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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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Missmark
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: mihss-mahrk
Sentence: Petunia felt she must be missmarked. How could Porky not love her? Was she always to be a missmarkee? Maybe she was missmarketing herself? She thought she had been presenting her authentic sow on ehominy, but she was tired of gritting and boaring it. She was determined to go hog wild and set up an account on Snoutbook.
Etymology: Derived from "to miss the mark," an archery term, i.e. not hitting the bull's eye. Middle English = Sin!
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COMMENTS:
Remarkable! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-12: 13:18:00
Unmisstakeably good...shades of the legendary Miss Piggy! - Nosila, 2009-02-12: 22:13:00
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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
Heartofhearing
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: heart/of/hear/ing
Sentence: Jason just didn't listen to his inner feelings, his gut about Jenny, his best friend and confidant, always looking past her to the next disastrous girl-friend on the horizon. He was just heartofhearing.
Etymology: HEARTOFHEARING - play on hard of hearing
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)
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
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).
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
Porklove
Created by: Moonstar
Pronunciation: Pork-love
Sentence: Bess looked over at Glen and looked quickly away. He was so....UGH! And he just INFURIATED her! But deep inside, Bess knew that she loved him...But he was so frustrating and cold! She couldn't love him!...It was Porklove.
Etymology: Porklove is the hate of someone you love-you love them, but because of some feature or something they've done, you don't want to.
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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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by verbotomy. Thank you verbotomy. ~ James