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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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Projectileemoting

Created by: dstorm78

Pronunciation: proj-jec-tile-ee-mote-ing

Sentence: I'm so tired of you projectileemoting all over the place every morning...we're through.

Etymology: This is a combination of projectile vomiting and emoting. Therefore, one would upchuck their emotions without warning.

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Emosation

Created by: chofu67

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Transmoshun

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: trans-moe-shun

Sentence: Pete received the full impact of Kelly's day through transmoshun.

Etymology: transmit + emotion + shun

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Hissplacement

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: hiss playse ment

Sentence: When Tiger vocalized his indifference, jealousy and displeasure towards Sybil, it was a catastrophe. She was catatonic briefly before projecting her hissplacement categorically towards her boyfriend,Tom. Afterwhich, Tom was feline purrly...

Etymology: Hiss (the fricative, sibilant noise cats make to express disapproval, contempt ot displeasure) & Displacement (the psychological transference of feelings from one person to another; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one)

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Transpurrance

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: trans-pur-uhns

Sentence: Cindy is very close to her cat. Unfortunately Mr. Furball often sets her mood for the day. If he treats her poorly everybody in the office will do their best to stay clear. The emotional transpurrance can be deadly.

Etymology: tansferance (the shift of emotions, especially those experienced in childhood, from one person or object to another, especially the transfer of feelings about a parent to an analyst) + purr (to utter a low, continuous, murmuring sound expressive of contentment or pleasure, as a cat does)

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Procrastagonize

Created by: Wriiight

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Etymology: Procrastinate + Antagonize

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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

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Transemototherapy

Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation:

Sentence: The kick he received playing football really hurt his shin. Lying in bed later, his wife was less than thrilled as she felt a sharp pain and realised his foot had carried out transemototherapy

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Forwardfeel

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: fore-ward-feel

Sentence: He knew that her hatred towards his mother was going to be a forwardfeel towards him. It would manifest itself in the form of her refraining to do his laundry.

Etymology: forward (transmit, send) + feel (to be emotionally affected by)

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Emofection

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Created by: ubgrud

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:

petaj emoflection would have been good too -- emotion + deflect - petaj, 2007-01-05: 20:19:00

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Comments:

Carole - 2007-01-02: 22:55:00
Good one Peta, yours has the same meaning as mine. Emotedump.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-08-07: 09:28:00
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