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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.
Verboticisms
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Instavorcial
Created by: Tanik
Pronunciation: in-sta-vor-s-ial
Sentence: Sally was feeling instavorcial when she saw Bob and Tina in the guest room trying out Grandma's gift. She had always wanted satin sheets!
Etymology: instant + divorce
Shortcheated
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: short - chee - ted
Sentence: Emily felt shortcheated. It had only been two weeks since her marriage and she had caught Trevor in their bed with her best friend Daphne.
Etymology: short, short sheeted, cheated, short changed
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COMMENTS:
great word! - mrskellyscl, 2009-10-14: 09:29:00
Funny! - splendiction, 2009-10-14: 18:58:00
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Matrimoany
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: mat rim oh nee
Sentence: she left the reception to investigate the souds of matrimoany coming from the broom closet
Etymology: moan matrimony
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) + Knights in White Satin (Moody Blues)
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COMMENTS:
like it. - galwaywegian, 2007-03-27: 06:47:00
Brilliant word! Takes me to days of future passed. - Stevenson0, 2007-03-27: 09:03:00
Yep, very good word. And now I have the damn song stuck in my head. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-27: 09:27:00
Nights in white satin, Never reaching the end, Letters Ive written, Never meaning to send. Beauty Id always missed With these eyes before, Just what the truth is I cant say anymore. Oops - sorry Purple - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-27: 09:57:00
Gets the vote for doing the job, being original (no one seems to credit that any more!) and of course the reference (which I'm clearly too young/stupid to get). - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-27: 11:26:00
How did this definition get approved? Seriously, it's too specific. - emd2k3, 2007-04-24: 15:23:00
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Weddincandescence
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: Wedd-din-can-dess-sense
Sentence: She was more than incandescent - she was weddincandescent.
Etymology: See above.
Weddoplexy
Created by: Guthlaf1
Pronunciation: WEDD-o-PLE-xy
Sentence: She had expected to feel many emotions today - but weddoplexy had not been one of them....
Etymology: From "wedding" and "apoplexy"
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:
Today's definition was suggested by sunny09.
Thank you sunny09! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by sheets. Thank you sheets. ~ James