Verboticism: Recipatrocity

'I don't think that I can take it!'

DEFINITION: n., The deep feeling of despair, pain, and swelling need for revenge, which occurs when someone thoughtlessly trashes one of your pet projects. v., To cry out at the injustice of it all, especially if it is someone else's fault.

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Recipatrocity

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: reh/si/pa/traw/sitee

Sentence: "All the sweet green icing flowing down" she wailed. "no matter that you look like Harry Potter, I demand recipatrocity" " "Also you'll have to pay for drycleaning because the green icing turned my yellow cotton dress blue."

Etymology: recipe + atrocity + reciprocity

Points: 743

Comments: Recipatrocity

petaj - 2008-11-25: 06:44:00
Is that her father? She might go for recipatricidity

Jabberwocky - 2008-11-25: 11:09:00
great suggestion petaj

silveryaspen - 2008-11-25: 11:45:00
Kitchen chemistry to cook up a neat word that very much captures the definition!