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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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Amortification
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: amor/ti/fi/cay/shun
Sentence: They secumbed to amortification knowing that their love was dead and gone - how sad
Etymology: amore + mortification
Forniclosure
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: for-knee-cloe-zyer
Sentence: it felt nice and familiar but she couldn't forget how irritraiting he'd become...this was strictly forniclosure
Etymology: fornicate, closure
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COMMENTS:
Very nice, sum's up the definition impressively! - allwise, 2007-02-16: 05:42:00
I agree. Here's a vote. By the way, I've looked all over this place and can't find a single teller to cash in my points. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-16: 15:26:00
Yeah, but if I could just get some forniclosure, that would be ok... - allwise, 2007-02-19: 02:55:00
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Nookiepact
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: noo-kie-pact
Sentence: Buffy intended to enforce a nookiepact because she was lonely and Brad, her recent ex, was still available.
Etymology: nookie (i.e. hanky panky) + pact
Lustalgia
Created by: FreakyDeak
Pronunciation: luh-stal-juh
Sentence: Lustalgia was giving him heartaches, headaches and backaches.
Etymology: Lust + Nostalgia (desire to return to a former time)
Rebooty
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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Excopulation
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: ex-cop-u-lat-shun
Sentence: Robert had heard that excopulation was very satisfying, but none of his ex-girl friends would give it try...
Etymology: ex+copulate
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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Exsexive
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ekseksiv
Sentence: Now that they have separated, every thing they do together is exsexive. John and Mary can*t seem to meet for a simple dinner, go out to a movie or even go to church together without ending up engaging in a session of canoodling. They are no longer welcome in a number of local restaurants or movie theaters. They are scheduled for a chat with their minister next week.
Etymology: ex (a former husband, wife, or partner in a relationship) + sex (intercourse) + excessive (more than is necessary, normal, or desirable; immoderate)
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COMMENTS:
Someone needs to hose them down... - Nosila, 2009-09-11: 01:11:00
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Postpartemaffection
Created by: ekath
Pronunciation: post-part-umm-uh-fek-shun
Sentence: Does she care that her postpartemaffection is ruining her current relationship? No, he knows he'll get the same special treatment...
Etymology: from post + apart + them + affection
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COMMENTS:
It'd be better as two words, but good enough for a vote from me. - ErWenn, 2007-02-17: 08:07:00
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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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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)