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DEFINITION: To collect all the emotional energy you receive from one person, and then share it with the very next person you meet.
Verboticisms
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Remocate
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: ree-MOH-cayt
Sentence: As Alex's girlfriend slammed the door in his face, he automatically assumed she was remocating from a phone call just before.
Etymology: relocate + emotion
Compatribute
Created by: irminem
Pronunciation: com-pa-tri-bute
Sentence: People who are not independent thinkers, always compatribute with thise they encounter on a daily basis.
Etymology: "comp" from "compile"; "pa" from "passion" and "tribute" from "distribute"
Ignoridity
Created by: mirandapearl
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "you are full of ignoridity today arent you?"
Etymology:
Endorphosis
Created by: elron
Pronunciation: en-dor-fo-sis
Sentence: I could tell when Mary approached me that her endorphosis would be completely spilled on me.
Etymology: endorphin + osmosis
Karmadiate
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Kahr-may-dee-ate
Sentence: Billy knocked on the door, and when Jennifer opened it, she looked right at him and said, "I suppose you think this fixes everything!", then ran off and locked herself into the bathroom for an hour. While he waited impatiently on the couch, her Saint Bernard, "Mr. Tidwell", began to take a more than friendly interest in nuzzling Billy's sensitive areas. Before he caught himself, Billy glanced at Mr. Tidwell and karmadiated involuntarily, "I suppose you think this fixes everything".
Etymology: Karma + radiate
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COMMENTS:
Hey Kyoti - keep going with your story - it's good but you still haven't used your word in a sentence - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-20: 11:09:00
I always forget that part. I'm too busy ducking from my boxlexia. This place is full of trap doors, you know? - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 11:14:00
much better - funny story - maybe you should have named the dog Monica - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-20: 11:20:00
Mr. Tidwell did my verbotomy - snuffleupaguest. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-20: 13:27:00
Well, see... Tidwell is a verbotomy too. Sobbbbb.... - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 14:56:00
Or was that an anagram? Hmmm.... - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 14:57:00
A subliminal mnemonic device? I dunno. - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 14:58:00
And LOL @ snuffleupaguest. :)) - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 14:58:00
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Repsychle
Created by: urbanwookie
Pronunciation: ree-sigh-kl
Sentence: Frank felt sure Jodie was repsychling her cat's negativity....
Etymology: recycle + psyche = repsychle
Defercate
Created by: scrawlspacer
Pronunciation: DEH fur kayt
Sentence: I really need to quit my job. My boss is so bitchy I wind up defercating on my boyfriend.* You have to watch out for the silent types. Sometimes they do nothing but defercate.* I wish I weren't the first person Mary sees every day when she comes in. Why can't she find someone else to listen to her defercate?
Etymology: defer + defecate (in the figurative sense, as in "to dump" (intr.) or "to dump something [on someone]" (tr.)
Dumpchump
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: dump-chump
Sentence: As soon as he heard that her dog mauled her big toe, he ran for the hills knowing full well he'd be dumpchumped.
Etymology: dump (to dispose of something) + chump (sucker, sitting duck)
Funkdump
Created by: KristinA
Pronunciation: funk-dump
Sentence: He dismissed his wife's unrelenting sarcasm and judgemental comments as just a funkdump. Afterall, they had just come from his mother's house.
Etymology: "funk" as in the emotional baggage and "dump" as to unload it onto someone else (also derived from personal mom-in-law experience)
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COMMENTS:
Nice word! At first glance I thought it was fuppeduck. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-20: 09:14:00
A clever buffalo wing place might get some mileage out of a spicy serving of fuppeduck. - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 10:42:00
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Comments:
Kyoti - 2007-07-20: 10:50:00
Ozzie's probably an emociologist on the side, and slightly emotipathic as a result. Must... transfer... moodflings.
Kyoti - 2007-07-20: 10:51:00
Sighhh... not again.