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'That idiot has finally been fired?'

DEFINITION: n. A mixture of delight and guilt felt when a colleague, whom you despise, suffers a misfortune. v. To feel bad about feeling good when something bad happens to someone who is definitely not good.

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Happity

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: hap-pity

Sentence: Lucy was overcome with happityness when her nemesis, Brittany, fell face down on the 50 yard line in front of the whole school and broke her tiara. On one hand, it was terrible that someone sabotaged the float she was riding on. On the other hand, just because she was the homecoming queen, head cheerleader, class president, valedictorian, pretty, popular and dating Brad the quarterback -- who did she think she was, anyway?

Etymology: happy (happiness) + pity

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Chuckle! - splendiction, 2009-10-09: 22:02:00

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Yippeevil

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: yip-ee-vul

Sentence: after he finished his happy dance he couldn't help but feel a little yippeevil

Etymology: yippee, evil

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COMMENTS:

petaj sounds a bit like Hoorateful - petaj, 2007-03-23: 03:12:00

I think his dance was the pox trot. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-23: 05:49:00

followed by the tangotohell.. - rikboyee, 2007-03-24: 01:41:00

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Deguilt

Created by: joshms

Pronunciation: de-guilt

Sentence: Sandra had got him fired yet felt bad too. She was suffering with a classic case of deguilt.

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Karmalevolence

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /kahr-muh-LEV-uh-lents/

Sentence: Almost all of the women in the office thought Dean, the assistant manager, was a cheauvanistic jerk — he was just a creep. When he was eventually fired, he was escorted out of the office by security, his box of belongings in-hand. As the door closed behind him, everyone exchanged surprized glances, but a couple of the women recognized the look of karmalevolence on Jennifer's face. She was ecstatic that he was gone, but she suddenly wondered if any of her complaints to HR had anything to do with it... and if he had any kids. 'Oh well', she thought, as she marked a big smiley face on today's date on her desk calendar.

Etymology: Karma - in Buddhism, the sum of a person's actions in one life, which determine his form in the next (from Sanskrit, karman "action, fate") + Malevolence - feeling of ill will toward another person or thing (from Latin, malevolentem "bad wish")

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COMMENTS:

Great blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-17: 02:55:00

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Rueglee

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: ROO-glee

Sentence: Miranda was struck with rueglee over the sudden misfortune that came to her friend Louise, the woman she loves to hate.

Etymology: Blend of 'Rue' (v. to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterl and 'Glee' (n. open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation)

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wow. much better than my own. - chaok, 2012-07-19: 19:16:00

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Schadenfraud

Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: shawd-en-frawd

Sentence: When the guy who dumped her wound up on the front page for his incredible feat of having fallen out a third story window and barely survived, Mimi, who was invited to his funeral, was incredibly overcome with shadenfraud when she had to play nice to his friends and family.

Etymology: fraud (fake, deceiving) + schadenfreude (german for happiness at the misfortune of others -- something we are all guilty of)

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Sympaglee

Created by: ShaggE

Pronunciation:

Sentence: "I felt a bit of sympaglee when the guy who kept stealing my pens was fired."

Etymology: Sympathy+ Glee

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COMMENTS:

Good word! Totally understandable without a Verbotomy dictionary. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-23: 14:30:00

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Combpinelation

Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: com/pine/ee/lay/shun

Sentence: Combpinelation is the sweet feeling you get when your arch enemy loses in musical chairs.

Etymology: combination + pine + elation

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Regretaspitlicious

Created by: mana1066

Pronunciation: re-gret-a-spit-lish-us

Sentence: Trying to hide my regretaspitlicious smile, i shook his hand as he left the office.

Etymology: regretfully + spite +delicious

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COMMENTS:

dunno why i wanted to add delicious in there. - mana1066, 2007-03-27: 00:20:00

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Shaftenfreude

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: schft en froy deh

Sentence: Her shaftenfreude evaporated when the parting words of her blubbing ex-colleague were "and now the bastard wants to see you!"

Etymology: schadenfreude, shaft

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COMMENTS:

love it - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-16: 12:30:00

Another great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-17: 02:55:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-03-23: 00:57:00
Today's definition was suggested by Discoveria.
Thank you Discoveria! ~ James

Discoveria - 2007-03-23: 10:56:00
That was quick...

ErWenn - 2007-03-23: 10:56:00
Don't really know how to top schuldeshadenfreude here.

mplsbohemian - 2007-03-24: 22:20:00
The trouble is that there is a word for this in English: schadenfreude.

Discoveria - 2007-03-26: 12:07:00
I've been told already. catgrin and James decided that schadenfreude refers to the satisfaction, and this verboticism refers to feeling guilt over having that satisfaction.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-03-26: 23:54:00
Hey mplsbohemian, Alchemist summed it up nicely with etymology for Guiltenfreude: "schadenfreude (pleasure at the misfortune of others) with guilt."

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-10-09: 00:12:00
Today's definition was suggested by Discoveria. Thank you Discoveria. ~ James