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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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Betrayaleruption
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: bee-tray-all-e-rup-shun
Sentence: When she found the lipstick on his shirt collar, she felt the betrayaleruption of fury welling up in her heart.
Etymology: Betrayl + erruption (a somewhat predictable but not manageable sudden violent discharge)
Fauxtimacy
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: faux/ti/macy
Sentence: Susan needs to have an on-line fauxtimacy to make her life at home during the day bearable.
Etymology: faux + intimacy
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COMMENTS:
faux she's a jolly good fellow! - Nosila, 2009-12-28: 22:20:00
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Vileous
Created by: LindsayStar
Pronunciation: V-ile-ous
Sentence: what is the vileuos creature doing to her
Etymology:
Prediletdown
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: pree/dill/et/down
Sentence: He suffered a massive prediletdown when he saw her in the arms of another
Etymology: predictable + let down
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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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
Trampire
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: tram pyre
Sentence: He acted like a vampire in a fit of righteous trampire, his nerves snapped like a tripwire and his brain was going haywire.
Etymology: tramp, ire
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COMMENTS:
There once was a righteous vampire,
his brain went utterly haywire,
When his girlfriend cheated,
he got a bit heated,
and swooned in a fit of trampire. - petaj, 2007-06-01: 08:54:00
Poor sucker! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-01: 09:06:00
Wasn't that from the Rocky Whoreor Prickture Show? - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-01: 09:43:00
I like this one! - texmom, 2007-06-01: 15:29:00
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Cuckoolduphoria
Created by: suzanne
Pronunciation: kuk-ohld-u-fore-eea
Sentence: As Hilary watched bill leave for the office with a box of havan's finest the old familiar cuckooluphoria rose in her belly.
Etymology: cuckold - the victim of sexual betrayal by a spourse. euphoria - an intense emotional feeling, usually postitive.
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COMMENTS:
Hillilarious! - wordmeister, 2007-06-01: 14:05:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Clayton. Thank you Clayton! ~ James
Clayton, this definition has prompted some inspired commenting.
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.
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
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?
Today's definition was suggested by Clayton. Thank you Clayton. ~ James