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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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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)
Affairate
Created by: blaine
Pronunciation: Affair-ate
Sentence: My husband would have an affairate if he ever walked in on us.
Etymology: Affair; Irate
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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Jodicide
Created by: ngajoe
Pronunciation: Joh-dee-side
Sentence: After reading the Instant Messenger transcript between his girlfriend and someone named "SweetLove384", Em felt a cold wave of jodicide swell up in his heart, and he knew now that only his hunting rifle and a 4x scope could find a cure.
Etymology: "Jody" [fictional character in Army horror stories who steals the hearts of a soldier's loved ones during deployments.] + cide [Middle English, from Old French (from Latin -cīda, killer) and Latin -cīdium, killing, both from caedere, to strike, kill.]
Janger
Created by: syerraecho
Pronunciation: Jan-ger (sounds like anger with a j)
Sentence: He seethed with janger upon seeing his loved one in his best friends arms.
Etymology: Jealousy + Anger
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COMMENTS:
Good word! Got one of my votes today!! - Stevenson0, 2007-06-01: 15:40:00
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Jealisle
Created by: Megsee
Pronunciation: gel - isle (sounds like while)
Sentence: The sight of her lover crooning a love song into his blackberry made her feel as though she might vomit, though nothing was in her stomach she felt jealisle.
Etymology:
Woebegonorrhea
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: woe/begone/or/ea
Sentence: He felt an intense wave of woebegonorrhea when he discovered his girlfriend was cheating on him and just as he was about to tell her about the test results from the clinic
Etymology: woebegone + gonorrhea
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COMMENTS:
It's a cruel world. - petaj, 2007-06-01: 08:44:00
He never should have hooked up with SyPhillis. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-01: 09:11:00
Nor Clay Middea, H. Ivy and Donna Vanosis - petaj, 2007-06-01: 09:42:00
I think VD (Verbotomy Dialogue) is very contagious - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-01: 12:34:00
dinner was going well, the potatoes were cooked to perfection.. the meat was tender and the gravy she'd made was delicious.. but the evening went downhill after he tasted Her Peas - rikboyee, 2007-06-01: 18:48:00
No doubt someone had been engaging in riceque behaviour and enjoying some lentitillation with the peas. - petaj, 2007-06-01: 21:50:00
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Adultguttery
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: adult-GUT-ery (but variations for different parts of speech are allowed eg. adultergutted)
Sentence: Daniel was prostrate with adultguttery and could only curse himself that he had seen it coming. Afterall, she was a harlotbinger, a harbinger of harlotry.
Etymology: adultery + gutted
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COMMENTS:
isn't the harbinger of harlotry one of the signs of the 'ho'diac - rikboyee, 2007-06-01: 03:28:00
or is it a sign that whoremaggedon is upon us...i can never remember. - rikboyee, 2007-06-01: 03:30:00
Bawdly speaking, she was also known as the Oracallgirl of Delphi. - petaj, 2007-06-01: 04:51:00
sounds like a real prophetstitute - rikboyee, 2007-06-01: 06:18:00
probably whoremoanal - galwaywegian, 2007-06-01: 06:34:00
That reminds me of a joke... How do you make a hormone? Forget to pay her. (are those groans I hear?) - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-01: 08:39:00
That one always make me giggle'o - petaj, 2007-06-01: 09:06:00
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Cuckoldamnation
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: cuck + ol + dam + nation
Sentence: And that was it, she was cheating on me - I felt the cuckoldamnation rising within me.
Etymology: cuckold + damnation
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