Verboticism: Nixwish
DEFINITION: v. To get what you wished for, but not exactly what you wanted. n. A wish come true that's a total let down.
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Dreamsink
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: dreem-sing-k
Sentence: Doug wanted her so bad but it turned out to be a total dreamsink as soon as she opened her mouth.
Etymology: dream + heatsink (a heatsink dissipates heat)
Iwanic
Created by: Fleury
Pronunciation: eye-WAH-nik
Sentence: It was pretty iwanic -- he did, after all, tell the blackjack dealer "hit me!"
Etymology: sloppy conflation of "ironic" and "I want it"
Disalopine
Created by: currentlyinsolitude
Pronunciation: dis-a-lope-pine
Sentence: When he asked for a car, he was disalopined when he got an old clunker.
Etymology: Latin
Wishwarranty
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: wish/war/an/tee
Sentence: Regretfully, his "wishwarranty" did not cover this unexpected exigency.
Etymology: It's a pity that a "wish", like unrequited love, does not come with a no questions asked money-back guarantee.
Giftmiffed
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: gift-mift
Sentence: The red Ferrari was great, as far as it went. However,the fact that it was 3 inches long and in a little plastic box left Nigel feeling distinctly giftmiffed
Etymology: gift + miffed (unhappy, disappointed)
Wishysquashy
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: wishēskwäshē
Sentence: Wendel and Joanne are almost a perfect couple. Every time he presents one of his wishywashy ideas she is all too willing to give it a wishysquashy treatment. Should he ask for a back rub, she will give him one that leaves him with such a backache that he wishes he had never asked.
Etymology: wishy-washy (feeble or insipid in quality or character; lacking strength or boldness) + squash (firmly reject)