Verboticism: Bendeavor

'I don't think that I can take it!'

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.

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Yendeavourage

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: YEN-dev-Oh-RAGE

Sentence: Bob went into a yendeavourage when Roxie criticised his verboticism.

Etymology: YEN: yearning for something or to do something [syn: hankering, yen] ENDEAVOUR: a purposeful or industrious undertaking & RAGE:Especially, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering wrath; violent anger; fury.

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COMMENTS:

YEN: ENDEAVOUR: & RAGE - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-25: 05:09:00

petaj I hardly dare leave a comment for fear of verboticritique - petaj, 2008-11-25: 06:36:00

Your word and etymology are so appropriate to the definition! Admire your way with words and envy how vast your vocabulary is! I think this every day, not just today. - silveryaspen, 2008-11-25: 11:20:00

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Hulkulation

DaddyNewt

Created by: DaddyNewt

Pronunciation: hul/kyoo/LAY/shun

Sentence: As bad as the howling and furniture breaking was, Harold's hulkulation reached new levels when he started throwing cars around.

Etymology: Hulk(me angry, me smash)+ ululation(a long loud emotional utterance)

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Blament

Created by: simoneshin

Pronunciation: blah-meant

Sentence:

Etymology: blame/lament

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I like your creation. Wish you had created a sentence with it. - silveryaspen, 2008-02-06: 16:38:00

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Sufferage

Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Suff-er-ayge

Sentence: Fiona had spent months on her self portrait, so when her partner came in out of the rain with his mansize brolly he unfortunately stabbed the painting with the pointed end as he as putting it down, leaving a large hole right through the forehead. Fiona gasped and then started to howl, the sufferage she was feeling was beyond words. She was so angry she didn't know whether to hit him with the offending object or throw her masterpiece out of the window.

Etymology: Suffer(be affected by, experience something bad or unpleasant) + Rage(uncontrollable anger, a desire for revenge)

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My vote goes to 'sufferage' for today. :-) - logarithm, 2008-11-25: 06:46:00

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Heartwrench

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Hart - rentsh

Sentence: Overhearing some negative comments on the meal she served, Minerva felt it was a pesonal criticism and she felt an overpowering wave of heartwrench.

Etymology: Combination of the phrase 'heart wrenching'

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COMMENTS:

Excellent! Terrific emotional appeal! It's simplicity is equally appealing! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-06: 07:30:00

Nice & Simple! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-06: 20:59:00

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Asceticlysm

metrohumanx

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: uh-SET-uh-clizzum

Sentence: Waldo worked for a college and took a free course on "creating your own web page". In a spirit of altruism and public service, he spent three months creating the BEST eye-popping website this side of the Mississippi, with useful links to all the academic disciplines. When he submitted his labor of love to the academic dean, he was informed that "Staff don't get websites. only Faculty get websites". After a brief primal scream, an ASCETICLYSM descended upon Waldo's heart like a ton of dross. He gradually came to realize that his website made others look pallid in comparison, and after terminating his bitter employment with Bogus Community College, Waldo now sends his links one at a time - to people who can appreciate them. Attachment, loss, frustration and desire are all facets of the same glittery jewel which only result in sorrow. He's now building a scale model of the Eiffel tower - if only he can obtain enough toothpicks.

Etymology: ASCETIC+cataCLYSM=ASCETICLYSM..........ASCETIC:practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal discipline,austere in appearance, manner, or attitude;Greek askētikos, literally, laborious, from askētēs one that exercises, hermit, from askein to work, exercise.....CATACLYSM:catastrophe,a momentous and violent event marked by overwhelming upheaval and demolition ; broadly : an event that brings great changes.French cataclysme, from Latin cataclysmos, from Greek kataklysmos, from kataklyzein to inundate, from kata- + klyzein to wash.

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metrohumanx WOW! Copy and paste this into your address bar: http://www1.pacific.edu/eng/faculty/jking/toothpicks.html - metrohumanx, 2008-11-25: 10:45:00

metrohumanx ...then "GO" - metrohumanx, 2008-11-25: 10:52:00

Hey I still have one more vote left! Guess who am I voting for? ;-) - logarithm, 2008-11-25: 20:47:00

Very impressive verboticism and etymology! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-26: 03:57:00

Terrific - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-27: 02:09:00

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Heartwringer

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: HART-ringr

Sentence: It was yet another heartwringer for Miriam, leaving her feeling crushed, and somewhat revengeful when her boyfriend Delbert told her her upside down cake looked right side up, her apple tarts were bland, and her teriyaki was teriyucky.

Etymology: Blend of heart and wringer..."a painful, difficult, or tiring experience; ordeal"

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Macarthurparkininsons

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: mak arth ur park in sons

Sentence: Out for a walk in Mac Arthur Park, Phoebe tried to forget about the lovely cake she had just made. Although it took so long to bake it, her brother had destroyed it. He was not well and had macarthurparkinsoned the hapless confection. Melting in the dark, all the sweet green icing flowing down...those lyrics made as little sense to him as this does to us...

Etymology: MacArthur Park (song by Jimmy Webb) & Parkinson's Disease (a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination)

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artr I like it, even with the extra \"in\". - artr, 2010-04-26: 12:00:00

Sweet use of that "someone left the cake out in the rain" song! - splendiction, 2010-04-26: 22:06:00

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Angsterdamnation

seniouxa13

Created by: seniouxa13

Pronunciation: angs-ter-dam-ney-shun

Sentence: Nooohh!! My boyfriend got my sister pregnant and they eloped to who-knows-where!! If I find them, they're going to experience my eternal angsterdamnation!!! *sniff* I'm going to write an emo poem now...

Etymology: From angst(having intense feelings of sadness and insecurity) and damnation(subjected to being damned)

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-06: 11:54:00

Dramatic sentence and word! Devilishly good! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-06: 15:46:00

No dutch comforthere! Intresting word;luv the sentence! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-06: 16:06:00

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Wreckmyopusitis

Created by: dlxwdave

Pronunciation: reck-mai-oh-pus-itis

Sentence: I spend all my life building beautiful sandcastles, and all you do is send waves to give me wreckmyopusitis.

Etymology: wreck my + opus + itis

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COMMENTS:

A tongue twister - but a good one! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-06: 21:01:00

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