Verboticism: Ruinrage

'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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Ruinrage

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: roon-raje

Sentence: Andy was beside himself with ruinrage. Just as his toothpick model of the Eiffel Tower was almost complete, his neighbor burst into the den and knocked over the card table it rested on. Thousands of hours of work and 85,000,000 toothpicks flew around the room. As if by instinct, Andy went for his throat.

Etymology: Ruin (an irrecoverable state of devastation) + Rage (is a mental state that is one extreme of the intensity spectrum of anger)

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