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'Thank goodness you walked in!'

DEFINITION: n. The mental state induced by the discovery your new husband, and your maid of honor, entangled in the satin sheets given to you as a wedding present by your grandmother. v. To catch your new husband in a close quarters with a close friend.

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Revelustation

moltentim

Created by: moltentim

Pronunciation: rev/ull/lust/a/shun

Sentence: Jill had a revelustation when she walked in on her husband with the maid.

Etymology: revelation + lust

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COMMENTS:

With the maid? Perhaps he was just trying to clean up his act... - wordmeister, 2007-03-27: 09:11:00

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Prenupenvy

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: pree nope envee

Sentence: it was just the prenupenvy that kept him alive as she fingered the stainless steel kitchen knife set her aunt had given them.

Etymology: prenup envy

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COMMENTS:

Sounds like she got some wonderful gifts... - wordmeister, 2007-03-27: 06:50:00

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Honeylunacy

Created by: WindingRoad

Pronunciation: [HUHN-ee-LOO-nuh-see]

Sentence: Ellen felt herself slip into honeylunacy after stumbling onto Steve and Kate's little liaison.

Etymology: Honey (from E honeymoon) and lunacy (from L lunaticus [crazy])

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Shagrin

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: shagg ran

Sentence: Her shagrin at what she witnessed on the shagpile of the honeymoon suite was expressed in an infortinate manner. Strangulation by old borrowed blue garter was the coronor's verdict.

Etymology: chagrin (sadness) Shag (erm...)

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COMMENTS:

great - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-11: 12:09:00

Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-12: 08:19:00

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Knivesinwhitesatin

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: nyves/in/wyte/satin

Sentence: The discovery of the tryst sent her into a state of knivesinwhitesatin hopefully "never reaching the end"

Etymology: knives (the kind that in literature come flying out of ones eyes) + Nights in White Satin (Moody Blues)+ knights + knives and wives rhyme

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COMMENTS:

No Sir Galahad in this tale; very creative word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-12: 07:28:00

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Groomforimprovement

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation:

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Sheetcheats

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: sheet-cheet

Sentence: Jill was stunned to find that her new husbum was a sheetcheat. She began to suspect something when she heard that her girlfriend just happened to book a vacation the same place they were having their honeymoon.

Etymology: sheet (a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding) + cheat (to deceive)

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Mattressidal

Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Mat-ress-idal

Sentence: Lisa felt positively mattressidal when she discovered her new husband Tony in a compromising position on the marriage bed with her maid of honor and 'best friend' Sue. And to top it all off they were using the black satin sheets bought by her rather 'racy' grandmother as a wedding gift!!

Etymology: Mattress (Fabric filled case used on a bed.)Arabic 'carpet or cushion'. + Suicidal(The intention to kill oneself) Latin sui 'of oneself' +caedere 'kill' = Mattressidal

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COMMENTS:

Great word! funny! - wordmeister, 2008-06-11: 00:18:00

great combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-11: 12:13:00

Funny and creative. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-12: 07:26:00

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Flingflung

Created by: splendiction

Pronunciation: Fling FLUNG

Sentence: Finding her Ted in bed with that red head left her heart feeling raw and flingflung!

Etymology: A compound of: fling, get it on at the spur of a moment, and flung, cast aside(in this case, by the person having a fling).

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COMMENTS:

Better if Ted were dead...good word! - Nosila, 2009-10-14: 22:33:00

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Marrage

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: mer/rage

Sentence: On finding her new husband and the maid of honour, she went into a state of marrage throwing and breaking everything she could get her hands on.

Etymology: marriage + rage

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COMMENTS:

I considered something similar to this before deciding it didn't really allude to the sheets or the cheats as well as other words might. Marrage, to the casual observer, may as well be a nondescript form of anger directed at one's spouse (to be). It lacks specifics. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-27: 08:00:00

Great word, simple and succinct - you just have to stress the second syllable to get the full effect - try it - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-27: 09:55:00

That's nice (^^), but ditto my previous comment regarding it being too generalised for the definition, and that it makes the assumption that the mental state induced would be one of anger, as opposed to shock, disappointment, disbelief etc. For me, assigning rage as the sole emotion here is myopic. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-27: 11:23:00

methinks we have a psychiatrist in our midst - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-27: 12:19:00

No, just a fool who's seen too many shrinks in his time. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-27: 15:31:00

Certainly not a fool - good sense of humour though - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-27: 19:54:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-03-27: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by sunny09.
Thank you sunny09! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-10-14: 04:06:00
Today's definition was suggested by sheets. Thank you sheets. ~ James