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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.
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Imperaffection
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: impərəfekshən
Sentence: When they first met John & Jane were not attracted to each other. Neither is exactly a runway model but after hanging out for a while imperaffection set in. Beauty may only be skin deep but these two are happy down to their bones.
Etymology: imperfect (faulty) + affection (a gentle feeling of fondness or liking)
Amourignorare
Created by: corinnecreason
Pronunciation: ah-mor-ig-nor-are
Sentence: To ignore love, or to be too ignorant to see it.
Etymology: Latin/Italian roots
Sowlmate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: saw el mate
Sentence: All those penned up feelings came out at last, when Sty Stallone and his partner, Piggy Lee, had a banger of a fight. Even though he snorted about her, he knew she was oinkredible. She was his sowlmate and thanks to weee-harmony.com, he had found his hamelot. And swine not? She gave him tenderloins.
Etymology: Sow (an adult female pig or hog) & Solemate (a person ideally suited to another as a close friend or romantic partner)
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)
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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Luvzmarts
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: luv-zmarts
Sentence: Ol' Lugwig Von Pighead, vowed to show Miss Piglove Lucille how much luvzmarts was in his heart on Valentines Day. He stomped hearts into the last bit of slop left in the trough with his hooves, to show her how much luvzmarts was in his heart.
Etymology: Love- Luv (Slang for Love) A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness. Zmarts" taken from the word Smarts - Characterized by sharp quick thought; bright. Amusingly clever; witty.
Inflatuated
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: in FLAT jew A ted
Sentence: His infatuation that was keeping him up at nights quickly became inflatuation as he got that queasy feeling, that knot in his stomach, listening to his friends make pig noises as she walked by. He knew he couldn't do any better than her; she was kind, sweet and smart. But in spite of the fact that he was no 'sight for sore eyes' himself, he had to take a pass. He had been inflatuated.
Etymology: INFATUATED: Having a very strong feeling of love so that you cannot think clearly FLAT:lacking interest or enthusiasm FLATULENCE: An uncomfortable feeling (caused by too much gas in the stomach)
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COMMENTS:
Kudos for the funniest verbotomy of the day - silveryaspen, 2009-02-12: 13:30:00
He acted in an inflantile manner, for sure! - Nosila, 2009-02-12: 22:15:00
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Pigpenpals
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: p igg p enn pahls
Sentence: "we've got to be pigpenpals" she whispered. "I'm a hog for you baby" he replied.
Etymology: penpals pigpen
Spoving
Created by: superdeduperguy
Pronunciation: spu-v-ing
Sentence: The young handsome man was married to an old harpy with warts and all. People asked why and his sister said he was spoving.
Etymology: sp as in spaced out ov as in love
Plooser
Created by: chrispiper
Pronunciation: plo oser
Sentence: This girl was madly in love with this guy but he was just being a plooser. someone who never acknowledged it.
Etymology: p apathy looser failed at love
Comments:
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