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'Whoa! Whoa! I thought we were breaking up?'

DEFINITION: v. To engage in intimate activities with your "ex", even when you know that you will never, ever, get back together again. n. Intimate activities undertaken with an ex-lover

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Retrobound

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛtɹoˌbaʊnd/

Sentence: GILMORE GIRLS SPOILER: As expected, Lorelai's fling with Chris turned out just to be a retrobound.

Etymology: From retro- + bound, as in "rebound"

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COMMENTS:

I switched to IPA for pronounciation. It makes it seem more professional, which makes it seem funnier to me. - ErWenn, 2007-02-16: 10:38:00

The funny thing is that I don't even watch Gilmore Girls. All I know, I pick up from snippets overheard from the other room while doing my homework while my better half watches. - ErWenn, 2007-02-16: 10:40:00

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Copudetat

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: kop/u/dey/ta

Sentence: John had no luck at the dance club, so decided to stop by his ex's place and try to pull off a copud'etat

Etymology: copulate + coup d'etat (to exploit)

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Excupidity

Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: ex/cu/pid/it/ee

Sentence: His dalliance into excupidity if not stupidity reminded him why he should never trust a lethal combination of cheap champagne, a cheeky cherub, and a chaise longue.

Etymology: ex (former spouse) + cupidity (lust)

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Extacy

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: eks tassseeee

Sentence: Caught in a moment of extacy he wondered how much a brain-transplant would cost, but deep down he knew she'd never agree to it

Etymology: ecstacy, ex

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Nodoe

Created by: shrimp

Pronunciation: noo-doe

Sentence: this is something you really won.t do!

Etymology: no = no, to do, so..don't do this

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Formermoans

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: for mer moanz

Sentence: Although they had officially broken up, Dick and Mona always enjoyed their Friday nights. Their deal had been that if either had no current love interest, they would get together for a formermoans session. It sounded like a friends with benefits relationship but carried on much further. One had to wonder why it still occurred after each had been happily wed to others for a number of years? What if their prospective grandchildren found out?

Etymology: Former (ex, previous) & Moans (an utterance expressing pain or disapproval or joy or sexual desire) -Wordplay on Pheromones (a chemical substance secreted externally by some animals (especially insects) that influences the physiology or sexual behavior of other animals of the same species)

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Ashpoking

telebob

Created by: telebob

Pronunciation: ash poke ing

Sentence: We got caught up in a bit of ashpoking.

Etymology:

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Rebooty

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: rēboōtē

Sentence: Rob and Jill know that they will never be able to get back together. There have been too many hurtful incidents for that to be possible. Despite that they can’t seem to resist the lure of the rebooty call. For a short time they can forget the past, as long as one of them departs quickly, before they can start talking.

Etymology: reboot (an act of booting a computer system again) + booty call (a sexual invitation or rendezvous)

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COMMENTS:

nice one - galwaywegian, 2011-02-11: 05:11:00

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Interbye

theyellowbunny

Created by: theyellowbunny

Pronunciation:

Sentence: John and Susan felt compelled to interbye knowing this is how high school reunions go.

Etymology:

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Exsexsorry

mrskellyscl

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: ex-sex-sorry

Sentence: To Karen, Bob was just an exsexsorry, something that amused her for a while then forgotten until the next time she felt like using him. Sure, she felt guilty, but only a little because he kept coming back for more.

Etymology: wordplay on accessory

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COMMENTS:

exsexellent word - Nosila, 2009-09-11: 01:09:00

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Comments:

ErWenn - 2007-02-17: 08:10:00
You know, if everyone could vote an unlimited number of times, or if there was a ranking system, instead of a voting system, that would take care of several problems at once. It would fix the late-post deficiency as well as the too-many-good-words problem.

Discoveria - 2007-02-17: 09:33:00
Maybe no new words should be displayed until there are at least 10, so you won't be tempted to vote until there's a sizeable batch of words.

ErWenn - 2007-02-18: 10:16:00
Or even just switch the vote to yesterday's verboticisms while people are creating today's.

Discoveria - 2007-02-18: 18:37:00
That would have the added (mostly good) effect of giving me something to do on Verbotomy on Saturdays.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-18: 22:38:00
Hey ErWenn and Discoveria, We could try either of these options. Would you be interested in a test week using an alternative voting sytem? Let me know ~ James (james@verbotomy.com)