Verboticism: Karmargarine

'The toast fell butter-side down.'

DEFINITION: n. The feeling you get when fate plays a stupid little trick on you, just to remind you that life isn't fair. v. To suddenly remember that you've been screwed by the powers that be.

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Dismet

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: dis-met

Sentence: Janene got a bonus of $100 for her hard work on one of her accounts. Her car broke down on the way home and it cost her $300 to get it fixed. She made some extra money at a part-time job and spent all of it on the speeding ticket she got hurrying to get there on time. It's just another of life's cruel jokes. It's dismet!

Etymology: dis (rap slang, short for disrespect) + kismet (fate; destiny)

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Karmaslapped

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: car-mah-slapt

Sentence: Jill was having one of those days when nothing was going right and she felt completely karmaslapped.

Etymology: karma (fate) + slapped (i.e. bitchslapped)

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COMMENTS:

Been there...got the haircut. - urbanwookie, 2007-04-01: 19:50:00

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Repolinder

Created by: mana1066

Pronunciation: ri'po'lin'der

Sentence: I was completely repolindered at the sight of the mess, causing a dramatic outbreak

Etymology: repo as in reposession of sanity + 'inder as in reminder

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Schlumpchumped

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: SHLUMP-chump'd

Sentence: Just my luck, thought Irving, as his car key broke off in the door lock. Schlumpchumped again! Thanks God!

Etymology: schlump + chump

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Metagogy

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: MEH-tuh-goh-jee

Sentence:

Etymology: meta- ("beyond") + [peda]gogy ("the study of teaching")

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Stinkendipitous

Created by: lauramy

Pronunciation: stink-uhn-dip-i-tuhs

Sentence: The toast incident was just another in a never ending chain of stinkendipitous occurences.

Etymology: stink + serendipitous

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Sucktion

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: suk/shun

Sentence: Sucktion is the feeling I get when I log in and see so many clever words already submitted

Etymology: suck + suction

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COMMENTS:

hear ya - porsche, 2007-03-08: 12:04:00

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Fatestration

Mrgoodtimes

Created by: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: fae stray tion

Sentence: There was an overall sense of fatestration at the annual singles Valentine's Day dance when no women showed.

Etymology: fate frustration

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Kharmalized

Created by: tommyboy

Pronunciation: kar-muh-lize-duh

Sentence: after a day of repeated jinxes, my fortune was kharmalized with a slip in the shower.

Etymology: play on words/hominym

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Karmagettin

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kärməgetin

Sentence: Harry seems to be surprised every time fate slaps him in the face. He refuses to change his behaviors so he keeps karmagettin the same results. Somehow this only makes him more determined to continue on the same course. Such is the life of a bulldog.

Etymology: karma (destiny or fate, following as effect from cause) + gettin (come to have or hold something; receive) a plat on Armageddon - the last battle between good and evil before the Day of Judgment

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COMMENTS:

Karmandgettit! - Nosila, 2009-09-25: 17:32:00

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