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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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Amorphish
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: (ah-more-fish)
Sentence: The amorhpish waiter threw down her tray with pleasure as she saw her boss writhe with pain.
Etymology: From the Latin "amor" (to love) and the early Greek "phish" (phony).
Vooblue
Created by: Sissyphus
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Martin lost his job because of the fight we had when he was working... in a way I feel bad, but the vooblue is leading me towards a celebratory drink..
Etymology:
Fulu
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: foo/loo
Sentence: There's George that no good rotten pig. I wish he would die!!! (At that moment, George trips, falls and hits his head.) "Oh George! George dear!! Are you all right. Oh dear" A perfect example of a fulu.
Etymology: voodoo + f*** you + love you
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COMMENTS:
A fululicious word! - wordmeister, 2007-03-23: 10:18:00
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Sadenfreude
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sadd enn froy deh
Sentence: Her sadenfreude was obvious as she passed round the sacrificed chicken sandwiches at his leaving party
Etymology: sad schadenfreude
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COMMENTS:
Das ist schade! - Nosila, 2009-10-09: 17:25:00
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Purplevoodoo
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: per-pull-voo-doo
Sentence: His lust rival's key not unlocking the door brought a sense of purplevoodoo to the guy who, for purely business purposes, had convinced his foxy boss to change the locks on the executive bathrooms.
Etymology: Thought I'd pile in the Hendrix references. Purple is the colour of success/pleasure (a purple patch) but also a bruise. Voodoo is the type of doll people use to alter others' fortunes. Both words appear in famous Jimi songs!
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COMMENTS:
Hmmmm... double entendre? What was that sharp pain I just felt in the corner of my mouth? - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-23: 08:08:00
Is that a purple haze, or purple rain on the horizon? - Stevenson0, 2007-03-23: 10:26:00
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky! - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-23: 10:29:00
'Scuse me while I change my name to AzureArtichokes; this navel piercing is killing me. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-23: 12:25:00
How's the knee? - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-23: 12:56:00
AAAAARRRRGH! Agonkneeee! - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-23: 14:18:00
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Yokker
Created by: AngelicHannah
Pronunciation: Yokk-er
Sentence: Ted: Yay! Sally's been fired finally!!! Bill: Ted that's a bit harsh stop being a yokker!
Etymology: Ya wha?
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COMMENTS:
Original and creative. Gelbert Burgess would be proud of you. Terrific word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-17: 02:54:00
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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
Comradenfreude
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kom rad enn froy deh
Sentence: She wouldn't admit to comradenfreude, but found herself humming "another on bites the dust" as her ex colleague made her tearful farewells
Etymology: comrade, schadenfreude
Trainwreckspotter
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: TRAIN rek spot er
Sentence: Jordan's last ditch effort to please the clients would fail badly. They were not impressed with her cheap plastic advertising pens that glowed in the dark. In fact her ad plan turned out to be a complete disaster when the pens didn't glow but instead leaked. Normally Jordan teamed up with Sass and they would share their strengths. This time Jordan greedily went solo - searching glory - while Sass moped around waiting for another bid. She secretly knew Jordan couldn't go it alone successfully - Jordan lacked judgement! Jordan's clients began to lose interest and backed away from the big job (which could have brought in much needed big profits for the company). Instead of helping, her jealous colleague Sass trainwreckspotted Jordan get the boot.
Etymology: From: trainspotter and trainwreck.
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COMMENTS:
Talk about derailment...good word! - Nosila, 2009-10-09: 23:05:00
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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