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DEFINITION: n. A specially coded language, which newly dating couples use to describe their relationship when they don't want other people to realize that they have "the hots" for each other.v. To talk about sex in a code words.
Verboticisms
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Obfuscationshipspeak
Created by: bailandi
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "Oh man, did you hear Tom and Mary at the office yesterday, I thought they were talking about work but when I listened closely, it was more obfuscationshipspeak than anything else!"
Etymology: Using the word Obfuscate, meaning to make unclear and relationship, to indicate it's between two people. adding "speak" to indicate a new type of language comes from Orwell's 1984.
Infatuspeak
Created by: dancemonkey
Pronunciation: In-FAT-Chew-Speak
Sentence: Katie and Arnold's infatuspeak got annoying, especially since the entire office knew what they'd done in the break room.
Etymology: From the noun infatuation and the verb to speak. Like you needed that explanation.
Adorababble
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ədôrəbabəl
Sentence: John and Jill (she apparently dumped Jack) are just the cutest couple. They are slightly embarrassed to talk about their intimacy so they speak in adorababble sounding ever so much like a couple of toddlers.
Etymology: adorable (inspiring great affection) + babble (talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way)
Langualove
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation:
Sentence: that couples langualove doesn't cover their relationship very well.
Etymology: Language + love = Langualove
Diglatin
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: dihg + laa +tin
Sentence: Marty and Jane's would only communicate in diglatin at work; no one would possibly suspect they were a hot item.
Etymology: like piglatin
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COMMENTS:
ervay everclay - Iway ikelay itway - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-13: 10:56:00
emay ootay!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-13: 19:16:00
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Nudgenudge
Created by: Buzzardbilly
Pronunciation: ˈnəjˈnəj
Sentence: You have to know they weren't really talking about stapling documents in such detail; they were nudgenudging with double entendres. Really, if they nudgenudge anymore, I might just have to tell them we all know they're dating because every conversation they have is filled with nudgenudges.
Etymology: From the infamous Monty Python "Nudge Nudge" sketch about making everything be sexual innuendo and is often referred to as "wink wink, nudge nudge."
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COMMENTS:
Say no more, know what you mean, a wink's as good as a nod to a blind horse, nuff said, wink, wink, nod, nod! - Nosila, 2009-09-08: 01:21:00
"Ello SQUIRE! Your wife's a goer....know what i mean? - metrohumanx, 2009-09-11: 00:19:00
Yes, I do... - Nosila, 2009-09-11: 01:09:00
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Flingo
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: fling-o
Sentence: Although each of them denied it, it was quite obvious from their flingo that Bob and Sue were collaborating on more than the project.
Etymology: fling, lingo (slang for language)
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COMMENTS:
Great word! Reminds me of a pink bird (heh heh) - Alchemist, 2007-02-13: 06:56:00
I cant beat this word.. its just too good. - erasmus, 2007-02-13: 08:22:00
Cool! I've been making some verbombs lately. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-13: 13:07:00
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Lustocryptolinguistics
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: LUST-o-kript-O-ling-gwist-ics
Sentence: Sanjay enrolled in two subjects of lustocryptolinguistics at University, because he had the hots for the pert young lecturer and wanted to speak her language as often as possible.
Etymology: Lust (intense sexual desire) + cryptic (mysterious meaning) + linguistics (study of languages)
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COMMENTS:
Aha I'm the first one today. - petaj, 2007-02-13: 05:52:00
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Secretoric
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: seek.re.torik
Sentence: "would you like to swish the monkey?" she asked him secretorically. He grinned and they left the room.
Etymology: secret + rhetoric
Whatusi
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: what us eeee
Sentence: their use of whatusi was wearing thin, he had already allegedly helped her remove something from her eye twelve times that week.
Etymology: wha us? watusi
Comments:
Alchemist - 2007-02-13: 07:34:00
Rhyming verboticisms should get Bonus points! great etymology!
Alchemist - 2007-02-13: 07:38:00
oops. that comment was for rikboyee's word "lovercover"