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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.
Moironic
Top verboticism of the day 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
Created by: jesster.
Comments:
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
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very good, my favorite, even better than mine! - brankoz, 2007-09-07: 16:41:00
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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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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!