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DEFINITION: n., A soft romantic moment which is unexpectedly interrupted by a pestersome child, parent or spouse. v. tr., To barge in on a romantic couple at a most inopportune moment.
Verboticisms
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Buttintryst
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: But in trist
Sentence: Jessica's buttintryst on her husband Simon and her neighbour Felicia's assignation gave a whole new meaning to the term, Neighbourhood Watch!
Etymology: butt in & tryst
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COMMENTS:
I will never say neighbourhood watch again without smiling! Great sentence. - silveryaspen, 2008-01-10: 09:13:00
Spot on Silver! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-10: 16:58:00
Cheers, mates! Affair dinkum indeed. - Nosila, 2008-01-12: 01:37:00
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Coituruption
Created by: bluenutria
Pronunciation: Coy-tur-ruption
Sentence: James and Midge experienced major coituruption when Midge's father bust in on them.
Etymology: Coitus + Interruption
Amoratorium
Created by: treehous
Pronunciation: \ˈa-mȯr-ə-ˈtȯr-ē-əm/ (ah-more-ah-tore-ee-yum)
Sentence: He was just about to get down to business when he felt an amoratorium in the form of his dog's wet nose pressed against his rear.
Etymology: amor- from L. amorosum, from amor "love." moratorium- from Latin morari "to delay," from mora "pause, delay"
Buttinassion
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: butt-in-ash-un
Sentence: No matter what time of night, no matter where, they sought seclusion for a little bit of loving, their kids, friends, and neighbors buttinassions, stopped them cold.
Etymology: a play on butt in and passion in ashes
Stopulation
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (n.) stop-u-la-shun (v.) stop-u-late
Sentence: Bob and Mary slide the bedside table in front of their bedroom door each time they get intimate out of fear of being stopulated by their three young children.
Etymology: stop + [cop]ulation
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COMMENTS:
interesting tri-combo compilation! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-10: 21:10:00
I have a Verbotomy widget on my classroom website, and one of my students suggested "romantischism" - milorush, 2008-01-11: 07:45:00
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Billancooruptus
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: BIL-n-Koo-RUHPT-us
Sentence: When Bob's girlfriend came to stray, it was, in matters of the heart, a week of woobegone, brought on by Roxie's unbridled billancooruptus.
Etymology: Combo of BILL and COO: to talk & murmur fondly; to interchange caresses; -- said of doves; also of demonstrative lovers. & RUPTUS: break in, meddle. (As in Interruptus) WOOBEGONE: Blend of "WOO" inclined, as with affection & "BEGONE": depart go away!
Smerackle
Created by: courty3303
Pronunciation: smer-ah-cuh
Sentence: Don't smerackle mommy and daddy.
Etymology:
Romancipated
Created by: Dougalistic
Pronunciation: Ro-man-sip-ate-ed
Sentence: Me and Geoff was making out the other night and darn Rosie came in! Completely romancipated the whole situation. I was rather annoyed and sent her straight back to bed.
Etymology: Romance (relation, saga) + Dissipate (dissolve, dispel, scatter).
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COMMENTS:
Very interesting word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-10: 17:09:00
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Disruptorapture
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: diss-RUPTO-rap-chure
Sentence: Lattimore and Babs had spent an entire evening in a delightful psychic headlock, slowly ratcheting up the cosmic duality which was about to engulf their very souls like an orgasmatron gone mad...when a sudden DISRUPTORAPTURE fell upon them like a load of cherubic guano. Lattimore felt his ego and his enthusiasm deflate like a bad phallic metaphor when his ex-flame broke the door down in a gin-induced fury and pelted the unlucky couple with cast-iron frisbees of venom. Beware the scouge of DISRUPTORAPTURE ! Rent a room in Patagonia.
Etymology: DISRUPT+RAPTURE=DISRUPTORAPTURE........DISRUPT:to break apart, to throw into disorder, to interrupt the normal course of intimacy with Lattimore;Latin disruptus, past participle of disrumpere, from dis- + rumpere to break.....RAPTURE:an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion, a state or experience of being carried away by overwhelming affection for Babs;Latin raptus.
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COMMENTS:
http://www.100words.com/ - metrohumanx, 2008-11-07: 00:44:00
This message brought to you by the Patagonian Tourist Bureau. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-07: 01:11:00
excellent - Mustang, 2008-11-07: 18:51:00
It's like Shakespearean...verily! - Nosila, 2008-11-07: 20:43:00
Reptilian, but real good. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-08: 16:45:00
"100 WORDS" Great webstead-terrific challenge - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-09: 16:13:00
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Bargedeamour
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: bar-j-dey-a-moor
Sentence: Our tender moment was cut short by a bargedeamour when the dog jumped on the bed and stuck his cold, wet nose in a very private spot.
Etymology: barge - to burst in on someone + de amour - french for of love
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by gemmgemms. Thank you gemmgemms. ~ James
Mustang - 2008-01-10: 19:37:00
Excellent verboticism!
Today's definition was suggested by gemmgemms. Thank you gemmgemms. ~ James