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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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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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Romanthick
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: row man thik
Sentence: The romanthick in him knew he would finally meeet his queen as soon as he landed in Africa, maybe even before he got to collect his lottery winnings there!
Etymology: romantic, thick
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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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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Paramooer
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: para moo er
Sentence: Elsie was just in the mooed to find a new paramooer. So she went with her bff, Bessie to a meat market...you know the kind of place we mean. Where the goods were well hung, the cowcktails affordabull and there was poll dancing. Their only prospects were a couple of shorthorns who were both Taurus and could be herd from far away. As usual the girls struck out, because the rodeo was in town and the beefcake drank elsewhere.
Etymology: Paramour (a woman's lover;a woman who cohabits with an important man) & Mooer (a cow, who moos)
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COMMENTS:
brilliant! - galwaywegian, 2010-08-25: 04:28:00
I am glad it mooved you! - Nosila, 2010-08-26: 23:48:00
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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)
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)
Missguided
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: mis-gahy-did
Sentence: Harry's search for amour is often missguided. He thought he had discovered a gold mine when he came across a neighborhood bar called the Velvet Boot that was frequented primarily by females. His flirtation always seems to be with Miss IDon'tThinkSo.
Etymology: miss (to fail to encounter, meet, catch) + Miss (a title of respect prefixed to the name of a unmarried woman) misguided (misled; mistaken)
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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Maidenchoice
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: mādnchois
Sentence: Joice always seems to make the maidenchoice. She always seems to make decisions that keep her from meeting guys. Whether it's where she lives, between two retirement communities or her job in the morgue, she rarely finds herself in a position to meet anyone datable. The last handsome young man she saw in person was very cold, laying on a stainless steel table. The ugly hole in his head was a major deterrent to a night on the town.
Etymology: maiden (a girl or young woman, esp. an unmarried one) + choice (an act of selecting or making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities)
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COMMENTS:
Does that mean that all the young women who live on Maiden Choice Lane won't find suiters? - otherguy, 2009-02-11: 07:28:00
or suitors... :-) - wayoffcenter, 2009-02-11: 07:59:00
Yes she's in a job where there is stiff competition to find a live one...especially with that co-worker of hers, Myra Mains! - Nosila, 2009-02-12: 00:39:00
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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