Verboticism: Hulkulation
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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Retriblabtion
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: re-tre-blab-shen
Sentence: It became easier and easier for Kimbery's co-workers to ignore her muttered retriblabtion. "At first you learn how to anticipate how she will deflect responsibility; then you learn to ignore her" Said Zinnia. Kimberly responded as expected: "Oh, she would say that. She hasn't been having to deal with what I go through on a daily basis. She wouldn't be able to handle it."
Etymology: retribution (repayment) + blab (excessive talk)
Blament
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: blāment
Sentence: Gerry*s office has little interest in solving problems. The workers seem to want to blament more than fix, point fingers more than point the way.
Etymology: blame (assign responsibility for a fault or wrong) + lament (a passionate expression of grief or sorrow)
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COMMENTS:
I blament the claim that severe earthquakes are caused by womens' immodesty! - splendiction, 2010-04-26: 22:10:00
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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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COMMENTS:
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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Mccarthuryism
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mik karth uree izm
Sentence: Susan's despair at having her cake left out in the rain enflamed her animosity towards Jimmy and in a spurt of mcarthuryism, she vowed never to make a cake for him again. From now on, all he would get would be cow pies.
Etymology: MacArthur (Park, as in the lyrics to this song...a park in Los Angeles named after Douglas MacArthur) & McCarthyism (unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty, named after Joseph McCarthy,United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908-1957))
Thwartitis
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: thwart itis
Sentence: Jerome experienced acute thwartitis when his sand castle was struck by an errant beach ball
Etymology: From thwart, and itis (implying inflammation)
Recipatrocity
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: reh/si/pa/traw/sitee
Sentence: "All the sweet green icing flowing down" she wailed. "no matter that you look like Harry Potter, I demand recipatrocity" " "Also you'll have to pay for drycleaning because the green icing turned my yellow cotton dress blue."
Etymology: recipe + atrocity + reciprocity
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COMMENTS:
Is that her father? She might go for recipatricidity - petaj, 2008-11-25: 06:44:00
great suggestion petaj - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-25: 11:09:00
Kitchen chemistry to cook up a neat word that very much captures the definition! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-25: 11:45:00
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Hulkulation
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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Pursurity
Created by: ElCappa
Pronunciation: Purse-urity.
Sentence: A sense of pursurity came over me as I watched the construction worker tear down my treehouse. I was pursurious at the thought that a human could dash another man's labours into the ground.
Etymology: Pursuit - A quest or undertaking. Pursue - Chase (for vengeance) Furiosity - Vengeful rage
Angsquish
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: angskwish
Sentence: With two coworkers vying for the soon-to-retire Director’s job, every pet project Julie tried to protect turned into more angsquish.
Etymology: anguish (severe mental or physical pain or suffering) + squish (yield easily to pressure when squeezed or squashed)
Despervengeance
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: des/per/ven/juhs/ns
Sentence: When Molly found out that her brother destroyed her science project, she went into a fit of despervengeance, blinding trashing everything in his room.
Etymology: desperation (despair) + vengeance
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COMMENTS:
nice very nice!!!!!!!!! - purpleman, 2008-02-06: 19:58:00
your welcome i made thee in first and if u see this tonight me getting desperst ti your class tomarow - purpleman, 2008-02-06: 19:59:00
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