Verboticism: Rueverie
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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Suckseed
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: suk seeeeeed
Sentence: Finally he suckseeded in getting her attention. Unfortunately, he also got the attention of her rottweiler
Etymology: succeed, suck
Wishlashing
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: wish lash ing
Sentence: he got such a wishlashing when he found out what happened.
Etymology: its like a backlash from a wish.
Obliteraled
Created by: jboehnker
Pronunciation: uh blit' er eld
Sentence: Bob's hopes were obliteraled the moment he saw the twelve-inch pianist appear; the genie had obviously misheard his wish.
Etymology: obliterated + literal
Wishfulfoulment
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: wish full foul ment
Sentence: He stopped tossing his ball from hand to hand for a moment. Slowly swaying his way was a hot princess...oh if he could only just speak to her. He accidentally dropped his ball. She picked it up. “I like this ball, can I keep it?” He stared, unable to speak. She noticed HIM!? She screached, “Stop staring at me! I guess I’ll keep it!” Sometimes wishfulfoulments will happen.
Etymology: A play on "wishfulfillment", "foul".
Yeano
Created by: ChrisCarrk
Pronunciation: yee-no
Sentence: Yeano... thats not wat i wanted.
Etymology: yea!+ oh no!
Yearnspurn
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His yearnspurn was: finally getting the director's job and a big raise, but getting transferred to the Arctic circle office.
Etymology: yearn + spurn
Foolfilment
Created by: sisternyx
Pronunciation: fool-fil-ment
Sentence: Jim wished for a vacation but his foolfillment was that he was fired Friday.
Etymology: fully fooled
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)