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DEFINITION: n. An extremely intimate, but completely innocent, relationship with an online "partner". v. To be virtually unfaithful while strictly maintaining physical loyalty.
Verboticisms
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Dysphuriation
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: dis-FYOOR-ee-EY-shuhn
Sentence: Gerald could not contain his dysphuriation, which was clearly harder on him than either Janet or Carl, the landscaper.
Etymology: dysphoria + infuriation
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COMMENTS:
Janet was into whoreticulture. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-01: 08:55:00
Gerald was a mite angry, but Carl probably has a spray for that. Janet declared she was just being environmentally friendly. - petaj, 2007-06-01: 09:03:00
Carl was a seedy character, having had affairs with Rose, Daisy, and Lily as well. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-01: 09:19:00
sounds like a thHorny problem - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-01: 12:30:00
Yes, but Gerald rose to the occasion. - Clayton, 2007-06-01: 13:54:00
Damn, "rose" had already been used. I'll try again. It wasn't the first time Janet had been deflowered. Gerald fell into a vegetative state, preventing him from getting to the root of the problem. Tree times was fir too many. - Clayton, 2007-06-01: 14:05:00
Perhaps Janet felt that Gerald had been spending too much thyme with Rosemary and as he hadn't been wearing his foxglove he had developed a problem with his peonies - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-01: 15:35:00
Whereas Janet's gardenia belt left her feverbush exposed, making Carl's horse cane extremely gladiola, until his stamen peeked out from under his monkshood and he began pollen on his periwinkle. Fertilization was fine, but there was no possumhaw that he could marigold that witch-hazel and become a poppie, carting the orchids around to daisy care. Some called him a pansy, but many problems stemmed from his disinterest in cultivating a family and branching out. He wished everyone would just leaf him alone so he could smoke weed and listen to the Sex Pistils. Maple it was for the best. He'd rather bee with Jasmine, to chestnut on her pod and turn out the nightshade. - Clayton, 2007-06-01: 18:35:00
too funny - I'm splitpeaing myself with laughter!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-01: 20:10:00
Clayton, you sure have some stamena for pROSE. Freesia jolly good fellow, and sow say all of us. - petaj, 2007-06-02: 23:34:00
Ha ha! LOVE it! - Clayton, 2007-06-04: 06:18:00
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Infidelitantrum
Created by: Trystera
Pronunciation: in-fih-DELL-ih-TAHN-trum
Sentence: When Allen came home early, only to walk in on his wife with his best friend, there was no escaping his infidelitantrum, nor the accompanying .44 rounds.
Etymology: infidelity + tantrum, with Latinate pronunciation pattern (because it sounds better that way)
Cheatatrophy
Created by: franticff
Pronunciation: cheet-A-tro-fee
Sentence: Feist suffered a cheatatrophy late last night while stalkbooking her lover.
Etymology: of French escheoir "befall by chance, happen, devolve," atrophia from Greek,"a wasting away, a waste of time!"
Cheatesponse
Created by: nbsalomon
Pronunciation: chee-tah-spawn-sss
Sentence: Carl's cheatesponse to Carol's affair with Michael AND Thomas made Carol feel bad.
Etymology: cheat and response
Cuckoldespair
Created by: jadenguy
Pronunciation: kuk old dis per
Sentence: Cuckoldispair seized his heart as he thrashed about the city; he was sure the downpour smelled like blood. Perhaps if he'd waited just a few more minutes...
Etymology: Cuckold + dispair
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COMMENTS:
You have my admiration for tackling this awkward word. - petaj, 2007-06-01: 09:54:00
thanks, i try. - jadenguy, 2007-06-01: 10:15:00
I found it very tough today as well - this word really sums it up nicely - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-01: 11:53:00
maybe you should have tried adultergate again? - jadenguy, 2007-06-01: 14:35:00
or maybe roderage - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-01: 15:16:00
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Esophistinfaiz
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: ess-o-FIS-tin-feyz
Sentence: The extirpatingly asphyxiating and incalculably discombobulating esophistinfaiz exacerbated me and motivated me to thrust a lolloping cogency into the rendezvousing Brutuses. In short... I punched them.
Etymology: S.O.P [Standard Operating Procedure] a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely XD + an evolution of the phrase "fist in face" + esophagus, a possible fist target [yeah, it could be]
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COMMENTS:
Whew! Glad you summed up that sentence. You lost me at extir... Quite creative! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-01: 08:59:00
I thought it may have been the response of a philosopher in Morroco (sophist in Faiz) - petaj, 2007-06-01: 09:38:00
thanks. though i could've sworn i read one of Aesop's fables when I conjured up that word (Aesop is in the Faiz)... *sigh* and that was just another corny joke, courtesy of ohwtepph. - ohwtepph, 2007-06-01: 09:58:00
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Laptopdancer
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lap top dan ser
Sentence: Since she spent more guilty hours online with "Raoul" than she did with her real-life lover, Fidel, Rhonda was considered a laptopdancer.
Etymology: Laptop (portable, wireless computer, small enough to fit in your lap) & Lap Dancer (a scantily dressed/naked person who dances erotically for individual members of the audience)
Comments:
Verbotomy - 2007-06-01: 01:51:00
Today's definition was suggested by Clayton. Thank you Clayton! ~ James
petaj - 2007-06-01: 09:48:00
Clayton, this definition has prompted some inspired commenting.
Verbotomy - 2007-06-01: 12:02:00
Yes! You guys are so funny, I can hardly wait to read the book. ~ James
Clayton - 2007-06-01: 13:56:00
Heh. It seems like we've all been there. Fortunately, it's been several years for me.
Verbotomy - 2007-06-01: 14:24:00
I have made a couple of changes today. First, I have changed the way the Verboticisms are displayed so that now it shows the words from every Verbroom. I have also added a "Show All" link which lists all the verboticims of the day on a single page! Secondly I have added a comment tracking system so you can track all your conversations. If these changes cause a problem, let me know! ~ James
petaj - 2007-06-01: 21:42:00
Thank you for the show all. I was thinking about the "tag cloud" idea. It would work well on the author pages, where the weighting for each word could be displayed by relative size of font. Then we could check out our best scoring words, and it wouldn't interfere with voting. Tracking conversations is a neat idea too. Are all the comments from every word in the one "track" or would we have to track each one individuall?
Verbotomy - 2009-12-28: 00:16:00
Today's definition was suggested by Clayton. Thank you Clayton. ~ James