Verboticisms

Created by: graypenguin

Pronunciation: re-al-i-trick

Sentence: He was up all night writing that paper only to realize that his printer was out of ink. One of life's cruel little realitricks...

Etymology: reality + trick

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: rhymes with thankful

Sentence: Emma was eternally prankful as she always seemed to be getting the rough end of the pineapple when it came to life's little ups and downs.

Etymology: prank + thankful

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: kahr-krool-mah

Sentence: Don't cry over spilled milk and that's how the cookie crumbles - typical comments she would blurt out when bouts of karcruelma occurred.

Etymology: karma + cruel

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Created by: jesster

Pronunciation: Moi -ron - ic

Sentence: Jody was thrilled when she discovered the beautiful antique cabinet at a yard sale for only $2. She spent the entire drive home planning how she would arrange her Hummel figurines in it. It was overwhelmingly moironic that when she arrived home, she found that her house had burned to the ground. All that was left of her extensive collection was a melted puddle of kitch.

Etymology: Moira ( Fate in Greek and Roman mythology, any of three goddesses who determined human destinies, and in particular the span of a person's life and his allotment of misery and suffering) + ironic

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COMMENTS:

great story - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-07: 12:33:00

That is a brilliant story, but I'm afraid I can't vote for this, because you used the word "ironic" incorrectly (thank you Alanis Morisette). - Pseudonym, 2007-09-08: 05:08:00

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Created by: ScrabbledEgg

Pronunciation: chan-tag-uh-nahyzd

Sentence: Unfortunately, on the one day in the last year that she forgot to hang her parking pass, an eager, new tow company employee was patrolling the lot; yet she refused to feel chantagonized as she took a cab home that evening.

Etymology: chance + antagonized

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Created by: leomar

Pronunciation: la-ta-ma-hi-mo

Sentence: a word that describes "we can do nothing" la-ta-ma-hi-mo

Etymology: la, ta, mahimo

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Created by: Hyperion

Pronunciation: In-im-ist-a-tion. I'm not very experienced with pronunciation guides, but I hope that helps...

Sentence: She felt utter despair at the inimistation that Destiny has dealt her today.. When would this day end?

Etymology: An amalgamation of the Latin word for unfair and the Greek word for fate, in the a vague sort of way. It is also related to inimical, with station referring to a place in life. The description continues in the Comments section of this Verboticism.

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I hope this qualifies... The spelling's a little odd, though... - Hyperion, 2007-09-09: 08:34:00

I've changed the spelling of the word, and refined its meaning. Continuing on the description... Therefore, it means both an unfair fate and a part of life that's bad for you, as well as a feeling of inimicality in relation to the world and frustration with it. Clever, huh? - Hyperion, 2007-09-09: 08:53:00

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Created by: Syzygy

Pronunciation: Resi-stent-ialism

Sentence: Resistentialism is a theory in which inanimate objects display hostile desires towards human beings

Etymology: Resist and Existentialism

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Created by: trioptimum

Pronunciation: in-dis-crim-uhn-ISH-uhn

Sentence: Whenever he started to think that maybe his life had some kind of guided purpose, he would always be provided with an indiscrimonition to the contrary.

Etymology: indiscriminate (without selectiveness) + admonition (cautionary advice or warning)

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Created by: ConnyWesth

Pronunciation: Murfish

Sentence: Murphys law (everything that can be screwed up, really does) + ish (feeling)

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

Murphious could also be a good word for this. - ConnyWesth, 2007-09-09: 10:12:00

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