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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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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)
Quondamboff
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: kwaan daam boff
Sentence: Keely and Kevin were known for their quandamboffing because they knew eachother so well it was easier than pulling and starting all over again
Etymology: from quondam and boffing.
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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Condomnundrum
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: con/dum/nun/drum
Sentence: To .... or not to .... that is the condomnundrum
Etymology: condom + conundrum
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
Postpwnd
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: post-poned
Sentence: What is it with some girls and postpwning? Don't they know that there is no reason for it, and it is just unacceptable?
Etymology: post (as in after) pwned (as in the nerdy version of owned, from a typo in, I believe, a halo game.) It means, basically, to defeat an enemy.
Tabooty
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: tab-oo-tee
Sentence: This uh mm! tabooty mm! oh yes! must aah stop.
Etymology: taboo (forbidden) + booty (slang for sexual intercourse)
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
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
Moreplay
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: moor + plae
Sentence: Bill would call his ex Carol when he was in the mood for a little moreplay.
Etymology: More + Play (something like Foreplay)
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)