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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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Condomnundrum
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: con/dum/nun/drum
Sentence: To .... or not to .... that is the condomnundrum
Etymology: condom + conundrum
Bonusex
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: bo-nus-eks
Sentence: They ha a horrible break-up, but since neither of the cared to please the other anymore, the bonusex was amazing!
Etymology: bonus + sex
Exsexsorry
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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Amourgency
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: am oor jen cee
Sentence: It happened each time Tina and Tom had to meet over something. Although divorced, the old magic was still there and they found they would experience an amourgency, which needed immediate attention...kind of like what you see on those Cialis commercials on TV.
Etymology: Amour (French for love expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance) & Emergency (a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action)
Exrelapsure
Created by: alphabetapolothology
Pronunciation:
Sentence: As soon as Johnny left, Jane called her friend to admit that she had exrelapsured yet again.
Etymology: ex- relaspe- rapture
Incinerelate
Created by: Mobelia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: While they continued to incinerelate at opportune times they knew the relationship was over.
Etymology: from incinerate meaning to rekindle, burn (and to go down in flames!) and relate: to couple, connect, cojoin
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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Posance
Created by: Ahmad
Pronunciation: po-zaens
Sentence: Though Shahida and Aamir had broken, still kissing each other. but all know it was just a posance to make siara jealous and nothing.
Etymology: Pose = to show or act something which is not true. Romance= related to love
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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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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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)