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DEFINITION: The happy period in a marriage, which occurs once the husband has been fully domesticated.
Verboticisms
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Domanation
Created by: Madmadchen
Pronunciation: daw-man-ay-shun
Sentence: Six months in, Marie had completely domanated Fred.
Etymology: Dominate + man
Adaptage
Created by: fashionista
Pronunciation: Ad/apt/age
Sentence: I knew we had reached the adoptage stage in our marriage once my husband began putting his dishes in the dishwasher.
Etymology: Adapt + Age
Domestidaze
Created by: Lyokia
Pronunciation: domesti-daze
Sentence: It took a year for the couple to read domestidaze.
Etymology: from domesticate and daze
Husbunderthumbery
Created by: Chunk01
Pronunciation: hus-bund-er-thum-ery
Sentence: All the fighting and nagging stopped, his resistence was finally ended and they were happy once they had entered a period of husbunderthumbery
Etymology: husband+under-the-thumb = husbunderthumbery
Chortledom
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: chore-tull-dum
Sentence: Wedded bliss ought not be expected till the state of chortledom has been reached by the/both male partner(s).
Etymology: From "chore" meaning boring housework, "chortle" meaning to laugh at (refers to the male reluctance to do chores), and "boredom/whoredom" meaning the state of being bored/selling oneself out.
Subservaissance
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /sub-'s&rv-&-"säns/
Sentence: The subservaissance of a U.S. marriage typically only lasts between one and three years somewhere between the second and seventh year after the wedding.
Etymology: subserviant + renaissance
Implausibeau
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: imp laws ee bow
Sentence: colin was never ever going to make it as an implausibeau.
Etymology: from the completely implausable situation of a man becoming completely domesticated. It takes all the fun out of a relationship. Oh and from Beau, French for partner.
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COMMENTS:
Truly charming. - highwireart, 2006-12-28: 16:57:00
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Captimaid
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: cap/ti/maid
Sentence: He was at that stage in marriage where his wife had him totally captimaided.
Etymology: captivated + maid
Spousebroken
Created by: johnnyrockett
Pronunciation: Spows-bro-ken
Sentence: He happily washed the windows once I had him spousebroken
Etymology: Spouse - a person's partner in marriage. Broken - to train to obedience; tame (But the dictionary also says to ruin financially; make bankrupt, which also fits...Ha)
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COMMENTS:
Good one johnny! - wordmeister, 2006-12-28: 09:40:00
Love it! - purpleartichokes, 2006-12-28: 11:32:00
Thanks guys... - johnnyrockett, 2006-12-28: 13:47:00
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