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'I'm in love with these shoes.'

DEFINITION: To have a favorite article of clothing with which you develop a personal, and even a deeply fulfilling, relationship.

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Inavestment

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: ihn-uh-VEHST-muhnt

Sentence: Alex's girlfriend dumped him because of his inavestment with the old T-shirt he always wore and refused to wash.

Etymology: "in a vest" + (emotional) investment + vestment [article of clothing]

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Suitimacy

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: soot/tuh/muh/see

Sentence: He had such a strong suitimacy with his Hugo Boss that his wife bought one for herself to wear around the house to get some attention.

Etymology: suit + intimacy

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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

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Wearfettish

Created by: blondibabi121692

Pronunciation: where fet ish

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Enamfit

Lapper

Created by: Lapper

Pronunciation: en-AM-fit

Sentence: Jeremy was enamfitted with Lisa's dress that she had left threre the previous day; it reminded him of her.

Etymology: Enamor and outfit

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Clouthadora

Created by: callie17

Pronunciation: Cloth-a-dora

Sentence: Emily had a spasm of clouthadora as she relized her favorite sweatshirt was getting too small...

Etymology: originating from the english word "cloth" and a form of "adore"

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COMMENTS:

hope you like it... - callie17, 2007-07-09: 20:06:00

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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

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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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Solemate

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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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Lovject

Created by: gonzo

Pronunciation:

Sentence: She had a platonic lovject and it was a drama.

Etymology: love-object

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Comments:

ziggy41 - 2007-07-09: 14:04:00
I miss the Verbotonews. :(

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-07-09: 22:54:00
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!)