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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.
Verboticisms
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Elatshame
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: e/lay/shame
Sentence: "There's Joe that no good rotten pig. I wish he would die!!!" thought Jenny as Joe entered the office. At that moment, Joe tripped, fell and hit his head. Jenny was shocked, surprised and filled with elatshame.
Etymology: ELATSHAME - noun - from - ELATION (an exhilarating psychological state) + SHAME (the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, or improper)
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COMMENTS:
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-16: 12:33:00
too bad jenny mistook joe for george. - stache, 2008-06-16: 23:59:00
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Uglee
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: ug + lee
Sentence: I couldn't help but feel some uglee when the boss chewed out that jerk Bob.
Etymology: ugly + glee
Kooney
Created by: ABunnell
Pronunciation:
Sentence: You know you were kooney when she got fired.
Etymology:
Foemotional
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: foh - moshun - ul
Sentence: Genevieve felt foemotional when Sally lost her job. Even though she was her colleague, Genevieve did not like her and pretended to be sad when she cleaned out her desk...
Etymology: foe, emotional
Smykowskipathy
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /sməˈkaʊskəpəˌθi/
Sentence: I was filled with smykowskipathy, for it was the only time the judge's decided in my favor and als the only time that I didn't deserve it.
Etymology: From Tom Smykowski (the annoying coworker from _Office Space_ who suffers a nasty accident) and -pathy (as in sympathy and empathy)
Guiltglee
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: GUILT+GLEE
Sentence: He is so full of false pride about being assigned the new position, I will be so full of guiltglee if his first big assignment is a flop.
Etymology: GUILT+GLEE
Coolamity
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kool am it ee
Sentence: It wasn't that Jane wasn't fond of Bill...no, she absolutely hated him.He had started after her, for more money and she had to train him. To top that, he got a promotion and big raise that should have been hers. While she slaved away ensuring that the project was completed on time, he swanned off to join the boss for golf every Wednesday afternoon. That Bill was just schmoozing his way into the old boys' network and she was left behind to do all the work! This Wednesday things had changed, as if in answer to Jane's prayers. After the "boys" went off for their weekly golf game, a dreadful storm had blown in. At the 15th hole, Bill had been struck dead by lightening and perished. Jane's reaction, between crocodile tears, was one of coolamity...now they'd have to promote her to fill Bill's place. She liked that...her new name would be Coolamity Jane!
Etymology: Cool ( psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike or great coolness and composure under strain) & Amity (a state of friendship and cordiality) & Calamity (an event resulting in great loss and misfortune)
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COMMENTS:
Doesn't seem a fairway to go? Enjoyed your sentence; cool word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-17: 02:58:00
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Melanjolly
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: mel-uhn-jol-ee
Sentence: Joyce had a case of menanjolly when she heard that her major rival was being let go over a conflict of interest issue. The fact that she had presented him with the opportunity to do so pinged on her conscience just a little, but she got over that quickly.
Etymology: melancholy (depressed, sad) + jolly (laughing, joyful)
Comments:
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.
Hey mplsbohemian, Alchemist summed it up nicely with etymology for Guiltenfreude: "schadenfreude (pleasure at the misfortune of others) with guilt."
Today's definition was suggested by Discoveria. Thank you Discoveria. ~ James