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.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Angsquish: /angskwish/ With two coworkers vying for the soon-to-retire Director’s job, every pet project Julie tried to protect turned into more angsquish. Etymology: anguish (severe mental or physical pain or suffering) + squish (yield easily to pressure when squeezed or squashed) Created by: artr.
Mccarthuryism: /mik karth uree izm/ Susan’s despair at having her cake left out in the rain enflamed her animosity towards Jimmy and in a spurt of mcarthuryism, she vowed never to make a cake for him again. From now on, all he would get would be cow pies. Etymology: MacArthur (Park, as in the lyrics to this song…a park in Los Angeles named after Douglas MacArthur) & McCarthyism (unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty, named after Joseph McCarthy,United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908-1957))
Created by: Nosila.
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