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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.
Verboticisms
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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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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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Scrowned
Created by: superbananaman
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I just got scrowned when my milk flew into the air and poured all over my phone and landed in my fish tank.
Etymology:
Karmagettin
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kärməgetin
Sentence: Harry seems to be surprised every time fate slaps him in the face. He refuses to change his behaviors so he keeps karmagettin the same results. Somehow this only makes him more determined to continue on the same course. Such is the life of a bulldog.
Etymology: karma (destiny or fate, following as effect from cause) + gettin (come to have or hold something; receive) a plat on Armageddon - the last battle between good and evil before the Day of Judgment
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COMMENTS:
Karmandgettit! - Nosila, 2009-09-25: 17:32:00
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Deusexmockina
Created by: FreakyDeak
Pronunciation: Dayoos-ex-mock-ee-na
Sentence:
Etymology: Deus Ex Machina + mock
Butterlife
Created by: beatriz
Pronunciation: but-er-li-fe
Sentence: after eating the bread of anxiety you can feel the butterlife in your stomach
Etymology: butter like up side down life like ruins everything, classified in the family of point of view.
Schleprocked
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: shlep-rokd
Sentence: After waking up late, tripping over the dog, burning her toast, getting a flat tire, spilling hot coffee in her lap, and being fired for being late to work, Amy was feeling quite schleprocked and decided to go back to bed. At noon.
Etymology: Schleprock - if you know who Schleprock is, you'll get it.
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COMMENTS:
I'm a big Flintstone fan. Good one! - toadstool57, 2007-03-08: 07:42:00
YABBA-DABBA-...(you know) - Alchemist, 2007-03-08: 14:42:00
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Moiraed
Created by: EonaFrae
Pronunciation: moy-raid
Sentence: Susan moiraed through the days events; life really did suck.
Etymology: Moirai [name of The Fates from Greek mythology] + ed [suffix]
Fatestration
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: fae stray tion
Sentence: There was an overall sense of fatestration at the annual singles Valentine's Day dance when no women showed.
Etymology: fate frustration
Calamiflucked
Created by: Sed8ed
Pronunciation: ka-lam-i-fluck-t
Sentence: Everytime she turned around fate threw litte problems in her path to remind her she was calamiflucked
Etymology: calami from calamity + f from "ifuseek" + lucked from luck = calamiflucked
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COMMENTS:
flucked = foul-lucked as well. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-08: 08:07:00
Right you are! - Sed8ed, 2007-03-09: 05:02:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by paintergrl1313.
Thank you paintergrl1313! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by paintergrl1313. Thank you paintergrl1313. ~ James
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