing with all of her likes and dislikes.

Etymology: inadvertant + blurt + statement

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Malony

Created by: rasumohan

Pronunciation: melanie

Sentence: wish for malony

Etymology: From Tamil

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Leprechaunsequence

Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Lep-ruh-KON-suh-kwence

Sentence: The little dude in the green coat and hat seemed so friendly at first, but the leprechaunsequence of asking for "a hot chick" was a bucket of KFC original recipe.

Etymology: Leprechaun (magical being) + consequence.

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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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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)

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Dreamcomepooh

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: dreem-kum-poo

Sentence: It was a dreamcomepooh for Bob when he won an all-expenses paid vacation... to Newark.

Etymology: dream come true, pooh

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COMMENTS:

Also sounds like "nincumpoop". - mplsbohemian, 2007-08-24: 10:19:00

I noticed that too. I was probably subliminally inspired by one of my recent brainfarts. - purpleartichokes, 2007-08-24: 10:28:00

Very Catchy! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-02: 23:20:00

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Frustratisfied

Created by: alabaster

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I needed a place to stay tonight, but getting arrested for credit card fraud at the hotel was not what I had in mind.

Etymology: frustrated + satisfied

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