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DEFINITION: v. To find your one, true love but to be unable, or unwilling, to recognize it. n. A perfect match, warts and all.
Verboticisms
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Alooveness
Created by: KyleHumphries
Pronunciation: a-loo-v-ness
Sentence: The beautiful, young woman was married to the old, meiserly man. Everyone wondered why but only she knew, she was in a state of alooveness.
Etymology: al as in aloof ove as in love ness as in the state
Discardor
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: dis CARD or
Sentence: Helene discardored her relationship with the hideous Sebastien. However, the strange brew of emotions they felt toward each other would tempt her to return to his revoltingly attractive personality, again and again...
Etymology: discardor - From the words discard (to lay aside) and ardor (feel strong passion for).
Sowlmate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sow l mayt
Sentence: Porky did not recognize that Bess was his own, true sowlmate because he was sty-mied. When he finally realize what a swine and a boar he had been, he set his heart on bacon her his own.
Etymology: Soulmate (someone for whom you have a deep affinity; lifelong partner) & Sow (female swine)
Catchtwentytwoing
Created by: zachmiracle
Pronunciation: catch-twantey-tooang
Sentence:
Etymology: Taken from the novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Eschewamour
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ess-SHEW-ah-mor
Sentence: Without understanding why, Wendell once again found himself wanting to withdraw and eschewamour while at the same time enjoying the advances being made by Cindy and actually craving that sort of companionship.
Etymology: Blend of 'eschew' (to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid) and 'amour' (Love making; a love affair)
Ignoramoramus
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ig/nor/a/mor/ay/mus
Sentence: Sally's best friend sewed hearts on his sleeve and sculpted heart shaped topiary as a gift for her on Valentine's Day but sadly Sally was an ignoramoramus and thought he just had a fetish for hearts.
Etymology: ignore + amor + ignoramus
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COMMENTS:
she's unlikely ever to become an ignoramamorous - galwaywegian, 2009-02-12: 06:42:00
first part rhymes and the whole thing slide over the tongue and is such fun to say - silveryaspen, 2009-02-12: 13:20:00
Heart-breaking... - Nosila, 2009-02-12: 22:16:00
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Obloveous
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ob luv ee us
Sentence: Bertrand was so obloveous, he failed to notice the admiring looks and attentiveness of his assistant, Wanda. He was a chemical scientist, whose right side of the brain had apparently been gripped too tight by the forceps at birth. He lived for chemical equations, experiments and reactions. She was the faithful, undemanding, caring nerd-girl with a huge IQ and stellar academic career. One day she decided to change her looks and get his under-developed attention once and for all. Some clever cosmetics to bring out her pretty face, a trip to the salon, contact lenses, a new flashy wardrobe and a resultant new sense of confidence turned Wanda from a shy lab-rat into a comic-book heroine. Bertrand knew something was afoot when he walked into work and his thick glasses immediately fogged up (a reaction). Suddenly, the table of elements and properties of inert gases no longer held the same attraction they once did. The new equation featured Wanda in his every thought. He found himself studying the romance poets for inspiration and sprucing up his own physical appearance to be worthy of her attention (an experiment). For the first time in his life, he knew what chemistry between consenting adults really meant.
Etymology: oblivious (failing to notice the obvious;forgetful, inattentive, unmindful of something) & Love (any object of warm affection or devotion;a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction)
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COMMENTS:
Maybe it was just a case of radioattractivity. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-12: 01:32:00
i try to keep away from the inert gases myself, not to mention the ert ones - galwaywegian, 2009-02-12: 08:46:00
From a shy lab rat to Cinderella! Voila'!! Great word. - Mustang, 2009-02-12: 18:13:00
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Obloveious
Created by: corinneiscoolerthanzach
Pronunciation: ob luv ee us
Sentence: It was like the story of Pigmalion. Prof.Henry Piggins (he of the Swine Lake and Ham-let fame) was obloveious to the fact that his protegee, Miss Eliza Sueylittle (as played by Miss Piggy in the Hollywood movie version) had turned from an experiment into his one true love. Although he was much older than her (his nickname was Jurassic Pork)and an old boar, he was sty-mied that she had turned into sow beautiful a creation. (From a sow's ear into a silk purse, some would say. They would be linked forever and have an oinkredible relationship.
Etymology: Oblivious (unmindful,inattentive) & Love (any object of warm affection or devotion)
Dismatch
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dismach
Sentence: John and Gina are a perfect couple. They like the same foods, go to the same movies, have the same recreation interests. They can finish each other's sentences. To their friends, they are soul mates. To them it is a complete dismatch. They are so much alike that all they see in each other are their own faults. They can hang out all weekend but if someone suggests that they are dating, the reaction is a snort and a "you've gotta be kidding".
Etymology: dis (act or speak in a disrespectful way toward) + match (a pair that corresponds or is very similar)
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COMMENTS:
easy to say and remember as well as excellent - silveryaspen, 2009-02-12: 13:27:00
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Falsaffection
Created by: carterbrown
Pronunciation: phals-affection
Sentence: When Sally met Joe falsaffection was in the air, but they couldn't even see it.
Etymology: Fals- decieve/dissapoint Affection- an emotion of the mind, passion, lust as opposed to reason
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