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'You're the only person who ever listens to me...'

DEFINITION: n., An ongoing relationship where one person does all the talking, whining and complaining, and the other just listens quietly and tries to appear sympathetic. v., To participate in a lopsided conversation where one person does all the conversing.

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Monorail

Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Mon-o-ray-al

Sentence: Jackie was getting fed up with the monorail relationship that had developed between herself and Kathy, all she seemed to do was sit and listen to her moaning about everything from her boyfriends lack of affection to the state of the economy!

Etymology: Mono(one,single) + Rail(complain or protest strongly to)

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Comadoze

Created by: simoneshin

Pronunciation: coma doze

Sentence: he must have been listening, since i saw his head nodding the whole time i was ranting about whateveritwas

Etymology: coma doze

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COMMENTS:

Clever! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 09:07:00

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Boringtatious

Created by: Taylor

Pronunciation: Bor-ing-tay-shus

Sentence: Taylor was having best friend issues and the only person she could talk to was her cat. However, he was very boringtatious and didnt care about her problems.

Etymology: (boring-not fun, disinterested + tatious) To not enjoy listening to others problems.

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Siliance

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: si/li/ance

Sentence: Fred was quite happy with his siliance with Betty. He loved being with her and she did all the speaking for both of them all the time they were together.

Etymology: silent + alliance

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COMMENTS:

nice blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-11: 14:52:00

Softly done ... both the sentnece and word. Fits the definition well. Kudos! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 18:20:00

Clever blend - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-11: 18:30:00

very nice very nice!!!!!!!!!?!!!!?!!!?! - purpleman, 2008-02-11: 19:33:00

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Annoyingness

Created by: Lauren19

Pronunciation: uh-noy-ing-ness

Sentence: Poly came home form school to talk to her cat about drama at school. The cat didn't seem to like her annoyingness about talking on and on and on.

Etymology: (annoy- to annoy + ingness): to annoy someone by talking too much and not listening to what they have to say.

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Soliloquacious

Created by: jajsr

Pronunciation: So-lill-e-quack-shus

Sentence: After every disagreement with her boyfriend, Mary would fill her pet in with all of the details. She thought her cat understood her, but the cat knew it was Mary being soliloquacious.

Etymology: Combination of "Soliloquy": the act of talking to oneself, and "Loquacious": given to fluent or excessive talk.

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Mewtilation

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: me you till a shun

Sentence: Sigourney's poor cat just lay there feeling like a victom of mewtilation. Although she pretended to be asleep, Sigourney just would not stop talking and no amount of purring or mewing seemed to drown out the endless stream of prattle....

Etymology: mew + mutilation

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Blabon

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Created by: lauram22

Pronunciation: bl-ab-on

Sentence: Mary was stuck in a blabon while her friend Kaycee went on about how her parents grounded her.

Etymology: blab- to reveal indiscreetly and thoughtlessly. On- operating or in use

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Convosite

Created by: ThomasCannaday

Pronunciation: Con-Voo-Cite

Sentence: That Patrick kid is such a convosite, I can litterally feel him taking the conversation out of me

Etymology: Convo: To converse Site: Refering to parasite.

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Absorver

Created by: loxhobabl

Pronunciation: ab-zor-vur

Sentence: My best friend is the abzorver of all my relationship woes.

Etymology: absorb, observer

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-11: 01:15:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James

Jabberwocky - 2008-02-11: 05:57:00
very funny cartoon today - I look forward to seeing them every day

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-11: 10:33:00
Thanks Jabberwocky! I was thinking of you when I did it. Of course, you're the cat, and I'm the babbler. ~ James

Jabberwocky - 2008-02-11: 11:38:00
that's okay - looks like a very happy cat - probably listening to some old Cat Stevens songs

OZZIEBOB - 2008-02-11: 18:38:00
The cat looks so friendly, I could moggicoddle him. Another great cartoon in a long line of great cartoons!

silveryaspen - 2008-02-11: 18:42:00
Your definition really elicited a lot of good words, remistram. Good one!

silveryaspen - 2008-02-11: 18:43:00
I second Jabberwocky's 'I look forward to your cartoons each day' ... me two, James. Can I be the mouse missing from the ipod?

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-12: 11:30:00
Thanks! Of course the most fun is seeing how everyone responds to the creative challenge by reading their wonderful words! That's what I look forward to every day. ~ James

metrohumanx metrohumanx - 2008-12-04: 01:20:00
Excellent!

emdeejay - 2008-12-04: 05:01:00
Love the way it FINishes :-)

metrohumanx metrohumanx - 2008-12-04: 17:28:00
"Excellent" was supposed to appear under YOUR word....ahhh- the mysteries of the comment box!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-04-29: 00:12:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James

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