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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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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
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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Blunderlust
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: BLUN-der-lust
Sentence: Elsie 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' (v. to err) and 'lust' (sexual urges), and a play on the word 'wanderlust'...(a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about)
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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Noblissromantic
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: no-bliss-ro-MAN-tick
Sentence: Rj was a noblissromantic, always on the quest for that holy grail of perfect love and affection. Anything less that fell short of perfect bliss--and let's face it, all love falls short at one point or another--would send him off on another quest and leave a trail of heartbroken and confused victims in his wake.
Etymology: Alteration of hopeless romantic.
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COMMENTS:
Nice play on 'noblesse oblige' also. Great create. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-11: 12:03:00
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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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Aortatard
Created by: Meganja
Pronunciation: a-or-tuh-tard
Sentence: Stop being a douchey, terrible judging AORTATARD and listen to your brain when it comes to falling in love.
Etymology:
Heiferafter
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: hef er aft er
Sentence: It was obvious that Madge and Dodie were heiferafter in their search for true love. They were steered in the direction of a meet market and met two young longhorns oxendentally,who were bovine, but uninterested in getting yoked.
Etymology: Heifer (young cow) & Everafter (from here to Eternity)
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)
Halholetroll
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: HAL HOLE TROLE
Sentence: Ever since she and Hal broke up she's got that void to fill...so where else can you go to fill it other than the same kind of hellhole...Hal's favourite watering hole. When she gets that look in her eyes, you can tell she's doing the Halholetroll.
Etymology: HAL: a man's name HELLHOLE: terrible place WATERING HOLE: slang for drinking place TROLL: slang for looking for a member of the opposite sex by putting out bait and waiting for someone to show interest
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COMMENTS:
Gives a whole new meaning to holesome! etymology fits 'wrong places' to a T! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-11: 11:31:00
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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