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DEFINITION: n. The strong feelings of devotion and affection which a person feels towards their favorite mechanical device or appliance, such as a car, boat, power tool, or toilet. v. To lavish a machine with affection, attention and an imagined personality.
Verboticisms
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Greastiality
Created by: cosmonaut
Pronunciation: grees-chee-al-i-tee
Sentence: "I don't see why it is wrong, I just love my car?!" "Greastiality is an abomination before God!"
Etymology: A forced blend of the words grease and bestiality.
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COMMENTS:
Hehe. It's an actual fetish. There are guys who hump their tailpipes. A bit of grease would do wonders & maybe a foil condom to avoid GTSTD's - GlobalGallery, 2009-01-19: 05:14:00
heehee! - galwaywegian, 2009-01-19: 10:10:00
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Autodolatry
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: aw/toe/dol/uh/tree
Sentence: Jason spent every Saturday and Sunday cleaning, vacuuming, washing, waxing and detailing every square inch of his Alfa Romeo sports car, a car at the cutting edge of design and technology, which he truly, madly and deeply loved. Jason's wife called it out and out autodolarty.
Etymology: auto + idolatry (love, homage, glorification, veneration, worship)
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COMMENTS:
Very good! - Mustang, 2008-03-27: 18:47:00
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Mymachineamour
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: My-mash-een-amoor
Sentence: When it came to his motorbike, it really was a case of mymachineamour with James. His wife knew if it was a choice between her and that wretched machine, the bike would win hands down.
Etymology: My(belonging to) + Machine(an apparatus using mechanical power) + Amour(Love). See also My Cherie Amour(song by Stevie Wonder)
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COMMENTS:
love it - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-19: 15:46:00
Music for our ears! The meaning is loud and clear! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-19: 18:56:00
I wonder what you will come up will next? Great word; funny too/ - OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-20: 04:40:00
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Automorotic
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ôtəmōrätik
Sentence: Andrew doesn’t just like his new car. He is crazy about it. He feelings are absolutely automorotic. He spends much of his time and most of his income on Sally, his Mustang. Last week he bought her fender skirts. He is beside himself anticipating the installation of her leather bra scheduled for this weekend.
Etymology: automobile (a road vehicle, typically with four wheels) + moron (a stupid person) + autoerotic (of or relating to sexual excitement generated by stimulating or fantasizing about one’s own body)
Itoiletry
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: I/toy/let/tree
Sentence: Paddy had a fixation about finding the world's perfect toilet since becoming a master plumber. Once he had installed a Toto toilet he was often accused of itoiletry as he surrounded the fixture with candles and bath mats and was often found kneeling in front of it after a long night at the pub.
Etymology: idolatry + toilet
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COMMENTS:
Funny! - TJayzz, 2009-01-19: 16:12:00
Laughter loud here. And the song of your is by Willie Nelson ... "On The Commode Again!" - silveryaspen, 2009-01-19: 18:47:00
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Inanemotion
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: inanimōshən
Sentence: Suzy is the light of Bob's life. She fills that void left by the fact that he can't have children of his own. He spends more time with her than he does with his wife. She makes him smile every time he sees her. She fills him with inanemotion. Suzy is Bob's car.
Etymology: inanimate (not alive) + emotion (any of the particular feelings that characterize such a state of mind, such as joy, anger, love, hate, horror, etc.)
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COMMENTS:
Car-amba ! - metrohumanx, 2009-01-19: 15:53:00
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Esteemachine
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ESS-tim-ay-shun
Sentence: Tim's inamorotor was a revolving door. He was filled with adooration for it and romeotored it by daily servicing its moving parts. It had grown in his esteemachine and now outranked his combine heartvester in his affections.
Etymology: esteem + machine
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COMMENTS:
Funny! Great word and sentence! I know a few' who have an esteemachine collection! - diyan627, 2008-03-27: 11:41:00
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Carpanionship
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kahr-pan-yuhn-ship
Sentence: You know that expression "a people person"? This is the last phrase you'll hear in a description of Gary. He has all the interpersonal skills of a soggy sock. Maybe this is why he relies on his Toyota for carpanionship. He spends more on his girl, Camry than most people spend on rent.
Etymology: car (an automobile) + companionship (the relationship of friends)
Contrapture
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: kun-trap-chur
Sentence: I'd called him twice to dinner. There was a steaming plate of his favorite dish sitting before his empty seat at the table. Outside, the icy rain started coming down harder, yet Mark still hadn't come in. I looked out the window to find him tenderly tugging on the ropes attached to the tarp covering his old rust-bucket tractor, Bessie... and wiping off her wet spots. The evidence was clearly mounting that Mark had fallen victim to contrapture.
Etymology: contraption, rapture
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COMMENTS:
Great word. Even greater sentence - "wiping off her wet spots." You're a poet, Purple A. - doseydotes, 2008-03-27: 09:09:00
excellent purple - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-27: 11:27:00
Thanks Jabber and dosey. I always struggle with sentences. This one came easy, as it actually happened. - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-27: 12:11:00
wonderful word...easy to pronounce and remember! - spotthecat1, 2008-03-27: 13:40:00
Excellent. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-28: 17:30:00
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Mechnotechnoerotopervertomania
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Mek-NO-tek-NO-erot-o-per-ver-t-o-main-E-a
Sentence: Many a parent who bought their son a construction kit or "Junior Mechanics" toy, unwittingly inflicted hours of loneliness upon his future wife as he developed a case of mechnotechnoerotopervertomania leading not to grandchildren, but a brood of androids called Marvin and Kryton.
Etymology: Mechno (Mechanical origin) / Techno (Technical origin) / Perverto (Censored origin) / Mania (NO NO NO NO! origin)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
stache - 2008-03-27: 01:25:00
Have these always been called "verboticisms?"
Yes that's the word we use to describe our invented words. Of course you can also use "neologism". And I think we should create a subcategory for invented words with sexual undertones like your winning word today. It would be "verberoticisms". ~ James
Domenic- go frisk 'em.
galwaywegian - 2009-01-19: 10:08:00
very high standard today :D
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
gendiamJent - 2018-06-03: 14:27:00
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