Verboticism: Inrage

'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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Inrage

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: inˈrājd

Sentence: Josh became inraged when his adversary convinced the boss to pull the plug on the project he had spent years developing. To just about everybody his stoneface expression disguised the seething revenge he was plotting.

Etymology: in (enclosed or surrounded by something else) + enraged (make very angry)

Points: 680

Comments: Inrage

silveryaspen - 2008-11-25: 11:48:00
Simple but wonderfully appropriate and memorable!