Verboticism: Repolinder
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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Karmosity
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: karm/os/ity
Sentence: I'm filled with karmosity when I drop a coin and it rolls into the sewer, the bread lands peanut butter side down, or the milk I just bought is sour.
Etymology: karma + animosity
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COMMENTS:
try to keep karm. - galwaywegian, 2007-03-08: 04:46:00
Be careful not to slip on the peanut butter bread and end up karmatose - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-08: 13:32:00
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Karmargarine
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kar mar jar een
Sentence: Destiny just knew when her perfect new husband's ex showed up at their wedding reception, it was not only as a guest, but as a date for him. Once again, Destiny's karmargarine was at work. Buttered toast side down on a dirty carpet...the fuzzy end of the lollipop...what's a four letter word starting with an "F"...oh yeah, FATE!
Etymology: Karma (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation)& Margarine (a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter)
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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COMMENTS:
Still it's better than a fate-ality - petaj, 2007-03-09: 02:03:00
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Murphancholy
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈmɚfənˌkɑli/
Sentence: Murphancholy is as likely to be triggered by the Peter Principle, Hofstadter's Law, Godwin's Law, or other force of irony than by Murphy's Law itself.
Etymology: From Murphy (as in Murphy's Law) + melancholy
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COMMENTS:
Nice. - wordmeister, 2007-03-08: 01:06:00
A very good combo! - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-08: 04:49:00
Gotta give you credit (and a vote) for the fancypants linguistic markings in the pronunciation. - Osomatic, 2007-03-08: 05:40:00
Woo! I knew all that time fiddling with the IPA charts would pay off. - ErWenn, 2007-03-08: 17:35:00
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Failtalism
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: fail tall ism
Sentence: Mary was hit by a feeling of failtalism when she realized that yet again she was not going to be Cinderella at the ball.
Etymology: from fail and faitalism
Dismet
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dis-met
Sentence: Janene got a bonus of $100 for her hard work on one of her accounts. Her car broke down on the way home and it cost her $300 to get it fixed. She made some extra money at a part-time job and spent all of it on the speeding ticket she got hurrying to get there on time. It's just another of life's cruel jokes. It's dismet!
Etymology: dis (rap slang, short for disrespect) + kismet (fate; destiny)
Fateism
Created by: bobditty
Pronunciation: fate ism
Sentence: Due to fateism, bob had seven years of bad luck because he broke a mirror
Etymology: fate- destiny ism- randomness
Fateality
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: fayt-al-i-ty
Sentence: Sitting at his desk, Joe contemplated his fateality when he realized that he wasn't still dreaming and he really didn't have his pants on.
Etymology: reality: quality and state of things being true + fate: supposed force or princible that predetermines events + fatality: a decree made by fate or the quality of being doomed by disaster
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COMMENTS:
There's sale down the street he should go to where pants are half off! - Nosila, 2009-09-25: 17:36:00
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Kickmet
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kikmet
Sentence: Harry believes in kismet. Unfortunately he often ends up with kickmet instead.
Etymology: kismet (fate) + kick (strike or propel forcibly with the foot)
Serendipiteous
Created by: swallowedbyafish
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: serendipity + piteous
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COMMENTS:
I really like this word, but it would be much better with a sentence... - petaj, 2007-03-09: 02:18:00
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