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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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Intimet
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: inn-tee-met
Sentence: I told my husband about Roger. He said it was alright because we've only intimet, and that's what he does with Sandra anyway. So it's not cheating.
Etymology: Internet + Intimate + Met = Intimet
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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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.]
Jealousy
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: I think you know.
Sentence: Alex kept trying to think of the word to describe what he felt when he caught his girlfriend with another guy, but a quick scouring of dictionary.com gave it to him: jealousy.
Etymology: Um, it's jealousy.
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COMMENTS:
Eek, I'm afraid I came off sarcastic. Sorry. - mplsbohemian, 2007-06-02: 03:43:00
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Idulterer
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: eye-dull-ter-err
Sentence: While Jessica knew that Henry wasn't physically cheating on her, she saw him for the idulterer he was as he spent seven hours every night chatting with his email pal "Karen".
Etymology: adulterer + i-prefix popularized by apple electronics
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
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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Flirtualist
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: flir-two-list
Sentence: Franny was quite the flirtualist with Frank until Fa´moused found out.
Etymology: Flirt-To make playfully romantic overtures. Part of Virtual and also in part of Dual...Having a double character or purpose.
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COMMENTS:
It sounds more like flirt + virtual, which is probably part of the charm. :) - Discoveria, 2012-09-29: 12:41:00
Thank you~ You got it! It sure is... ;) - abrakadeborah, 2012-12-06: 14:38:00
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Desoulashun
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: des/sohl/a/shun
Sentence: When he caught Jenny with Robbie, complete and utter desoulashun overtook him.
Etymology: desolation + soulmate + shun
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COMMENTS:
Until he turned to Vicky for consoulation - petaj, 2007-06-01: 08:42:00
Vicky, that soultry nixhim! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-01: 08:47:00
He was probably just looking for some soulass - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-01: 09:04:00
or maybe more ass than soul - petaj, 2007-06-01: 09:09:00
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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