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DEFINITION: n. A person who habitually looks for love in the all the wrong places and wonders why it always turns out wrong. v. To look for love in the wrong places.
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Romanthick
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: row man th ik
Sentence: his romanthick streak left him with a broken heart, two missing teeth and a black eye
Etymology: romantic, thick
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COMMENTS:
desthpicable!love it - Nosila, 2010-08-25: 22:07:00
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Blunderlust
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: BLUN-der-lust
Sentence: Heloise once again found herself suffering the pangs of failed blunderlust, looking for love in all the wrong places and for all the wrong reasons, and feeling used, abused and definitely discarded....and of course, vowing once again to never go that route again.
Etymology: Blend of blunder and lust, and a play on the word 'wanderlust'...(a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about)
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COMMENTS:
At one time or another, doesn't everyone go through a case of blunderlust? Unforgettably good! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-11: 12:14:00
Enjoyed this perfect blend of blunder and lust. - mweinmann, 2009-02-12: 09:10:00
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Proflidate
Created by: Negatrev
Pronunciation: Proff-lee-date
Sentence: Dave will never find love while he continues to be proflidate. Sharon realized that proflidating was getting her nowhere.
Etymology: From dating (To go on a date or dates with) and profligate (adj. unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women") AND (noun. someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently or a wasteful person)
Loveloined
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: luv loynd
Sentence: Nothing was sadder than Elsie and Bessie,the Bovine Sisters, a pair of loveloined heifers. Their success at attracting true love was terribull...there had been no chance of oxtasy for them. They were always steered in the wrong direction and although they played the field, literally, they were never stampeded by suitors. They decided to join an on-loin dating service on their cowmputers. They only had one beef with this service, it was udderly impossibull to find a young stud who told the truth and did not shoot the bull. These mavericks were always born a "Taurus", owned their own spread and would love to be a fodder. Their names turned out not to be Angus or Delmonico, but Chuck or Stew. Any success the sisters had with this service was strictly oxcidental. When she herd what they had done, their mother had warned them that Internet dating always ended in steers.
Etymology: lovelorn (unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love) & loin (a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump)
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COMMENTS:
Udderly Puntastic! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-11: 02:26:00
Gives a whole new meaning to beefcake! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-11: 11:37:00
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Romanthick
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: row man ts ihk
Sentence: Henry o' Tosis was such a romanthick, he couldn't score at a wallpaperer's convention. His chat-up lines had filled many emergency rooms with suspected vomiting epidemics. His lack of success with the fairer sex was always a mystery and a torment to his mother, with whom he lived. She would often scold him angrily, while swiping wildly about the room with her white stick.
Etymology: romantic , thick as in stupid
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COMMENTS:
poor Henry - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-11: 10:41:00
sticking in through romanthin and romanthick! Love the play on Henry for Hal O' Tosis. Kudos for being most crafty! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-11: 12:08:00
the wallpaper convention is certainly thick with sticky romance I bet! - mweinmann, 2009-02-12: 09:13:00
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Wookinpanub
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: WUh-KIN-PA-NUH-B
Sentence: "Wookin' pa nub in all da wong pwaces, wookinpanub..."
Etymology: Eddy, the brother of that guy on Chapelle's Show.
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COMMENTS:
Sounds also like Buckwheat (Eddie Murphy) singing "Baby Nub" on the old Saturday Night Live Shows... - Nosila, 2009-02-14: 23:22:00
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Loserchooser
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: lew - sur - chooz - ur
Sentence: Margie was starting to think of herself as a loserchooser. Over and over, she would have a magical evening where she thought she had met the person of her dreams. Pretty quickly she would realize that he was a total loser.
Etymology: Loser + Chooser >> Loser (One that is bad in quality) Chooser (picker: a person who chooses or selects out)
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COMMENTS:
rolls right off the tongue, meaning apparent, memorable, might fine rhymetime verbotomy. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-11: 11:39:00
funny! - splendiction, 2009-02-11: 16:01:00
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Wailinjennings
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: Waylon Jennings
Sentence: After checking out the refuse collection station, the palliative care hostel and the bipolar support group for potential partners, Stephen finally joined Wailinjennings Anonymous, where ironically he met a sweet girl. They fell in love and were promptly kicked out because their change of demeanour was anathema to the other miserable members.
Etymology: Waylon Jennings - country singer who was "lookin for love in all the wrong places" + wailing (crying or singing plaintively)
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COMMENTS:
Great song and verbotomy! You have a humringer here! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-11: 12:19:00
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Hatingagency
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Hay-ting-ay-gen-see
Sentence: Since May's husband died 16 years ago, she had been all alone. Desperate for love she asked her friend's advice and she suggested joining a dating agency. Unfortunately May's advancing years had left her a little deaf and she joined a hatingagency instead. She didn't find love but she started to enjoy the animosity between her and the other members of this unique club.
Etymology: Play on Dating Agency
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COMMENTS:
funny take on the definition - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-11: 10:40:00
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Concupid
Created by: spotter
Pronunciation: Con cue pid
Sentence: Rick was concupid looking for love in the pharmacy. Marta said, "Suzy is so concupid."
Etymology: Con=Anti; Against Cupid= A symbol of love Therefor; Against a symbol of love
Comments:
silveryaspen - 2009-02-11: 12:33:00
Really enjoyed today's definition, James. It inspired such a remarkable variety of clever verbotomies,
Thanks Silveryaspen! After reading the words today, it looks like a few of us have fell victim to blunderlust! I guess there is more than a few romanthick libidohnos among us. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by verbotomy. Thank you verbotomy. ~ James