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'The toast fell butter-side down.'

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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Vexistentiality

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: Veks-ee-sten-shee-AL-a-tee

Sentence: When Bob's life momentarily turned from "joie de vivre" to "jolt de vivre," his vexistentiality reminded him of life's vicissitudes.

Etymology: Vex-to cause one to feel annoyed, dissatisfied or irritated, etc. Existential-pertaining to existence -ity-expressing state or condition.

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COMMENTS:

I kant help but camuserate with Bob's predicament. It hesse to be the sartre of thing that happens when you let your kierkegaard down. - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-07: 10:32:00

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Murpholated

Created by: Jeaneai

Pronunciation: Mirf-oh-late-id

Sentence: Janine felt so murpholated when her shatterproof vase fell right on the linoleum floor and, you guessed it, shattered completely.

Etymology: From Murphy's Law, which is basically that everything that can go wrong will.

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Mylifesucks

Created by: Delilah

Pronunciation: mī-līf-sŭk-s

Sentence: That just figures! If only I had swept and mopped the floor yesterday, instead of spending all my free time at http://www.verbotomy.com. Gross! Cat hair and floor scum on my toast! I'm already running late for work; now, I don't even have time for breakfast; why does this kind of thing always happen to me?!!! Life just isn't fair; Mylifesucks!!!

Etymology: My [of or belonging to me], life [the interval of time between birth and death; the physical, mental, and spiritual experiences that constitute a living organism's existence], sucks [to be inadequate, displeasing, or of poor quality]

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Prankful

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: rhymes with thankful

Sentence: Emma was eternally prankful as she always seemed to be getting the rough end of the pineapple when it came to life's little ups and downs.

Etymology: prank + thankful

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Karmosity

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: karm/os/ity

Sentence: I'm filled with karmosity when I drop a coin and it rolls into the sewer, the bread lands peanut butter side down, or the milk I just bought is sour.

Etymology: karma + animosity

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Fatel

Created by: Poeiden

Pronunciation: fa-tal

Sentence: Ever had that fatel feeling every time something screws up your life?

Etymology: fate + fatal

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COMMENTS:

It's a nice word, but I would expect that in everyday use the pronunciation wouldn't be distinct enough from 'fatal' to be entirely satisfactory. - Nettle, 2007-09-07: 08:52:00

ITS a bit good but its too relevant to the word 'fatal' , you kno wat i mean? - RachelPhillipson2007, 2007-09-08: 08:03:00

Yeah, I know what you mean - Poeiden, 2007-09-08: 09:28:00

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Murphimized

Created by: brankoz

Pronunciation: MURF-imm-eyezd

Sentence: Ed McMahon just knocked on my door ... to ask when my neighbor would be home. It made me feel quite murphimized

Etymology: adjective, from the murphy guy that wrote all those "life sucks" laws

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Karmaspair

Created by: apathy42

Pronunciation:

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Murphish

Created by: ConnyWesth

Pronunciation: Murfish

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

Etymology:

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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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Surprisapointment

haldean

Created by: haldean

Pronunciation: sur-PRY-za-POYNT-ment

Sentence: What's wrong? Oh just another surprisapointment. Everything was going perfectly, until my two girlfriends met each other.

Etymology: Suprise + Disappointment

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Comments:

FreeToys - 2007-09-07: 06:59:00
Murphsmack

FreeToys - 2007-09-07: 06:59:00
dang, asleep again

RachelPhillipson2007 - 2007-09-08: 08:00:00
aw im last

Delilah - 2007-09-09: 16:24:00
The only way to truly beat this thing is to switch to cereal for breakfast. lol!