Vote for the best verboticism.
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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Bridegloom
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: bryd - gloom
Sentence: Coming into the honeymoon bedroom with joyful expectations only to find her new husband, Brad, and her best friend Miranda staining grandmas heirloom satin sheets, Samantha first had a hysterical fit followed by a case of very deep and foreboding bridegloom.
Etymology: Blend of bride and gloom, play on the word 'bridegroom'.
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-11: 12:13:00
good one... - Nosila, 2008-06-11: 21:40:00
Excellent - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-12: 08:19:00
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Shagrin
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: shag + rin
Sentence: Oh, the shagrin I felt when I found them... well, it was more like "murderous rage," but that's hardly a verboticism.
Etymology: shag + chagrin
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COMMENTS:
Nicely done! - urbanwookie, 2007-04-01: 19:26:00
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Coupuper
Created by: obgyn
Pronunciation: Cuh-pooper
Sentence: Stacey was in a coupuper for months after walking in on her new husband and maid of honor.
Etymology: Coup: couple. uper: stuper.
Adoltery
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ah-dolt-er-ee
Sentence: When she caught them playing Ride the Baloney Pony at Camp Comeoniwannalaya, she was totally overcome with adoltery. How could she be so stupid? Afterall, she did see him retrieving wedding cake crumbs from the cleavage of her maid of honor at their wedding reception.
Etymology: adultery, dolt
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COMMENTS:
References to the pony and camp come with great respect for Burgess Meredith. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-27: 04:53:00
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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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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"
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])
Spoustracised
Created by: Rutilus
Pronunciation: spows-tra-sized
Sentence: Chloe was mortified. Dan, the man of her dreams or so she thought, humping away with best friend and maid of (dis)honour Jane. The bitch had seduced her new hubby and she had been left truly spoustracised on her special day.
Etymology: spouse - husband or wife; ostracised - forced out, ignored
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COMMENTS:
Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-12: 07:23:00
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Kildafuhls
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: kil-duh-fōōls
Sentence: Although she brutally beat her new husband and sister to death with a smart white satin heel, today's landmark ruling finds Mrs. Betty Jo Smith has been cleared of the charge of Murder Two as kildafuhls is successfully accepted for a temporary insanity plea.
Etymology: Taken loosely from the popular Mr. T tagline, "I pity the fool!" compound of kill+the+fools spelled so as to promote correct pronunciation and emphasis.
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COMMENTS:
Anyone referencing Mr T deserves credit. Plus it's outta left field (original) and quirky enough to fit the definition. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-27: 11:28:00
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Bedtrayal
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: bed tray al
Sentence: When Samantha discovered her groom, Roger, with her bridesmaid Marie, together on her marriage bed, she felt horrible bedtrayal. She was enraged that they were doing it on the fabulous new bedding her Grandma had given her. Talk about cheat sheets...
Etymology: Bed (have sexual intercourse with;a piece of furniture in which to sleep and do other things) & Betrayal (be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by sunny09.
Thank you sunny09! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by sheets. Thank you sheets. ~ James