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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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Bluvness
Created by: fritzgilbert
Pronunciation: B-love-ness
Sentence: Tom was married to his long love Ednis 30 years ago. Today he is now in a state of Bluvness.
Etymology: Bl-as in "blind to" uv-as in "love" Ness-as in the "state of"
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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Sqeeloves
Created by: 590095
Pronunciation: sqeel loves
Sentence: You don't know it but I sqeeloves you
Etymology: sqeel loves
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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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
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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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
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)
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).
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by verbotomy. Thank you verbotomy. ~ James