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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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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
Sloughlove
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: sluff - luv
Sentence: Inez just would not take Tommy seriously. Tommy knew they were a perfect match in every way but he kept getting the sloughlove from her. Inez could not say what the problem was. She could find nothing wrong with Tommy, liked to spend time with him and felt attracted to him....she just couldn't put her finger on what was wrong.
Etymology: slough off + love + a play on the term "tough love" >>> slough off (discard as undesirable - love (be enamored or in love with)
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COMMENTS:
well-crafted word - silveryaspen, 2009-02-12: 13:28:00
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Sensade
Created by: elenalombardi
Pronunciation: sens-ayy-duhh
Sentence: My sensade for you has become stronger, but you keep refusing it.
Etymology: sens- feeling(s), to feel
Ignoramour
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ig noh ray moor
Sentence: He was a complete ignoramour, harboaring too many grudges, to respond to her sowndings
Etymology: ignoramous amour
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
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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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)
Disinfatuatious
Created by: kathleenlarry
Pronunciation: dis un fat u a shus
Sentence: The mans love for the woman was disinfatuated becuase of the constant ignorance from her.
Etymology: dis meaning not, infatuated- to be filled with a passion of love,
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)
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)
Comments:
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