Verboticism: Dayscreaming
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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Mishwish
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: mish-wish
Sentence: Jonny was playing his song on the street corner when he closed his eyes and mishwished for a huge hit. The last thing he heard was a roar and screech, which he imagined as a crowd of fans. Unfortunately, it was a cement truck and it didn't stop until it hit the wall behind him.
Etymology: mistaken wish
Wishwreck
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: wuish - rek
Sentence: Oliver was the victim of a wishwreck this week. This often happened to him. He would build up a fantasy about something or someone in his mind and when he finally got what he wanted, reality was often disappointing.
Etymology: wish, wreck
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COMMENTS:
Reality is for those who lack imagination - artr, 2009-07-28: 09:39:00
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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
Genieatall
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: jee nee at all
Sentence: Norbert was one smart, shy dude, but the ladies viewed him as a geek. One day he found a brass lamp and imagining himself to be Alladin, he rubbed it. A big blue genie floated out of the lamp and told Norbert he could have 3 wishes. Norbert's first wish was to look handsome, but have dark curly hair. Poof he got his wish. His second request was to be able to sing well and play the guitar...Poof, he became musical! His third wish was to have a sense of humour, so that he could talk to the ladies. Poof, he developed a ribald, ascerbic wit! He was so delighted that he went up to the first gorgeous girl he saw and started chatting her up. She reeled back in horror and said, "You're Weird Al Yankovic and you are way too old for me!" Norbert picked up the now vacant lamp and cursed it! "You're no genieatall and why are those Candid Camera people following me?"
Etymology: Genie (a spirit who lives in a lamp. The one who finds it rubs the lamp and gets 3 wishes, before the spirit can be freed from the lamp.) & At All (in the slightest degree or in any respect) Also wordplay on genital (of the sex organs) to which many wishes allude...
Disdreamay
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: diss-dreem-may
Sentence: She couldn't wait to get her new Ken doll for Christmas but suffered much disdreamay when she discovered that he had plastic hair and not flowing real hair like Barbie.
Etymology: dismay (thwarted, disappointed) + dream (wish, hope)
Desiregret
Created by: FreakyDeak
Pronunciation: De-zi-er-ee-gret
Sentence:
Etymology:
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)
Suckseed
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: suk seeeeeed
Sentence: Finally he suckseeded in getting her attention. Unfortunately, he also got the attention of her rottweiler
Etymology: succeed, suck
Desirefluous
Created by: thedreness
Pronunciation: Dee-zigh-err-flu-us
Sentence: To gaze into her yearning eyes longingly was sufficient. To have her boyfriend come from their table to mine to ask me if I had a problem was desirefluous...
Etymology: Desire + Superfluous
