Verboticism: Disalopine
DEFINITION: v. To get what you wished for, but not exactly what you wanted. n. A wish come true that's a total let down.
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Obliteraled
Created by: jboehnker
Pronunciation: uh blit' er eld
Sentence: Bob's hopes were obliteraled the moment he saw the twelve-inch pianist appear; the genie had obviously misheard his wish.
Etymology: obliterated + literal
Wishysquashy
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: wishēskwäshē
Sentence: Wendel and Joanne are almost a perfect couple. Every time he presents one of his wishywashy ideas she is all too willing to give it a wishysquashy treatment. Should he ask for a back rub, she will give him one that leaves him with such a backache that he wishes he had never asked.
Etymology: wishy-washy (feeble or insipid in quality or character; lacking strength or boldness) + squash (firmly reject)
Rueverie
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: roo ver ree
Sentence: Noah was no stranger to heartache and yearning. When he spotted the pretty brunette in the park, he was filled with a sense of awe and hope. His hopes of happily-ever-after quickly faded to rueverie when she gave him heck for staring at her. His dreams were further crashed when the voice which assailed his ears was that of a man...
Etymology: Rue (feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about) & Reverie (an abstracted state of absorption;absent-minded dreaming while awake;a sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment)
Incogric
Created by: IHeartKiwiTarts
Pronunciation: "in-cog-rick"
Sentence: isn't it incogrick?
Etymology:
Snarecastle
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: SNARE cass el
Sentence: I got caught in another snarecastle in the grocery store when I saw a beautiful woman looking at me and then after I smiled at her, realized she thought I worked in the store.
Etymology: SNARE: trap AIRCASTLE" head in the clouds, dreams, fantasies
Yearnspurn
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His yearnspurn was: finally getting the director's job and a big raise, but getting transferred to the Arctic circle office.
Etymology: yearn + spurn
Foolfilment
Created by: sisternyx
Pronunciation: fool-fil-ment
Sentence: Jim wished for a vacation but his foolfillment was that he was fired Friday.
Etymology: fully fooled
Giftmiffed
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: gift-mift
Sentence: The red Ferrari was great, as far as it went. However,the fact that it was 3 inches long and in a little plastic box left Nigel feeling distinctly giftmiffed
Etymology: gift + miffed (unhappy, disappointed)