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DEFINITION: v. To methodically read the magazines dedicated to the opposite sex in an effort to sensitize yourself to, and learn how to manipulate, their needs and aspirations. n., A person who studies gender differences in order to exploit them.
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Harboursbizarre
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: har bers ba zar
Sentence: Kenny hung around the drugstore magazine rack in the faint hope that he could show off his harboursbizarre to unsuspecting females!
Etymology: harper's bazaar
Genderman
Created by: metro1
Pronunciation: gen -der-man
Sentence: She was a real genderman, having spent weeks studying the Superbowl playlist...
Etymology: gender + man
Heference
Created by: bananabender
Pronunciation: heff a runtz
Sentence: The stash of heference mags in her wardrobe was breeding at an alarming rate in accordance with Marla's heightening desperation to breed too.
Etymology: Blend of reference (book), consulted for specific information, and Hugh Hefner of Playboy fame.
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COMMENTS:
you could add heifer (a young cow that has not had a calf)to your etymology - good word - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-17: 11:33:00
Very clever! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-17: 22:28:00
Ta Jabberwocky, I like it! Thanks to all for the comments lately. I'm having fun! - bananabender, 2008-01-17: 22:34:00
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Contemptress
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /kun-temp'-tris/ Masculine: Contempter /kun-temp'-ter/
Sentence: Virginia would always ask to see the football scores, even though she hated football — but most guys dig sports — so, being the contemptress that she is, she used her knowledge like a tool, to bewitch and enchant men.
Etymology: contempt / context - feelings of scorn and aversion / the circumstances surrounding situation (from Latin, contemnere "to scorn") + temptress/tempter - one who entices, or seduces (Latin, temptātor, tempter "to sin")
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COMMENTS:
Glad she's not in my circle of friends! Beguiling word! - bananabender, 2008-01-17: 09:29:00
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Sexploit
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: seksploit
Sentence: Willy reads many women’s magazines. He has subscriptions to Cosmo, Better Homes and Garden, and Redbook. Is this because he is in touch with his feminine side? Not really, though he enjoys having a female by his side. He uses this reading matter as reconnaissance to sexploit women. He envisions himself as stiff competition for any available female.
Etymology: sex (either of the two main categories, male and female into which humans and most other living things are divided) + exploit (make full use of and derive benefit from)
Maganet
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: mag uh net
Sentence: Tony went overboard on his maganet schemes when he tried browsing Victoria's Secret catalogs to get women's attention.
Etymology: Magazine (tabloid, catalog, etc) + Net (something used to catch something else) An intentional play on the word magnet.
Gendercross
Created by: avklive
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I've been gendercrossing industriously for 2 months. I'm fed up with those snotty women's magazines, but girls do like me more!
Etymology: crossing the boders of gender by available means
Cosmosogynist
Created by: Maxine
Pronunciation: Cawz moh 'saw jih nist
Sentence: Nancy could tell that Jerry (a Cosmosogynist who, in the hope of deeper understanding, had studiously memorized every tip and trick encountered in his meticulous reading of women's magazines) wanted desperately to get laid.
Etymology: Cosmo, misogyny
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COMMENTS:
Very Interesting word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-17: 22:30:00
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Cosmonipulation
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: koz-moh-nip-yuh-ley-shuhn
Sentence: "What women really want", "How to tell he cares just for you"... The articles in women's magazines read like an instruction manual for men with one thought in mind. Jimmy's Cosmonipulation involves reading through these magazines to glean the best techniques to put that one thought into action.
Etymology: Cosmo (shortened name of a popular women's magazine) manipulation (to negotiate, control, or influence (something or someone) cleverly, skilfully, or deviously)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by OZZIEBOB. Thank you OZZIEBOB. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by OZZIEBOB. Thank you OZZIEBOB. ~ James