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Unfortunitis

(Noun)

A series of unfortunate events or circumstances that seem to happen one after another, causing feelings of frustration, despair, and humor all at once.
"After losing my job, getting a flat tire, and spilling coffee on my shirt all in the same day, I realized I was experiencing a serious case of unfortunitis and decided to treat myself to a giant ice cream sundae."
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unfortunatism 

The process of being unfortunate.
Example 1
Person A: I have been experiencing a lot of unfortunatism lately.
Person B: Damn that sucks.
Example 2
Person A: Holy shit I got into a car crash!
Person B: That's Unfortunatism
unfortunatism by slimveil September 30, 2023

Unfortunamism

A black-ops disease prevalent among the less fortunate. Unfortunamism is caused by the effective use of discrimination, alienation and attrition. Modern capitalist societies use unfortunamism to keep large numbers of people (who would vote for more socialist policies) in a disenfranchised state, effectively removing their ability to act as a cohesive group.
Donald Trump would like to use unfortunamism on many illegal immigrants as it would help increase his profits without increased earnings. His companies could use the illegal immigrants as workers, not pay them, and when they complained they are deported.
Unfortunamism by Vorlon007 January 15, 2016

Unfortunity 

An unfortunate opportunity. Can be used to describe opportunistic events where the outcome ends up being less fortunate than expected.
A: Janet had sex with Edgar.
B: What an unfortunity since they didn't find out they were cousins until after the family reunion.
Unfortunity by Zeus Aurel August 19, 2020

Unfortunitarities 

Unfortunitarities- the object of having been a victim of unfortunate events or situations.
There were many unfortunitarities that had befell her mother, due to her lack of immune system.
Unfortunitarities by wkibibi May 15, 2025

Unfortunation

A period of bad luck, the state of being unlucky, being beyond unfortunate...

(Since the word itself would be technically be considered gramatically incorrect, it goes one step further as being used as an adjective).

In a conversation could be used as a single word to show condolences (express empathy) i.e:

Friend- "Today I stubbed my toe when I woke up..."
You- "Unfortunation bro...."

Similar to the word "Ruination".
My day was unfortunation...
Unfortunation by Guisrt May 29, 2026
More from Urban Dictionary
Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
Word of the Day on August 30, 2026
the act of having anonymous sexual encounters with other men in public toilets.
Cottaging by greeef April 24, 2003
Word of the Day on August 29, 2026

Salad Days 

green inexperienced youthful judgement and cold blooded execution of those judgements.

Rashness with little concern of consequence.

Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare

"My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood."

- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5
"How did you end up in jail?"

"Salad days, 'nuf said."
Salad Days by GilbyRFC0 October 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 28, 2026

age gate 

An absolutely foolproof way to keep minors from viewing content deemed "too mature" for them to watch.
Billy: "So I was trying to watch some videos for an M rated game, and I ran into an age gate, so I put in my real birthday. SOMEHOW it managed to figure out that I am 12. CURSE YOU AGE GATE!!!"

Bill: "Fucking age gate! *quick scroll* THERE! I was born on January 1, 1904. Fuck you age gate."
age gate by Banja January 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 27, 2026

board chow 

A)
The Crud that collects under the keys in a keyboard. Usually more severe in the keyboards of programmers and webmasters as they tend to spend a lot of time at the the computer and thus eat at their desk. Mainly affecting IBM Model M (clicly) style boards.

B)
Can also be used to gross out Non-Techie people
A)
Bill: want to go to the club?
Bob: No, I've got to clean out my board chow, keys are starting to stick.

B)
Bill: Want to go out to get a bite?
Bob: No, i am just going to have some of my board chow/
Bill: Whats' that?
Bob: The food scraps that collect in my keyboard; Want some?
Bill: *GAG* *HURL* *GAG*
board chow by BinaryHackerMan September 3, 2007
Word of the Day on August 26, 2026

young pup 

a young person, a young adult in their late teens/early 20s.
Ah, you're just a young pup at 23!
young pup by the dog May 30, 2006
Word of the Day on August 25, 2026
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