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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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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)
Celltingency
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: cell/tin/gen/see
Sentence: Jenny always arranged with Marsha a celltingcy escape on all her first dates with the latest. Marsha was to call precisely thirty minutes after the arranged meeting time to give Jenny an emergency involving my best friend, in case the guy was another loser, or mental case.
Etymology: cell + contingency (conditional on something uncertain)
Wolfoption
Created by: tbAG84
Pronunciation: Wul-fop-shun
Sentence: "Sandra sure knows how to pick em. She was out with that nose-picker Dylan last night. I offered her the perfect wolfoption when i called her about my stubbed toe but she didn't take it!"
Etymology: Wolf- to cry wolf is to fraudulently raise alarm. from the modern parable The boy who cried wolf. Option- the availability of a choice in which to 'opt'
Liedescape
Created by: edgegirl
Pronunciation: lie-de-scape
Sentence: I need to come up with a liedescape before tonite.
Etymology:
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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Callrescyou
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: call res cue
Sentence: Deana and her close friend Diana arranged for Diana’s callrescyou if her blind date was a disasster. Diana’s signal that the date required intervention was simply to say ‘HELLo’ instead of ‘hi’.
Etymology: From CALL and RESCUE and YOU.
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COMMENTS:
Your callrescyou is important to us... - Nosila, 2009-07-09: 11:08:00
thanks for your immediate response, but please hold the line... - splendiction, 2009-07-09: 11:10:00
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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)
Fleebyte
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: flea bite
Sentence: Elena quickly discovered she was allergic to her blind date. She started scratching her arms and neck as she waited impatiently for the fleebyte text on her mobile phone. Failing miserably at small talk under the itchy circumstances, she inwardly cursed that her best friend was so slow at composing a fake emergency message even though she could plainly see from the other side of the restaurant that Elena was a damsel in serious distress.
Etymology: flee (escapte) + byte (combination of bits used for digital characters)
Dialiverance
Created by: Rutilus
Pronunciation: dial-iver-anse
Sentence: "This guy was a creep" thought Gemma. Then the mobile went off. "Hi Lisa...Oh my god, you're joking...look I'll be right over!" "I'm really sorry but I've got to dash, I'll ring you, bye!" Thank God for Lisa, she'd kept to the plan and given Gemma dialiverance from this awful blind date.
Etymology: dial - to make phone call; deliverance - rescue from danger
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COMMENTS:
exellent word - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-28: 10:51:00
Hits it on the head. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-28: 21:36:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by doseydotes. Thank you doseydotes. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by doseydotes. Thank you doseydotes. ~ James