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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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Stukamungst
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Stuk-uh-mungst
Sentence: Sammy always seemed to be stukamungst Sally and Sigfried.
Etymology: Stuck - caught or fixed. Taken from, Amongst - in the midst of; surrounded by.
Upsentivisit
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: up-SEN-tih-vih-sit
Sentence: The upsentivisit was soon ending as I slowly made my way towards the door when I saw Robbie touching the untouchables.
Etymology: upset [discomfort] + sentimental [expressive of or appealing to sentiment, esp. the tender emotions and feelings] + (getting) intimate [what those two people are doing in the picture] + scrambled sensitive [easily irritated/annoyed] + visit [to stay with
Matecrasher
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: mate/crash/er
Sentence: When Mindy and Robbie started making out on the living room couch after dinner, Ellen felt like a matecrasher and not the guest of the evening.
Etymology: mate + gatecrasher
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COMMENTS:
hehe! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-31: 09:42:00
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Awkweird
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: awk-weerd
Sentence: When the couple's hands and inhibitions disappeared, they said, "Don't mind us!" But I just felt awkweird.
Etymology: awkward + weird
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'
Unsavoyeurism
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: un-SAV-or-e-yur-ism
Sentence: When Harry and Sally invited Vern to hang around even as they continued petting and making out, Vern felt an almost overwhelming attack of unsavoryeurism as he tried, unsuccessfully, to avoid actually watching them,
Etymology: Blend of the words 'unsavory' (adj. socially or morally objectionable or offensive) and 'voyeurism' (the compulsion to seek sexual gratification by secretively looking at sexual objects or acts; the actions of a Peeping Tom)
Coilinger
Created by: weyrlady
Pronunciation: co-i-lin-ger
Sentence: She invited me to coilinger, but it was way too awkward.
Etymology: Combination of coitus and linger, with a play on the Japanese word "koi", meaning 'love'.
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)
Thirdwheasy
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌθɝdˈʍizi/
Sentence: I felt only slightly awkward when they started making out in the back seat of my car at the drive-in, but I didn't feel truly thirdwheasy until the shocks started squeaking.
Etymology: From "third wheel" + "queasy"
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
Comments:
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!
Today's definition was suggested by suzanne. Thank you suzanne. ~ James