Verboticism: Humilifated

'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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Metagogy

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: MEH-tuh-goh-jee

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

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Disstiny

Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: diss-ten-ny

Sentence: The dissteney sank into her stomach as she managed to stub her toe while reaching for the china, which now lay on the tile floor in a thousands bitter sharp shards.

Etymology: from diss + destiny

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

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Humilifated

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: rhymes with humiliated

Sentence: Carole was humilifated by the continuing mishaps that plagued her.

Etymology: humiliate (to cause a painful loss of dignity) + fate (destiny)

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COMMENTS:

petaj I guess that's just the way the fortunecookiecrumbles. - petaj, 2007-03-08: 02:56:00

excellent - wordmeister, 2007-03-08: 08:23:00

Nice one! - BMott, 2007-03-08: 23:49:00

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Faytatricked

Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: Fay-ta-tricked

Sentence: Feleeny Meania was always finding herself faytatricked somehow. She begain to question herself. Had she been so mean to others that she was now being repaid by the tricks that fate was playing on her?

Etymology: Fayta: Taken in part of the word fate-Destiny, an inevitable course of events Tricked: A mischievous action; a prank

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Murphydent

Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: mør-fy-dent

Sentence: And just as he raced in to the finish-line ahead of the other's, he had a horrible murphydent; a flock of seagulls attacked his car and made him spin.

Etymology: Murphy's Law - everything that can go wrong, will go wrong. Accident - unintended error.

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Isee now that I read the definition a little wrong... Oh well, a slight murphydent. - allwise, 2007-03-08: 02:05:00

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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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Suckality

Created by: BMott

Pronunciation: Suk-al-ity

Sentence: Her last piece of toast hit the floor face down, the suckality of it caused her to shed a tear.

Etymology: Suck: Doh, life sucks sometimes. -- ality: from reALITY, which sucks sometimes.

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petaj Still it's better than a fate-ality - petaj, 2007-03-09: 02:03:00

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Scrowned

Created by: superbananaman

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I just got scrowned when my milk flew into the air and poured all over my phone and landed in my fish tank.

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Serendupity

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: serr-en-DEWP-eh-tee

Sentence: Thinking that things were actually going her way for a change, Daisy was once again struck with a bout of serendupity when karma visited her, and a sure bet turned into a total disaster.

Etymology: Blend of 'serendipity' (n. the faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident) and 'dupe' (v. to make a dupe of)

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