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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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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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Connuboil
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: kuh/noo/boil
Sentence: On finding her new husband and the maid of honour in granny's gift, Jenny went into a state of connuboil, throwing and breaking every dish, piece of crystal and knick-knack she could get her hands on.
Etymology: CONNUBOIL - noun - from CONNUBIAL (Relating to marriage, or the married state; conjugal) + BOIL (rage; anger; to be in an agitated, or violent state)
Madrimony
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mad rim moanee
Sentence: When Sylvia found her groom, Hugo, in bed with her bridesmaid, Felisha, her state of matrimony turned to one of madrimony. "We were just trying out your Granny's sheets", he cried. "Yes, it's the sheets alright", said Sylvia as she grabbed the knife used for cutting their wedding cake and ran after the naked pair through the wedding reception.
Etymology: Matrimony (the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce))& Mad (roused to anger;affected with madness or insanity)
Matricidicalapses
Created by: Jaxies
Pronunciation: /matri-sidical-laps-ease/
Sentence: "After attempting to kill both her new husband and best friend after finding them writhing around in bed together, Sally pleaded matricidicalapses as her defence in court. The judge ruled in her favour."
Etymology: Matrimony + homicidal + lapses
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])
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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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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Betraythed
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: bee-tray-thed
Sentence: she went from betrothed to betraythed in record time
Etymology: betrayed, betrothed
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COMMENTS:
Beautifully stated! - catgrin, 2007-03-27: 04:15:00
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Somethinblue
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: Sum-thin-bloo
Sentence: She went somethinblue, a rage beyond red, an envy exceeding green, pure despair, having found the rat and his cat christening the most thoughtful gift. (my word that's pretentious nonsense)
Etymology: From the tradition that a bride wears something old, new, borrowed and blue. Also based on the idea that "blue" denotes both sexual behaviour and sadness. Note also "thin" (as opposed to "thing") as describing the sheets.
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COMMENTS:
Very colourful. Especially "the rat and his cat", wearing her white dress I imagine... - wordmeister, 2007-03-27: 06:53:00
something blew - I just got it - clever - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-27: 20:02:00
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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