Verboticism: Colleagasm
DEFINITION: n. A mixture of delight and guilt felt when a colleague, whom you despise, suffers a misfortune. v. To feel bad about feeling good when something bad happens to someone who is definitely not good.
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Sufferfun
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: suffer fun
Sentence: after what has happened, i have sufferfun
Etymology: from suffering an fun.
Happity
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: hap-pity
Sentence: Lucy was overcome with happityness when her nemesis, Brittany, fell face down on the 50 yard line in front of the whole school and broke her tiara. On one hand, it was terrible that someone sabotaged the float she was riding on. On the other hand, just because she was the homecoming queen, head cheerleader, class president, valedictorian, pretty, popular and dating Brad the quarterback -- who did she think she was, anyway?
Etymology: happy (happiness) + pity
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COMMENTS:
Chuckle! - splendiction, 2009-10-09: 22:02:00
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Sympathighfive
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: simp/ah/thy/five
Sentence: It was difficult to sympathighfive with her colleague as she was escorted to the door by security guards.
Etymology: sympathize + high five
Dupliciglee
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: do/pliss/i/glee
Sentence: Sally had a difficult time hiding her dupliciglee when the office know it all got the boot.
Etymology: duplicity + glee (deceitful happiness)
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COMMENTS:
Best of the day! - Mustang, 2008-06-16: 19:22:00
good one - Nosila, 2008-06-16: 19:32:00
Enchanting words: it dances before your eyes. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-17: 02:50:00
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Hiphipsorray
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: hip hip sorray
Sentence: A classic case of "the good news and the bad news" was just the way Candace's life seemed to be going lately. So when she heard Linda, not Linda B., but Linda S, the one who stole her man had been fired the same day her cat died, she couldn't help but feel hiphipsorray.
Etymology: Feeling sorry on the outside, but cheering on the inside.
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COMMENTS:
great - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-16: 12:29:00
Excellent - Mustang, 2008-06-16: 19:21:00
Hey, thanks guys. Just found this fun site, and finding my way around. I make up alot of words for fun anyway, so this is right up my alley. :) Alot of VERY talented Verbologists here! :) - lumina, 2008-06-16: 22:33:00
Very i-LUMINA-ting. But I'm sorry about the cat. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-17: 03:08:00
Ozziebob...yeah...the cat...Candace is still feeling very illitterate about it. (Etymology: ill=sick, litter=as in kitty. Def: The lowest point of grief after losing a beloved feline.) :) - lumina, 2008-06-17: 10:46:00
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Congratudegradations
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: con/grat/u/deg/rah/day/shuns
Sentence: Congratudegradations on your transfer to the unemployment line - hope you have a nice trip
Etymology: congratulations + degradation
Culpabiliglee
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kulp a bili glee
Sentence: Faith could hardly suppress her culpabiliglee when her boss fired Edwin for sexual harrassment. She had hated the guy from day one, especially since he had failed to find her attractive and ask her out. Her manipulations and far-fetched victim's tale had finally forced her boss to remove her enemy.
Etymology: Culpability (state of guilt) & Glee (malicious satisfaction)
Kooney
Created by: ABunnell
Pronunciation:
Sentence: You know you were kooney when she got fired.
Etymology:
Shaftenfreude
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: schft en froy deh
Sentence: Her shaftenfreude evaporated when the parting words of her blubbing ex-colleague were "and now the bastard wants to see you!"
Etymology: schadenfreude, shaft
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COMMENTS:
love it - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-16: 12:30:00
Another great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-17: 02:55:00
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