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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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Corpradiction
Created by: Sed8ed
Pronunciation: core-praw-dic-shun
Sentence: When Lena got the promotion her devious and spiteful colleague had been manuevering for, she first let out a YIPPPPEEEE, then felt a flush of corpradiction for being so openly gleeful.
Etymology: corp from corporate + radiction from contradiction
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)
Gleeguilt
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: glee guilt
Sentence: Francis was terrible for suffering gleeguilt.
Etymology: from glee and guilt.
Schadenfraud
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: shawd-en-frawd
Sentence: When the guy who dumped her wound up on the front page for his incredible feat of having fallen out a third story window and barely survived, Mimi, who was invited to his funeral, was incredibly overcome with shadenfraud when she had to play nice to his friends and family.
Etymology: fraud (fake, deceiving) + schadenfreude (german for happiness at the misfortune of others -- something we are all guilty of)
Condolight
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: con-dole-ite
Sentence: Kerry was conflicted when her nemesis was infected with anthrax. She visited her in hospital to condolight with her.
Etymology: condole (express sympathy) + delight (pleasure)
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COMMENTS:
very nice Petaj - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-23: 11:05:00
great word!! - porsche, 2007-03-23: 14:58:00
Inspired by Jane Austen - all those in Meriton who wanted to condole with the Bennetts while revelling in the juicy gossip about Lydia's elopement. - petaj, 2007-03-25: 04:12:00
Oh... And here I was looking for the Rice ref..(Condi, not Anne...:-) - Alchemist, 2007-03-25: 09:33:00
a word you might find in a Jasper Fforde novel - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-26: 09:06:00
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Maltriumph
Created by: WindingRoad
Pronunciation: MAL-trahy-uhmf
Sentence: Betty squirmed with maltriumph upon hearing about Greg's demotion.
Etymology: Mal (from L malignus [bad]) + triumph (from ME triumphe [victory])
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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Voodoolicious
Created by: Tanik
Pronunciation: voo-do-li-sh-iss
Sentence: Man, this moment is voodoolicious. He totally deserved that dressing down.
Etymology: voodoo + delicious
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COMMENTS:
I like it! - wordmeister, 2008-06-17: 06:19:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Discoveria.
Thank you Discoveria! ~ James
Discoveria - 2007-03-23: 10:56:00
That was quick...
ErWenn - 2007-03-23: 10:56:00
Don't really know how to top schuldeshadenfreude here.
mplsbohemian - 2007-03-24: 22:20:00
The trouble is that there is a word for this in English: schadenfreude.
Discoveria - 2007-03-26: 12:07:00
I've been told already. catgrin and James decided that schadenfreude refers to the satisfaction, and this verboticism refers to feeling guilt over having that satisfaction.
Hey mplsbohemian, Alchemist summed it up nicely with etymology for Guiltenfreude: "schadenfreude (pleasure at the misfortune of others) with guilt."
Today's definition was suggested by Discoveria. Thank you Discoveria. ~ James