Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: glad vers it tee

Sentence: Ruth was excited when the Feds came and picked up her partner, Les, for fraud. She thrived in gladversity over his finally being caught, especially since she was the anonymous source who tipped them off. Sure with him out of the partnership, she would be free to rename their business and start afresh. I mean, who wanted to work somewhere called Ruth Les Collections Agency???

Etymology: Glad (showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy;feeling happy appreciation) & Adversity (a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; a state of misfortune or affliction)

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COMMENTS:

Well done! "Ruth Les Collections" - hilarious! - splendiction, 2009-10-09: 21:55:00

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Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: ree-gret-stah-see

Sentence: Jill felt regretstasy over Betty's termination because while Jill despised Betty she wouldn't want to be ousted so publicly.

Etymology: regret + ecstasy

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Created by: suzanne

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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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Created by: josje

Pronunciation: suffer fun

Sentence: after what has happened, i have sufferfun

Etymology: from suffering an fun.

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Created by: Loreshai

Pronunciation: shah-den-fy-yurd

Sentence: Jill felt slighty guilty that she was happy about screwing over her best friend in order to get a promotion at work. Jill felt Schadenfired.

Etymology: Fired - to be removed from employment + Schadenfreunde - german term to be happy when bad things happen to your friends.

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /sməˈkaʊskəpəˌθi/

Sentence: I was filled with smykowskipathy, for it was the only time the judge's decided in my favor and als the only time that I didn't deserve it.

Etymology: From Tom Smykowski (the annoying coworker from _Office Space_ who suffers a nasty accident) and -pathy (as in sympathy and empathy)

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Created by: stache

Pronunciation: mə-lěk'stə-sē

Sentence: When her a-hole neighbor Mark slipped on his icy front walk, Lana couldn't help giggling like a schoolgirl with malecstasy.

Etymology: malicious, malignant ecstacy

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Created by: mcpuffersons

Pronunciation: re-murth

Sentence: Jane was filled with remirth when she found that John hadn't gotten the promotion he had wanted.

Etymology: remorse + mirth.

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COMMENTS:

Maybe all that emotion was brought on by her terrible lisp. - petaj, 2007-03-25: 04:15:00

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Created by: PythianHabenero

Pronunciation: mizza-lation

Sentence: Upon hearing that her arch-nemesis fell down a well, Jeanine was filled with miselation.

Etymology: "misery" + "elation" with help from "mis-"

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