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'That idiot has finally been fired?'

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.

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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).

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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

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Guilappy

BlossomFlower

Created by: BlossomFlower

Pronunciation: Gill-appy

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Culpabiliglee

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kulp a bili glee

Sentence: Faith could hardly suppress her culpabiliglee when her boss fired Edwin for sexual harrassment. She had hated the guy from day one, especially since he had failed to find her attractive and ask her out. Her manipulations and far-fetched victim's tale had finally forced her boss to remove her enemy.

Etymology: Culpability (state of guilt) & Glee (malicious satisfaction)

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Smykowskipathy

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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Sufferfun

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: suffer fun

Sentence: after what has happened, i have sufferfun

Etymology: from suffering an fun.

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Jollymixture

Created by: suzanne

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Elatshame

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: e/lay/shame

Sentence: "There's Joe that no good rotten pig. I wish he would die!!!" thought Jenny as Joe entered the office. At that moment, Joe tripped, fell and hit his head. Jenny was shocked, surprised and filled with elatshame.

Etymology: ELATSHAME - noun - from - ELATION (an exhilarating psychological state) + SHAME (the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, or improper)

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COMMENTS:

terrific - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-16: 12:33:00

too bad jenny mistook joe for george. - stache, 2008-06-16: 23:59:00

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Tribyelation

TimTheEnchanter

Created by: TimTheEnchanter

Pronunciation: trib-yee-LAY-shun

Sentence: Sandra hated the way her neighbor Kelly reminded everyone of how the only things more perfect than her life were her perfect little children. Thus, Sandra was overcome by a profound sense of tribyelation when she heard Kelly's youngest child was caught selling drugs at school and the oldest was pregnant.

Etymology: Tribulation - (misfortune, a trying experience) + Elation (the state of being filled with joy)

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COMMENTS:

great combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-16: 12:28:00

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Remirth

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:

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

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-03-23: 00:57:00
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.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-03-26: 23:54:00
Hey mplsbohemian, Alchemist summed it up nicely with etymology for Guiltenfreude: "schadenfreude (pleasure at the misfortune of others) with guilt."

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-10-09: 00:12:00
Today's definition was suggested by Discoveria. Thank you Discoveria. ~ James