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DEFINITION: To have a favorite article of clothing with which you develop a personal, and even a deeply fulfilling, relationship.
Verboticisms
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Leaver
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: l-eh-v-er
Sentence: Bobby never took of his leaver shoes because they reminded him of his dead pet cow which incidentally was sold to a leather shop...which Bobby just realized...
Etymology: leather+lover
Straplessciviousness
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Strap-luh-siv-ee-us-ness
Sentence: Monica and the formal evening gown she discovered at Macy's drew each other inexorably from the sales rack to the changing room in a straplesscivious way that could only be described as destiny.
Etymology: Strapless+lasciviousness
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COMMENTS:
can I see you in a strapless number? LMBO gmv - amysmiles2000, 2007-07-11: 15:58:00
Simple answer... no! ;D - Kyoti, 2007-07-11: 17:17:00
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Pashion
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: pash-un
Sentence: Her pashion for her fur shawl had the neighbors talking. It had an uncanny resemblance to her dog that had recently died.
Etymology: fashion, passion
Hitanigger
Created by: jnine29
Pronunciation:
Sentence: hitanigger is to hurt a black person
Etymology:
Solemate
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: sole-mate
Sentence: Tony attributed his success in Prime Minister's question time to the support he received over 18 years from his solemate, a pair of lucky brogues.
Etymology: soulmate + sole (of the shoe) -- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/the_blair_years/article1969242.ece
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COMMENTS:
Oh sole mio.... - galwaywegian, 2007-07-09: 07:51:00
if he ever lost them, he'd have to do some serious solesearching - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-09: 13:00:00
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Adoredrobe
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: ah-door-drohwb
Sentence: her career had stalled and her love life was non existant, but no-one could stop her from adoredrobing like a wild woman
Etymology: adore, wardrobe
Accessorelationship
Created by: loofarama
Pronunciation: access-or-eel-ation-ship
Sentence: she developed a strong accessorelationship with her earrings
Etymology: accessory + relationship
Objectsion
Created by: bubbos
Pronunciation: ob-ject-shun
Sentence: Tanya's objectsion with her shoes are starting to make her a sheject.
Etymology: obsessions + object + passion
Comments:
ziggy41 - 2007-07-09: 14:04:00
I miss the Verbotonews. :(
I was at UC Berkeley last week, as one of the speakers the Language Creation Conference. See: http://conlangs.berkeley.edu/about.php it was great fun and I met some amazing people! I will catch up on the Verbotomy news posting tomorrow ~ James
ziggy41 - 2007-07-10: 00:06:00
Oh, that conference looks really fun, can't wait for the wonderful news. And I loved the cartoon last week (great job!)