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DEFINITION: v. To arrange with a friend to phone you with a "crisis" during a blind date, in case you need to make an emergency exit; n. A fake "emergency" phone call that is used to end a blind date.
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Paramourgency
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: para merjin see
Sentence: When Tara met Gord, it was love at first fright. She had arranged for her best friend, May, to call her to interrupt the date if it was a paramourgency...and sadly it was. Gord neither looked as good as his photo, displayed the same characteristics as his profile, nor smelled especially fresh, even if his moves were. She knew if she had to save herself, she would have to resort to divirginary tactics. It was definitely time for a May Day call to come in!
Etymology: Paramour (a woman's lover) & Emergency (a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action)
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COMMENTS:
Hilarious! - especially the fresh moves and \'divirginary tactics\'! - splendiction, 2009-07-09: 12:00:00
great blend - Jabberwocky, 2009-07-09: 13:12:00
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Araccknophonya
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Arr - accck! - na - fon - ya
Sentence: When her blind date, Delbert, showed up looking like some kind of insect, Phoebe had a major case of araccknaphonya and hovered near the phone awaiting a phonus interruptus call from her friend, Alberta offering an escape 'clause'
Etymology: Blend of arachnophobia, Acck! and phone.
Cellafeign
Created by: focusteacher
Pronunciation: cell uh feyn
Sentence: Marsha, please remember to cellafeign at 8:00 and we'll see if I need it.
Etymology: From the Modern American cell, indicating a phone area since 1977, and the Old French feindre meaning to pretend, represent, imitate or shirk.
Amourgency
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: a moor jen see
Sentence: When Katie was duped into a blind date with Chad, she had a contingency plan in case he didn't turn out to be her Prince Charming. She had her friend call her with an amourgency call. Unfortunately, quick as this call came, it was not quick enough because her eyes watered from his overpowering body odor. Maybe it was just The Chad, but Katie scentsed that when he said Eureka! she'd say You Reek-a!
Etymology: Amour (French for Love) & Emergency (a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action)
Catrastrophoney
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kuh-tas-truh-foh-nee
Sentence: Joan was not at all sure about going out on a date with a guy she met through an online dating service. Even though one of her girlfriends swore by it, Bubba's Buds didn't feel quite right to her so she arranged for June to give her a catastrophoney call just to be safe.
Etymology: catastrophe (a sudden and widespread disaster) + phone (telephone) + phoney (not genuine; fake )
Phonexit
Created by: Redrover
Pronunciation: fone-exit
Sentence: Darlene had made specific arrangements with her friend Marsha to call 20 minutes into her blind date with Richard. She had met him online but when he pressed her for a live meeting she just had a nagging suspicion that he wouldn't be everything he professed to be. So she told Marsha that she needed a phonexit opportunity in case her intuition had been correct - and boy was it ever! She could smell him before he even approached the table and she wished she had arranged for the call the moment he arrived.
Etymology: phone + exit
Liedescape
Created by: edgegirl
Pronunciation: lie-de-scape
Sentence: I need to come up with a liedescape before tonite.
Etymology:
Celltingency
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: cell/tin/gen/see
Sentence: Jenny always arranged with Marsha a celltingcy escape on all her dates. Marsha was to call thirty minutes after the arranged meeting time to give Jenny 'an out' in case the guy was 'the date from hell'.
Etymology: cell + contingency (an event, or emergency that may happen, but is not certain to occur
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COMMENTS:
Nice word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-28: 21:37:00
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Ringormorsos
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ring/or/mors/us
Sentence: Since Julie wasn't sure if she could let her phone ring or simply vibrate during the date she pleaded with her friend to ringormorsos her so she could make her escape if necessary.
Etymology: ring + morse (as in morse code) + SOS + take on rigor mortis
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COMMENTS:
Good etymology - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-28: 21:38:00
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Aracknaphonya
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ah-rak-na-PHONE-ya
Sentence: Pheobe's first impression of her blind date, Winston, was that he looked like a giant insect and was actually frightening and as a result she hovered near the phone awaiting a prearranged 'just in case' phone call that would offer her an 'escape clause'.
Etymology: Blend of 'arachnophobia' (fear of arachnids), 'acck' (expression of disgust' and 'phone' (cell phone)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by doseydotes. Thank you doseydotes. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by doseydotes. Thank you doseydotes. ~ James