Word of the day: 'star-crossed'

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I love the Oxford English Dictionary online. It's a great excuse to feed my greed for new words. In that spirit, I here present unto you this new section: Word of the day.

Please welcome my first guest:

star-crossed: thwarted by bad luck.

adjective, literary.

 According to the ODE the word was first used by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet. 

Isn't that beautiful? The 'crossed' part certainly helps to convey the disagreeable nature within this word, while the 'star' part invokes doom with all its misfortune. 

Tired of 'jinx'? Why not go posh and try 'star-crossed' the next time you have a really bad day? 

It'll still feel like shit... but at least this shit will have a pinch of pride in it.