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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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Apesheet

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: APE-sheet

Sentence: When Sheila walked in and discovered her new groom and her maid of honor entangled in the satin sheets given as a wedding present by her grandmother, she went absolutely apesheet!

Etymology: wasn't this scene from "The Godfather"?

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COMMENTS:

HA! Good one! - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-27: 07:17:00

If the Godfather was Australian. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-27: 11:32:00

This is highly appropriate to describe finding a lover in bed with another. Puns on one of my favourite terms for going crazy (yes, i am immature, *sticks tongue out*) and one of the greatest films ever. Big love. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-27: 11:38:00

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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) + 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

emd2k3 How did this definition get approved? Seriously, it's too specific. - emd2k3, 2007-04-24: 15:23:00

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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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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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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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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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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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Cheatonmecatastrophy

Created by: jessicamwade

Pronunciation: cheat-on-me-cat-as-trophy

Sentence: When i walked in on my girlfriend and my best friend in bed i went cheatonmecatastrophy. When i walked in on my girlfriend and my best friend in bed it was a cheatonmecatastrophy.

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COMMENTS:

yeeeeeeeeeah - jessicamwade, 2008-06-11: 01:12:00

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Murthem

metapsyche

Created by: metapsyche

Pronunciation: Mur-them

Sentence: I caught 'em! I want to murthem!

Etymology: Mur (murder) + them (them!) = Murthem

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Maidricide

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: may dree side

Sentence: Janice was about to commit madricide when she found out what had been going on.

Etymology: er from maid and homicide

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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