Verboticism: Serendemonty

'The toast fell butter-side down.'

DEFINITION: The feeling you get when fate plays a stupid little trick on you, just to remind you that life isn't fair.

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Serendemonty

Created by: Nicked

Pronunciation: ser' en dem' mon tee

Sentence: When I typed the final keystroke on my thesis and jubilantly threw up my hands thereby sending my laptop crashing to the floor broken beyond repair, I knew serendemonty was at work.

Etymology: "sere____ty" from serendipity--"the ability of making fortunate discoveries by accident" "demon" from demon--"an evil spirit"

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