Verboticisms

Created by: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: be MINE field

Sentence: The situation had become a beminefield. My heart, that little cold black thing of mine, started to race. He was not my besotted. He was my beswatted, as I struck him down with my deafening silence after he said those three little words. "Do you cook?" Then, while I was still reeling, he whispered, "I love you," and I didn't know which question to ignore the loudest. So I quickly tried to fill the silence. "I think it's going to rain tomorrow. What do you think?"

Etymology: BEMINE: like in valentine MINEFIELD: a place where you are in danger of setting off mines

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COMMENTS:

I liek it. - Nuwanda, 2009-02-10: 09:08:00

I like it as well - Nuwanda, 2009-02-10: 09:09:00

me like it too - mweinmann, 2009-02-10: 09:36:00

very funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-10: 10:24:00

heehee - galwaywegian, 2009-02-10: 11:57:00

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Created by: catalina

Pronunciation: IN-HART-END

Sentence: Sal was telling his friend Lisa about how infatuated he was with her when she became slightly inheartend.

Etymology: Loving someone and and not having that reciprocal feeling

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: reh sip row kant

Sentence: the reciprocant of his love damned him to eternal frogdom

Etymology: reciprocate, can't

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COMMENTS:

chuckling over eternal frogdom ... well put. Reciprocant is so spot on the definition and the meaning is so readily apparent. Superb create. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 17:59:00

Very clever! - Mustang, 2009-02-10: 21:31:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: un ree kwyt ab bil

Sentence: Trying to gently turn him down, Maria told Kermit that there was a language barrier between them. Kermit cared not at all. She told him that she did not know if she was ready for tadpoles. Again he gazed at her with bulging eyes. Finally, she told him bluntly that his ardor for her was unrequiteable. He looked despondent and afraid that he might go off and croak, she watched him hop up to a pretty girl on the road. The pretty girl bent down and kissed Kermit and poof! didn't he turn into a tall handsome Prince? He turned to Maria and said, "When I said "ribbit" it does not mean "I love you"...it means "Kiss me and become my Princess!" Maria toadally got it wrong!

Etymology: Unrequited (not returned in kind, not mutual) & Able (having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity to do something)

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: j ill t g ill t

Sentence: she felt some jiltguilt, but remained strong in her conviction that the best he was going to be was a frog

Etymology: jilt guilt

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: Kew-Pee-Doom

Sentence: With Bob's words "I hope we remain lifetime friends", an erostaut Teresa instantly understood the shattering signifance between being in 'cupid-dom' and facing the reality of 'cupidoom'.

Etymology: Cupid: the roman god of passinate love & doom - ruin, destruction; and Cupid and dom: the realm of Cupid. Erostaut: Eros: physical love, sexual love & taut: expierencing stress or anxiety.

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Created by: Meganja

Pronunciation: Flew-oof

Sentence: I am such a floof when someone says I love you, because I just stare blankly and wonder why.

Etymology:

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Created by: idavecook

Pronunciation: SH-UH-CKS-FOO

Sentence: I was totally shuxfued last night after Stacy just grinned and won the world's shoe gazing contest...

Etymology: Aww Shux + Kung Fu to the ticker.

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Created by: GlobalGallery

Pronunciation: four-tee-luv

Sentence: It was fortilove at first sight. Maria was feeling uneasy after Carlos spent so much money on her. The dinner, the flowers, the limo. What was next, a ring? He made such an effort to score points and win her affections but she felt it was inappropriate. Anything more would be too much and it would be game over.

Etymology: A play on the tennis score '40-luv' where the game is over if the server scores the next point.

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COMMENTS:

Good one! - TJayzz, 2009-02-10: 14:53:00

Super clever. Great create. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 17:47:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: āmôrôrles

Sentence: She loved him more and more. He loved her amororless. Her love was passionate, his approximate.

Etymology: amore (love in Italian) + more or less (indifference)

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COMMENTS:

wonderful - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-10: 10:23:00

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