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DEFINITION: v. To see joy and beauty where others only see complications, trouble and weeds. n. A moment of delight which dissipates as soon as it is shared.
Verboticisms
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Utopiaint
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: yew-TOPE-e-aynt
Sentence: Finding joy and beauty where most others found only ugliness, Little Melanie's eden was in fact, a utopiaint.
Etymology: Blend of 'utopia' (a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions) and 'ain't' (am not : are not : is not)
Blissmourn
Created by: kashman
Pronunciation: blees-mourn
Sentence: Amy had a long chat with super-cute Ryan after Miss Morgan's History class. Amy was delighted and came home feeling all giddy because she had a crush on Ryan since Hayden broke up with her few months ago. She excitedly went to her sister April's room (who was an year senior) and told her about Ryan, but April started laughing and told Amy that Ryan only date guys. Hearing this Amy suffered from a strong feeling of blissmourn and her romantic dreams about Ryan were squashed.
Etymology: Bliss (complete happiness) + Mourn (express feeling of grief after a loss)
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COMMENTS:
Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 00:27:00
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Opticynic
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: äptəsinik
Sentence: Gloria is a true football fan. Her favorite team doesn’t give her much to cheer about. She is an opticynic whenever something good happens. If her team scores a touchdown she starts to celebrate but immediately expects and looks for a penalty flag.
Etymology: optimist (hopefulness and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something) + cynic (a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honorable or unselfish reasons)
Floptimism
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: flop tim izm
Sentence: Her excitement soon turned to floptimism when Ashley gave her sister Erika a dandelion from the yard, which she had inadvertantly killed.
Etymology: Flop (disappointment;failure) & Optimisim (a general disposition to expect the best in all things;the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well)
Hopetimism
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: hope tim izm
Sentence: Jill's hopetimism that the pretty yellow flower she picked for her babysitter was soon squashed when she was told it was really a pesky dandelion.
Etymology: Hope (be optimistic) & Optimisim (a general disposition to expect the best in all things; the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well)
Transienchantment
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: trān'zē-ən-chānt'mənt
Sentence: Marvin suddenly knew his crush on the willowy blond/e he had met at the bar earlier that evening was mere transienchantment when, as they were making out in the darkened booth in the back, his hand felt the stiffening bulge beneath the front of "her" miniskirt.
Etymology: Trans, from transgender, politically correct term for the range of proclivities from cross-dressers to full-blown top and bottom transsexuals; iench, unit of measurement in the deep southern U.S.; antment, that which befalls one's honey sandwich when dropped on the ground.
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COMMENTS:
Ahh, his own personal Crying Game! - Nosila, 2008-03-31: 20:41:00
Yep, I understand, the willowy blonde was an undercover cop and the "bulge" was his gun! Very funny; good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 00:02:00
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Wonderblah
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: won/der/blah
Sentence: The child's enthusiasm and delight was immediately snapped by her mother's negative comment. It was a wonderblah moment.
Etymology: wonder + blah
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COMMENTS:
Wonderblah could describe my experience shopping for bras online yesterday. Why women want those plastic tubes poking at their ribs all day, I'll never know. And why do men wear little nooses around their necks? Do they secretly want to be hung? Or are buttons actually obscene and need to be hidden? I think that just inspired a definition... - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-31: 18:31:00
I think that, under the circumstances described, Freud may understand! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 00:20:00
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Robtomist
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: rob tom ist
Sentence: Rosemary had started out optimistic, but marriage to Rob had taken its' toll on her good nature and she felt like she had married a robtomist. She decided to create a lovely garden after mulch thought. Her garden was her therapy, because he was a creeper who had tended to lilac a sidewalk and perennially wore his bachelor buttons while out with some hoe. Sod him, the rake...he thought he was so poplar! She turfed aside her negative feelings when out in her garden and with thyme, grew more sage. Her efforts in the garden helped rid her Hostality and control her impatiens. Her favourite fantasy while working the earth was to plan ways she could root out her rotten husband, the son of a birch: hit him in the gourd; beet him; artichoke him and let the life leek from him. But instead of pining fir him, she decided that sooner or later he'd begonia and she could prune him out of her life forever. Dill death do us part, indeed! She rose from her planting as all was well with the Cosmos, spruced herself up and went into the house to catch another episode of her favourite show, Lawn Order.
Etymology: rob (to steal) & optimist (someone who finds the good in everything and everyone)
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COMMENTS:
Well thought out. - eap6217, 2008-03-31: 13:53:00
HA! Love the sentence (and the word)! Lawn Order, son-of-a-birch, artichoke him... too funny! - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-31: 18:20:00
Great word;love the story! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-31: 23:55:00
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Dandelionize
Created by: Jamagra
Pronunciation: dan/dee/li/on/ize
Sentence: Depending on which of her friends you talked to, Leslie's tendency to dandelionize every situation made her either naive or optomistic.
Etymology: dandelion - plant commonly perceived as a weed, but good in salads and wine lionize -to treat as a celebrity
Serendumpity
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Ser - un - DUMP - it -ee
Sentence: Thinking she was spreading great joy only to receive criticism for her choices, little Helga experienced a sudden sadness and severe pangs of serendumpity.
Etymology: Blend of serendipity and 'dumps' or state of sadness.
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COMMENTS:
great blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-31: 12:53:00
Excellent. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 00:14:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by an anonymous donor. Thank you! ~ James
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