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'I don't think that I can take it!'

DEFINITION: n., The deep feeling of despair, pain, and swelling need for revenge, which occurs when someone thoughtlessly trashes one of your pet projects. v., To cry out at the injustice of it all, especially if it is someone else's fault.

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Angsquish

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: angskwish

Sentence: With two coworkers vying for the soon-to-retire Director’s job, every pet project Julie tried to protect turned into more angsquish.

Etymology: anguish (severe mental or physical pain or suffering) + squish (yield easily to pressure when squeezed or squashed)

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Heartwringer

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: HART-ringr

Sentence: It was yet another heartwringer for Miriam, leaving her feeling crushed, and somewhat revengeful when her boyfriend Delbert told her her upside down cake looked right side up, her apple tarts were bland, and her teriyaki was teriyucky.

Etymology: Blend of heart and wringer..."a painful, difficult, or tiring experience; ordeal"

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Recipatrocity

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: reh/si/pa/traw/sitee

Sentence: "All the sweet green icing flowing down" she wailed. "no matter that you look like Harry Potter, I demand recipatrocity" " "Also you'll have to pay for drycleaning because the green icing turned my yellow cotton dress blue."

Etymology: recipe + atrocity + reciprocity

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COMMENTS:

Excellent choice of three words then so cleverly blended! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-06: 07:15:00

great word and I don't even know Pat - galwaywegian, 2008-02-06: 07:43:00

Love the sentence; great word blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-06: 16:42:00

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Yendeavourage

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: YEN-dev-Oh-RAGE

Sentence: Bob went into a yendeavourage when Roxie criticised his verboticism.

Etymology: YEN: yearning for something or to do something [syn: hankering, yen] ENDEAVOUR: a purposeful or industrious undertaking & RAGE:Especially, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering wrath; violent anger; fury.

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COMMENTS:

YEN: ENDEAVOUR: & RAGE - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-25: 05:09:00

petaj I hardly dare leave a comment for fear of verboticritique - petaj, 2008-11-25: 06:36:00

Your word and etymology are so appropriate to the definition! Admire your way with words and envy how vast your vocabulary is! I think this every day, not just today. - silveryaspen, 2008-11-25: 11:20:00

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Wreckmyopusitis

Created by: dlxwdave

Pronunciation: reck-mai-oh-pus-itis

Sentence: I spend all my life building beautiful sandcastles, and all you do is send waves to give me wreckmyopusitis.

Etymology: wreck my + opus + itis

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COMMENTS:

A tongue twister - but a good one! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-06: 21:01:00

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Emoterise

Created by: Dougalistic

Pronunciation: E-moat-er-eyes

Sentence: So cut my wrists and black my eyes. So I can fall asleep tonight, or die. Because you kill me. You know you do, you kill me well. You like it too, and I can tell. You never stop until my final breath is gone.' OMG I hate my life!! why am I emoterised!!!' .. Errr Sarah, it's just a nail..

Etymology: Emo - Short for 'emotional', also a genre of music which depicts death and pain and basically want to end your life music.

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COMMENTS:

Rude drivers, and careless ones on their cell phones, certainly emoterise this driver! I will certainly use this word, this way, a lot. Great creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-06: 07:36:00

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Mccarthuryism

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: mik karth uree izm

Sentence: Susan's despair at having her cake left out in the rain enflamed her animosity towards Jimmy and in a spurt of mcarthuryism, she vowed never to make a cake for him again. From now on, all he would get would be cow pies.

Etymology: MacArthur (Park, as in the lyrics to this song...a park in Los Angeles named after Douglas MacArthur) & McCarthyism (unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty, named after Joseph McCarthy,United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908-1957))

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Despervengeance

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: des/per/ven/juhs/ns

Sentence: When Molly found out that her brother destroyed her science project, she went into a fit of desparvengeance, blindly trashing everything in his room.

Etymology: DESPERVENGEANCE - noun - from DESPERATION (recklessness arising from despair) + VENGEANCE (infliction of injury, harm, or humiliation, on a person as pay back)

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Sorrowl

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Created by: zrotv

Pronunciation: sŭ'roul

Sentence: When Jenny discovered that none of her data had been backed up before the catastrophic system failure, she let out a deep, guttural sorrowl which could be heard echoing throughout the neighborhood. David heard the cry penetrating his walls, almost a block away, and wondered if perhaps there was a birthing bovine somewhere in the area.

Etymology: SORROW (Mental suffering or pain caused by injury, loss, or despair.) + HOWL (To utter or emit a long, mournful, plaintive sound)

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Inrage

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: inˈrājd

Sentence: Josh became inraged when his adversary convinced the boss to pull the plug on the project he had spent years developing. To just about everybody his stoneface expression disguised the seething revenge he was plotting.

Etymology: in (enclosed or surrounded by something else) + enraged (make very angry)

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COMMENTS:

Simple but wonderfully appropriate and memorable! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-25: 11:48:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-06: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by Dougalistic. Thank you Dougalistic. ~ James

libertybelle libertybelle - 2008-02-06: 12:36:00
perfect visual with the drawing for today!!And i understand that old song a little better, too!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-06: 13:12:00
Yes, the sweet green icing is flowing down... Oh no!!!!!! ~ James

silveryaspen - 2008-02-06: 16:05:00
The face and fists were an excellent portrayal of her anger and frustration! I tried to match that drama in your caricature with the words in my sentence. Very inspiring!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-07: 03:25:00
And I will never have that recipe again! Thank you silveryaspen! ~ James

silveryaspen - 2008-11-25: 11:53:00
So many great creates every day by such excellent wordsmiths, that I have trouble voting because it's hard to limit my choice for best to just two! I'm also amazed at all the new creations for the temporary re-run of old definitions! Almost proves everything is better the second time around!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-04-26: 00:06:00
Today's definition was suggested by Dougalistic. Thank you Dougalistic. ~ James