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DEFINITION: v. To collect all the emotional energy you receive from one person, and then share it with the very next person you meet. n. Emotional transference.
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Convibe
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /k&n-'vIb/
Sentence: Krisna was a very well-balanced person, partly because he would convibe any negativity he received onto his computer. His computer, on the other hand, was just plain miserable.
Etymology: from convey + vibe
Dumpstir
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: Dum-pah-ster
Sentence: "'Baggage? I don't think so. Why should I be the only person to carry this burden? I will off load this information, even if it's mentally scaring for the receiver'", thought Michael as he passed on the difficult news that his wife's thrush had flared up again.
Etymology: A convolution of 1) Dumpster (USually)(n) a vessel used for storing junk or unwanted items 2) stir (v) to mix or mix up, perhaps in a mischievious way (colloq).
Reflexaffect
Created by: missparaguay1991
Pronunciation: /RFLKSFKT/
Sentence: Didn't your mum say that line to you five minutes ago? stop reflexaffecting me!
Etymology: Reflexaffect: reflex from the E reflect meaning show an image, and affect from the E affected, meaning have an effect on
Emofection
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: e-mo-fek-shon
Sentence: After being dumped by a post-it this morning, Kate has emofected everyone around with her foul mood.
Etymology: I would prefer emotional Infection, or a latin emopatheogenic maybe, but emofection was more naturally understandable.
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COMMENTS:
emoflection would have been good too -- emotion + deflect - petaj, 2007-01-05: 20:19:00
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Moodiflect
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: moo dee fleckt
Sentence: Karen was a killer moodiflect, you could bet if she'd been to visit her mom in prison, she'd be very strange that day.
Etymology: from mood and deflect
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COMMENTS:
I wonder what she was like when she didn't go to prison? - wordmeister, 2007-01-02: 16:09:00
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Collectiveemotions
Created by: GreatRandew
Pronunciation: Col-ec-tive-E-mot-ions
Sentence: Due to her collective emotions, any people that rub her the wrong way leave a negative feeling that propegates.
Etymology:
Transmoshun
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: trans-moe-shun
Sentence: Pete received the full impact of Kelly's day through transmoshun.
Etymology: transmit + emotion + shun
Comments:
Carole - 2007-01-02: 22:55:00
Good one Peta, yours has the same meaning as mine. Emotedump.
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