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DEFINITION: v. To see beauty in the midst of a complete disaster. n. The ability to see beauty in the rainbow hues of a toxic oil spill, or in the remnants of a poster torn down long ago, or in the subtle cracks in the plaster of a cheap, cold-water flat.
Verboticisms
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Blightism
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: blytizim
Sentence: Doug liked the way the orange juice looked spilled all over the blue tiles. He told me he is into blightism. I asked him, "Is it an ism or is it an art?"
Etymology: blight + ism
Mischarmery
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: miss-charm-er-ree
Sentence: As she began to lose consciousness she noticed the mischarmery of her own blood spatter while it dripped down the wall. With each blow it looked more and more like a painting she did when she was young during her "Jackson Pollock" phase.
Etymology: misery (wretchedness of condition or circumstances) + charm (attractiveness)
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COMMENTS:
gruesome imagery - petaj, 2010-11-24: 07:05:00
been watching The Walking Dead lately... - remistram, 2010-11-24: 08:55:00
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Upbeaten
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: əpbētn
Sentence: No matter what slaps him upside the head, Tim is always upbeaten. When tragedy gives him a beatdown he always comes up smiling. Some think he is very brave and optimistic. Others think he is a complete simpleton.
Etymology: upbeat (cheerful; optimistic) + beaten (exhausted and dejected)
Beaubacle
Created by: rfrey121
Pronunciation: beau-bac-le
Sentence: Amidst the tragedies, the passengers witnessed a beaubacle.
Etymology: beau- beautiful bacle- disaster
Floptimism
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: flop tim izm
Sentence: Sally was driving with her boyfriend Kevin. Unfortunately, he sped too much, skidded,flipped and did a lot of damage to their car. Was she mad? No. Sally, who had chronic floptimism, thought thankfully that Kevin would not notice the crack she had put in the windshield last week or the broken off mirror so much now...
Etymology: Flop (fail utterly; collapse)& Optimism (a general disposition to expect the best in all things;the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well)
Fabsaster
Created by: meganhardy
Pronunciation: fab-sas-ter
Sentence: My day was fasaster because I was late to work but I still got a raise.
Etymology: fab- fabolous saster- disaster
Beautisasterfy
Created by: FeelTheMcGrath
Pronunciation: Bee-you-teh-sas-tur-fy
Sentence: Earlier this evening I glanced upon a hedgehog tackle another hedgehog down a steep cliff, and the two of them died. Luckily, I Beautisasterfyed the situation by noticing how gorgeous the sunset was.
Etymology: Beaut- The beauty of the situation. isaster- The disaster of the situation. fy- To change the depressing mood into that of a beautiful one.
Chaotickledpink
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kay yot ik ild pink
Sentence: The ability to be chaotickledpink is generally a solitary pleasure.
Etymology: chaotic tickled pink
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COMMENTS:
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-13: 05:53:00
I LOVE IT! - griffiegrrl, 2009-05-13: 12:31:00
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Beautastrophous
Created by: logan260
Pronunciation: Byou-tas-truh-fuss
Sentence: Not only was Linda ambidextrious, but she was beautastrophous as well. As we stared at the morning dew steaming off the burnt stumps of the forest fire, she exclaimed, "It's so beautiful."....
Etymology: 1) "Beau"-from beauty 2) "tastrophous" from castasrophe 3) "ous" indicating the presence of an ability as it pertains to a person. pertaining to a person's ability.
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COMMENTS:
Beautastrophy would be the word for the ability in general, but my word is as it is connected to a person. - logan260, 2012-04-27: 11:07:00
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Crashtastic
Created by: AllisonLittell
Pronunciation: Crash-tas-tic
Sentence: I had a crashtastic day when I ran over my bills.
Etymology: Crash: collide violently with an obstacle or vehicle tastic: fantastic
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx Thank you metrohumanx ~ James
abrakadeborah - 2009-05-14: 11:24:00
Metro, You're amazing! I really enjoy your definitions! I hope my word "Iridescentdisaster" does justice of your artistic visions. :) Great cartoon too "Verbotoartist"
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James