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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.

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Draggravation

Top verboticism of the day 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

Created by: Osomatic.

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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Murpholated: /Mirf-oh-late-id/ 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. Created by: Jeaneai.

Moironic: /Moi -ron - ic/ 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 Created by: jesster.

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

Murphish: /Murfish/ Murphys law (everything that can be screwed up, really does) + ish (feeling) Etymology: Created by: ConnyWesth.

Comments:

Murphious could also be a good word for this. - ConnyWesth, 2007-09-09: 10:12:00

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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!

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