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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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Machiniality
Created by: logarithm
Pronunciation: mE-shin-ni-ae-lih-ti
Sentence:
Etymology: From 'machine' and 'bestiality'.
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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Contrapsaffection
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: con-TRAPS-eh-fecks-shun
Sentence: Edwin had a serious case of contrapsaffection for his cars, his boat, his power tools and his garden machines that could well be described as a superstitious infatuation.
Etymology: Blend of 'contraption' (A mechanical device; a gadget) and 'affection' (tender attachment : fondness)
Mechannilingus
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: meh-can-nil-ling-gus
Sentence: Hunched in the corner, Robert was enamoured in mechannilingus over the new features of his new iPhone.
Etymology: mechanical+cunnilingus
Machineerie
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: muh - SHEEN - eer - ee
Sentence: Erwin had a serious case of machineerie for his cars and garden machines that was a strange sort of superstitious infatuation.
Etymology: Blend of machine and eerie
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COMMENTS:
I do find this car infatuation a little spooky - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-27: 11:55:00
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Munitionwoo
Created by: doseydotes
Pronunciation: myu-ˈni-shən-ˈwü
Sentence: Just before she went to sleep, Josephine reached under her pillow one more time and pulled out the Sig Sauer P228 9mm she had bought at H&H Gun Range three days ago. She turned it back and forth in the lamplight, admiring the black powdery smoothness of its surface, the crispness of the grooves on its grip, the sporty ridges on its slide. She lifted it, sideways, to her nose, to catch the sweet fragrance of the gun oil she had applied earlier today while cleaning from it the traces of metal and burnt gunpowder that had collected on it from the range. “Good LORD, woman! Are you sniffing that thing again? You’ve got the worst case of munitionwoo I’ve ever seen. It’s a TOOL! GET OVER IT!” Leon flopped on the bed and turned over with a snort. “It’s okay,” Josephine whispered to the Sig. “He doesn’t understand us, that’s all.”
Etymology: From the Greek, mu, meaning "the cry of frightened and cold feline companions locked out of the bedroom at night"; from the La Petite, nit, meaning "tiny irritating creature of great power, the mere mention of which can influence one's head into itchiness"; and from the Chinese, shun woo, meaning "great creator of melodic cacophony sent directly into one's ears without damaging one's wallet as badly as, for instance, Bose would do."
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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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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Motofection
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: mow-tow-feck-shun
Sentence: John had severe motofection with the weed whacker. He started to sleep with it next to him in bed; making his wife sick from the fumes and jealousy.
Etymology: motor (an engine of some sort) + affection (love and attention)
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
Алмазное бурение за разумные деньги.
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