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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
Verboticisms
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Ashpoking
Created by: telebob
Pronunciation: ash poke ing
Sentence: We got caught up in a bit of ashpoking.
Etymology:
Hindplay
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: hind.play
Sentence: "Oh, come on, stay over one last time tonight. A little hindplay has never done anyone any harm"
Etymology: combination of "hindsight" and "foreplay"
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COMMENTS:
Very nice! When I saw the definition I thought, "A word already exists for this: backsliding!" But then I saw hindplay... fabulous and useful! - NohWoman, 2007-02-16: 02:32:00
Yes, as NohWoman says, very useful! - wordmeister, 2007-02-16: 09:26:00
thanks for the flowers to both of you. I do enjoy coming up with this stuff and there are some really creative people playing here. - w5lf9s, 2007-02-16: 11:56:00
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Extingwish
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: ex/ting/wish
Sentence: Bob had an extingwish where he would relive his 'ting' with his ex.
Etymology: ex + ting + wish + extinguish
Dejascrew
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: day ja skrou
Sentence: that eerie yet strangely comforting feeling of dejascrew set her essentials a-tingling
Etymology: deja vu + screw
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COMMENTS:
This is classic! - Alchemist, 2007-02-16: 07:05:00
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Remance
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ree-manse
Sentence: When Gloria hads recurring bouts of regret over breaking up with Mark she engages him in remance, finding opportunities here and there to cuddle and make out, though she has no desire to rekindle the relationship itself.
Etymology: Play on the word 'romance' with prefix 're' - to do over
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)
Excalibre
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: eks-kal-uh-ber
Sentence: Jill has fond memories of the men in her life. She rates them with her unique system labeling each with an excalibre rating based on their abilities with Excalibur. Jimmy was her .22, fun to play with but not too serious. When she wants something serious she will call her .44 magnum or .50 Cal.
Etymology: ex (former) + calibre (the diameter of a cylindrical body, esp the internal diameter of a tube or the bore of a firearm) a play on Excalibur the sword of King Arthur
Olsetose
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: ol-sa-dose
Sentence: Olsetose, number one in the years.....
Etymology: OLd SEx TO SEe
Exchecker
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ex/chek/ur
Sentence: Dan was never satisfied that his current relationship was as good as the last so he became an avid exchecker. He refers to himself as Chancellor of the Exchecker.
Etymology: ex + check+ exchequer
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COMMENTS:
check, mate! - Nosila, 2011-02-11: 15:15:00
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Exsex
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: ECKS-seks
Sentence: "I had the best exsex with Mona last night," Travis beamed. "I shoulda divorced her YEARS ago!"
Etymology: ex + sex
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.
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)