Verboticism: Inrage
DEFINITION: n., The deep feeling of despair, pain, and swelling need for revenge, which occurs when someone thoughtlessly trashes one of your pet projects. v., To cry out at the injustice of it all, especially if it is someone else's fault.
Inrage
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: inˈrājd
Sentence: Josh became inraged when his adversary convinced the boss to pull the plug on the project he had spent years developing. To just about everybody his stoneface expression disguised the seething revenge he was plotting.
Etymology: in (enclosed or surrounded by something else) + enraged (make very angry)
Points: 689
Comments: Inrage
silveryaspen - 2008-11-25: 11:48:00
Simple but wonderfully appropriate and memorable!