" forlornness "

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1:  Sad or lonely

  * e.g.,  ... The abandoned puppy looked forlorn as it wandered through the dark alley. 

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2:  Wretched in pitiful in appearance

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3:  Hopeless or desperate

 [ "Forlornication" ]

1: A sexual encounter that leaves you feeling desperately sad. A one night stand that leaves you feeling lonely and miserable.

  * e.g.,  ... My forlornication with Dave last night has left me feeling rather blue. 

 [ "forlornment" ]

1: The common and most correct way of stating the condition of being forlorn, as opposed to the incorrect and completely nonsensical word "forlornity" promoted by more "authoritative" sources. No one uses the word "fornlornity" but everyone who is truly forlorn uses the word "forlornment" to describe their condition.

  * e.g.,  ... I am overwhelmed with forlornment at my inability to make some important decisions in life. I can't talk about my forlornment with my prep school boyfriend because he says it's not in the dictionary. 

 [ "Forlorn" ]

1: Whining to your friends about the loss of your potential subordinate employee; being concerned whether the friendship is based on the work relationship or if it is an actual friendship.

  * e.g.,  ... Nicholas Cage is forlorn because he can no longer enjoy the happiness he was enveloped in as he progressed through each of his/her work days. 

 [ "Forlorn" ]

1: My very deadly rogue/assassin (lvl 11) in dungeons and dragons

  * e.g.,  ... god damn Forlorn you one hit that guy with a back stab 

 [ "Forlorn" ]

1: A googly eyed queer who thinks he is hot.

  * e.g.,  ... fag queer etc etc 

 [ "forlorn hope" ]

1: A band of soldiers or other combatants chosen to take the leading part in a military operation, such as an assault on a defended position, where the risk of casualties is high. The term is from Dutch, roughly translated as "lost troop".

  * e.g.,  ... The Forlorn Hope wandered from December 16, 1846, until January 17, when a Miwok village helped the seven survivors to the safety of Johnson's Ranch, where they called for a rescue mission. 

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2: While the Donner Party was trapped in the mountains, a team of the fifteen strongest immigrants (five women, nine men, and a boy of twelve) set out on December 16, 1846, to find help, using makeshift snowshoes made by an old farmer, Franklin Graves. Later known as the "Forlorn Hope", the group consisted of:

  * e.g.,  ... On Christmas Day, hopelessly lost and their starvation rations gone, the idea of cannibalism was first discussed, but nobody could bear to kill anybody. As a blizzard lashed them that night, Antonio died, followed by Graves, who died in the arms of his daughters; Dolan went mad before he slipped into a coma. Those remaining butchered and ate the flesh of their dead companions, sobbing in shame as they ate; Luis and Salvador, plus William Eddy, refused to eat. Taking pains to avoid eating their dead relatives, the party trudged on, cursing the man whose shortcut had led them to this. 

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3: *Luis and Salvador (19, 28), Miwok guides, murdered for food.

  * e.g.,  ... William Foster, crazed by hunger, suggested killing Luis and Salvador for food; Eddy unsuccessfully tried to discourage him before warning the two men, who ran as far as they could. 

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4: *Antonio (23), a teamster, died

  * e.g.,  ... Sarah Fosdick, a newlywed, had just lost her father and then had to watch her husband die and then see his heart roasting on a stick. 

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5: *Patrick Dolan (35), died

  * e.g.,  ... "What to do we did not know. Some of those who had children and families wished to go back, but the two Indians said they would go on. I told them I would go too, for to go back and hear the cries of hunger from my brothers and sisters was more than I could stand. I would go as far as I could, let the consequences be what they might." -Mary Graves (1826-1891) 

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6: *William Foster (31), survived

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7: *Sarah Murphy-Foster (20), survived; she and William lost their toddler, Jeremiah (5)

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8: *Harriet Murphy-Pike (18), survived; lost her baby, Catherine

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9: *Lemuel Murphy (12), died despite his sisters; his mother, Levina (37), and brother, John (17), also lost

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10: *William Eddy (28), survived; lost his wife, Eleanor (25), and both children, James and Margaret (3, 1)

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11: *Franklin Graves (57), died; his wife, Elizabeth (46), and three youngest children, Jonathan, little Franklin, and little Elizabeth (7, 5, 1), were lost.

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12: *Mary Graves (20), survived

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13: *Sarah Graves-Fosdick (22), survived

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14: *Jay Fosdick (23), died

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15: *Amanda McCutchen (23), survived; lost her baby, Harriet

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16: *Charles Stanton (30), died

 [ "Forlorn Porn" ]

1: Porn that you only watch when you're depressed.

  * e.g.,  ... My depression's been getting worse. I oughta stock up on the Forlorn Porn. 

 [ "forlorn hope" ]

1: The forlorn hope were the first company of soldiers to go through the hole blown in the walls of a fortress by the siege guns. Their survival was doubtful, and to lead one and live brought reputation.

  * e.g.,  ... Alright ye forlorn hope, once more unto the breach. 

 [ "forlornicate" ]

1: a miserable encounter, despondent intimate communion, lacklustre, free of smiles and laden with the foreboding of future obligations coupled with lament of tasks not attended to properly in the past. a generally sad affair

  * e.g.,  ... I'd rather forlornicate perfunctorily with my ex than read /that/ newspaper.