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DEFINITION: The feeling you get when fate plays a stupid little trick on you, just to remind you that life isn't fair.

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Nerodisataphy

Created by: leeannhamers

Pronunciation: n-rr-o-d-is-a-taffy

Sentence: someone kicked my dog t was a great nerodisataphy

Etymology: nero(brian/mind), dissapointment, contashophy

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Funkiny

Created by: doctathunder

Pronunciation: FUN-ki-ny

Sentence: We drove a hundred miles before we found that the ultimate funkiny had occured; the amusement park had shut down due to a massive termite infestation

Etymology: funk + destiny

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Karcruelma

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: kahr-krool-mah

Sentence: Don't cry over spilled milk and that's how the cookie crumbles - typical comments she would blurt out when bouts of karcruelma occurred.

Etymology: karma + cruel

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Murphish

Created by: ConnyWesth

Pronunciation: Murfish

Sentence: Murphys law (everything that can be screwed up, really does) + ish (feeling)

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COMMENTS:

Murphious could also be a good word for this. - ConnyWesth, 2007-09-09: 10:12:00

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Britchslapped

Created by: phonematode

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Etymology: britch as in "too big for your britches" + b*tch slapped = britchslapped

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Karmaspair

Created by: apathy42

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Kismetaunt

Created by: Pseudonym

Pronunciation: kiz-me-tawnt

Sentence: "Every light was red; I think I'm the victim of a kismetaunt."

Etymology: kismet (fate) + taunt

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Moironic

Created by: jesster

Pronunciation: Moi -ron - ic

Sentence: Jody was thrilled when she discovered the beautiful antique cabinet at a yard sale for only $2. She spent the entire drive home planning how she would arrange her Hummel figurines in it. It was overwhelmingly moironic that when she arrived home, she found that her house had burned to the ground. All that was left of her extensive collection was a melted puddle of kitch.

Etymology: Moira ( Fate in Greek and Roman mythology, any of three goddesses who determined human destinies, and in particular the span of a person's life and his allotment of misery and suffering) + ironic

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great story - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-07: 12:33:00

That is a brilliant story, but I'm afraid I can't vote for this, because you used the word "ironic" incorrectly (thank you Alanis Morisette). - Pseudonym, 2007-09-08: 05:08:00