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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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Ventrawlation

Created by: dochanne

Pronunciation: Vent-rawl-ation

Sentence: Diane's heart sank as she saw who was calling, but it was too late, she had pressed the accept button. Michael launched into his usual monotonic whining soliloquoy without as much as a 'how are you?' and before she knew it Diane was the same old sounding board she always had been since the start of this ventrawlation he chose to call a "friendhship". One day she really would train a parrot to say "uhuh" and "I know, oh, I know" just to see if he would notice. Or maybe she'd just get a new phone number and move to Cleveland.

Etymology: Vent - to release emotional energy with excess verbiage; drawl - excessive, pointless or slow speech; relation - indicative of a relationship of some variety.

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COMMENTS:

I rethunk it and prefer BLAHBUDDY. - dochanne, 2008-12-04: 13:01:00

metrohumanx VENTRAWLATIO is extremely clever. Love the "parrot" concept! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-04: 17:20:00

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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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Beach

Created by: drizzydrake

Pronunciation:

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Solidosis

Created by: DeltaRho2K

Pronunciation:

Sentence: The secret to my relationship with her is the solidosis I possess to be able to link her conversation with my brain. Isn't marriage wonderful?

Etymology: solid (from solidarity) - unity that produces or is based on community of interests, objectives, and standards -osis (from osmosis) - a usually effortless often unconscious assimilation

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COMMENTS:

So very nice ... both the sentence and the verboticism! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 18:15:00

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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: SILIANCE - noun - from SILENT (making no sound; quiet) + ALLIANCE (a merging of efforts, or interests by persons)

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COMMENTS:

Unique word and etymology. Nice one! - silveryaspen, 2008-12-04: 12:31:00

metrohumanx I want to pronounce it "silly-unce".Good word, Big "O" ! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-04: 16:30:00

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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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Whinologue

thegoatisbad

Created by: thegoatisbad

Pronunciation: WHY-NO-LOG

Sentence: Ever since Kimberly had decided to rebuke television, she spent vacant half-hour slots in front of a mirror, practicing what she wanted to tell co-workers the next day. As a result, the office became merely a backdrop for her crafted conversations- which were whinologues in reality.

Etymology: whine (complain) + monologue (indivdual uninterrupted speech)

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Blatherapport

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: BLATH-er-rah-pohr

Sentence: Penelope had great blatherapport with passive, sympathetic listeners who always seemed to find it difficult to interject any comments of their own, and were content to let Penelope ramble on....though some thought she needed to join the support group for yackers....."On and on Anon".

Etymology: Blend of blather and rapport

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx Would that be a "twelve schlep group"? - metrohumanx, 2008-12-04: 16:26:00

Yep, regular schlepper yappers. - Mustang, 2008-12-04: 16:56:00

Love On and On Anon...you've enabled us to learn more words! - Nosila, 2008-12-04: 21:33:00

My pleasure. - Mustang, 2008-12-05: 00:45:00

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Monosillyblahblahblahtic

Created by: CanadianAndyCapp

Pronunciation: Mono-sillee-blarr-blarr-blarr-tik

Sentence: In Jane Austin's Pride and Predjudice, the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Collins could best be described as Monosillyblahblahblahtic.

Etymology: Mono - Singular. / Silly - nonsensical. / Blahblahblah - Boring or monotonous speech (Commonly associated with beaurocratic or political rhetoric).

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COMMENTS:

You have taken the blahs to new heights! Good one! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 09:13:00

Or should I say you took the blahs to new lows! (lol) - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 09:14:00

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Whimpathy

Created by: milorush

Pronunciation: (n.)wim-path-ee; (adj.) wim-path-et-ik; (intr. v.) wim-path-ize

Sentence: Living the double curse of being a good listener possessed of a kind heart, Marie spends several hours a day whimpathizing with her coworkers; however, all she really wants to do is tell them to get a life!

Etymology: whimp[er] + [em]pathy

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COMMENTS:

should be a real word! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-11: 12:40:00

great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-11: 14:41:00

Excellent word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-11: 15:53:00

Three more cheers! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 18:30:00

Another really versatile word! - Tigger, 2008-02-12: 01:07:00

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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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