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DEFINITION: n., A syndrome afflicting the recently separated in which the "ex" (i.e. ex-boyfriend, ex-girlfriend, ex-husband, or even an ex-mother-in-law) appears to be more attractive than ever before. v., To be attracted to your "ex".
Verboticisms
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Priusamare
Created by: muchiny
Pronunciation: PRI-us-amare
Sentence: [n. He looks so down when she walks by holding hands with her boyfriend, he might have priusamare.] [v. I'm sooo priusamare over my ex righ now...]
Etymology: Prius - Before in Latin Amare - Love in Latin
Dejablindside
Created by: MISSUNDERSTOOD
Pronunciation: day'-zhe-blind-side
Sentence: When Pat sat down for the movie s/he choked on the Kool-Ade, whilst dejablindsided by Chris's new formidable beauty
Etymology: DEJA-VU (Fr. feeling of already seen + BLINDSIDE (blind-sid from an unseen or unexpected direction
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COMMENTS:
The return of Angrogynous Pat and Chris! - hyperborean, 2012-10-22: 10:46:00
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Retrotractive
Created by: joelb
Pronunciation: reh-tro-TRAK-tiv
Sentence: She looked quite retrotractive as my regret sank in.
Etymology: retroactive + attractive
Roseglassing
Created by: hellohime
Pronunciation: Roseglassing - Rohz-Glah'sing
Sentence: You're Roseglassing over your entire relationship.
Etymology: From the saying "Looking at life through rose coloured glasses". Meaning that your past looks better than it actually was.
Remotestewing
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: ri-moht-stoo-ng
Sentence: Jim was afflicted with a bad case of remotestewing when he witnessed his ex's picture on the dating site.
Etymology: A derivation of remote viewing. remote + stewing (as in desire)
Pangmorse
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Jimmy had the worst pangmorse of them all.
Etymology: pang +remorse
Bettamorphosis
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: betta morf oh sis
Sentence: Why was it that bettamorphosis was at its worst when you hadn't yet replaced your ex, he thought. She looked a hundred times better than she did last week. Hell, even her date was better looking than she used to be!
Etymology: metamorphosis, better
Exappeal
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: eks-ah-peel
Sentence: Even though he had "been there, done that," he was no match for her exappeal.
Etymology: Eh, this word's kinda obvious - I found a sappy book with this title... if I think of something better, I'll change it if I can.
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COMMENTS:
works for me! - galwaywegian, 2007-09-18: 06:24:00
OK, I won't change it to boomerbang or ho-yo ("Exual Healing" playing in the background on the did'er,didjou?). - purpleartichokes, 2007-09-18: 06:47:00
Those artichokes seem to be the new superfood! Certainly seem to be hitting a purple patch! - galwaywegian, 2007-09-18: 07:02:00
Great word! Boomerbang is awesome too. We've all been down the boomerbang regret road on a Saturday morning. After the exappeal has worn off! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-18: 08:40:00
You beat me to it! - Osomatic, 2007-09-18: 14:12:00
Sorry Oso! - purpleartichokes, 2007-09-18: 15:52:00
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Exattractism
Created by: morikvendi
Pronunciation: eks-attract-ism
Sentence: George suffered from classical example of exattractism when he saw his ex-girlfriend with another guy, shining like she never shone before.
Etymology: ex - past, attractiveness
Myexual
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: my-ex-u-al
Sentence: After the breakup, it only took a few days for Gene to realize he was myexual. Seeing Carol at the party, he knew that the attraction he felt for her now was "different" than before. Carol, back on the market, was looking fine after going on the Jenny Craig diet and getting her face peeled. Gene was more confused than ever about his feelings and he was afraid of what might happen if she saw him, so he went into the bedroom closet and stayed there until she left.
Etymology: wordplay on bisexual
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Scrumpy. Thank you Scrumpy! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Scrumpy. Thank you Scrumpy. ~ James
jermainechambers44 - 2010-01-26: 16:02:00
Exregret