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'Oh please stay! And don't worry about Robbie. '

DEFINITION: n. The sense of discomfort created when "a couple" says you are welcome to stay, even though their behavior suggests that you are getting in the way. v. To sit uncomfortably between two lovers.

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Awkwermissiveness

Created by: ngajoe

Pronunciation: AWK-were-miss-ive-ness

Sentence: As Robbie and Susie returned to their he-ing and she-ing, the awkweremissiveness of the situation continued to grow

Etymology: Akward + permiscuous+ passive +'ness' (Like seven types of smoke!)

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Threewheeling

shaunconlin

Created by: shaunconlin

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Threesquirm

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: three-skworm

Sentence: Shelly was tired of being the gooseberry, but she truly suffered from threesquirm and dispair, when her friends coupled brazenly in front of her.

Etymology: threesome (a trio) + squirm (react with discomfort)

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COMMENTS:

petaj Dispair is perfect for this definition, but it's not funny or original! When the pair diss you, you dispair. - petaj, 2007-05-31: 04:45:00

petaj oops - despair - darn spellchecker was ignored. Could have gone with that one. - petaj, 2007-05-31: 04:46:00

you can still change the spelling and pretend it never happened? - jadenguy, 2007-05-31: 09:41:00

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Kisscomfort

Created by: nbsalomon

Pronunciation: kiss-cum-fert

Sentence: As Shannon and Cash walked in the hall with me, I felt some kisscomfort.

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Threedundancy

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: three/dun/dan/see

Sentence: Henri felt an acute sense of threedundancy when he learned that he was the fallback for a menage a trois.

Etymology: redundancy + three

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COMMENTS:

Excellent word. - Mustang, 2008-07-22: 00:30:00

Very clever;wonderful word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-22: 05:59:00

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Intrusivision

ljknechtel

Created by: ljknechtel

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Unoneted

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: un/wun/ted

Sentence: I felt so unoneted every time we got together at an office function. i was always surrounded by couples

Etymology: unwanted + one

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Menaceatrois

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: men ass a twa

Sentence: It was difficult for Joe to have his mother-in-law come for one of her long, unannounced visits. She would sit between them on the couch and nooky was out of the question as the walls were paper-thin. Their relationship always grew strained when she visited, as it was a menaceatrois.

Etymology: Menace (threat) & Menage A Trois (French: a threesome;household for three; an arrangement where a married couple and a lover of one of them live together while sharing sexual relations)

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Intrusia

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: in - TROOZ - eya

Sentence: Their protestations notwithstanding, Imogene felt a huge sense of intrusia when it was so obvious that Merril and Beryl intended to continue their intimate behavior while insisting that she was welcome to stay.

Etymology: A play on the word intrusion, noting the possible frame of mind of an intruder.

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Short & sweet. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-22: 06:03:00

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Leavishness

Created by: franticff

Pronunciation: LEEV-ish-nehs

Sentence: Prompted by a feeling of leavishness, I stuck out during their extended convo in the kitchen.

Etymology: of læfan, "to let ignorance remain", and Ishmael, name, son of Abraham Fig. sense of "an outcast'

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-31: 01:11:00
Today's definition was suggested by suzanne. Thank you suzanne! ~ James

texmom - 2007-05-31: 21:41:00
I enjoyed thinking of this one! And isn't it the truth!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2011-05-05: 00:03:00
Today's definition was suggested by suzanne. Thank you suzanne. ~ James