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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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Regretaspitlicious
Created by: mana1066
Pronunciation: re-gret-a-spit-lish-us
Sentence: Trying to hide my regretaspitlicious smile, i shook his hand as he left the office.
Etymology: regretfully + spite +delicious
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COMMENTS:
dunno why i wanted to add delicious in there. - mana1066, 2007-03-27: 00:20:00
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Sufferfun
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: suffer fun
Sentence: after what has happened, i have sufferfun
Etymology: from suffering an fun.
Gleeguilt
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: glee guilt
Sentence: Francis was terrible for suffering gleeguilt.
Etymology: from glee and guilt.
Gladdist
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: glad-dist
Sentence: When Jenny's boyfriend dumped her, she was sad. When he started going out with her best friend, she was mad. But when they accidentally got sprayed by skunk which she had hidden under the front seat of his car, she was gladdist.
Etymology: glad+ sadist
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-16: 12:31:00
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Deguilt
Created by: joshms
Pronunciation: de-guilt
Sentence: Sandra had got him fired yet felt bad too. She was suffering with a classic case of deguilt.
Etymology:
Pityheehee
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: pit-ee-hee-hee
Sentence: The size of her evil boss's bonus compared to her own meagre income was such that she only felt pityheehee when he was made redundant.
Etymology: pity (feeling of sympathy and compassion) + hee hee (laughter)
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COMMENTS:
unLaoise'd a monster :) - galwaywegian, 2011-02-01: 11:51:00
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Sadissfaction
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: sa-diss-faction
Sentence: I really didn't mean for her to literally "break a leg" on stage, so I was overcome with sadissfaction when I saw her in a cast and using crutches.
Etymology: sad, diss, satisfaction
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COMMENTS:
I feel unworthy! - galwaywegian, 2007-03-23: 06:39:00
As a masochactor I enjoyed it - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-23: 11:02:00
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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
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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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