Verboticism: Inconstration

'The toast fell butter-side down.'

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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Inconstration

Created by: Nettle

Pronunciation: in-kon-STRAY-shun

Sentence: To Percy's great inconstration, the cat knocked his glass of cola onto his carefully-completed passport application form.

Etymology: In as a negatory + contentment + frustration = inconstration

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