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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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Blokatised

Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: Blok-ah-tized

Sentence: Bobby bumbled and acted so blokatised to Betty that he made her feel uncomfortable. She knew he really wanted her to just leave!

Etymology: To Block ~ Atised ~ added to show action of being blocked by an emotion or statement that is untrue.

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Gawkward

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: gok ward

Sentence: When Robbie visits June, he's all over her. Even though Joe came to see her first, Robbie buts in amorously. It is a gawkward moment for Joe...like a car crash, he does not want to see, but cannot look away as they go at it. This is particularly difficult since June is actually Joe's wife...

Etymology: Gawk (an awkward stupid person;look with amazement; stare stupidly)& Awkward (not at ease socially;causing pain or embarrassment)

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COMMENTS:

Made me chuckle. :) - Discoveria, 2012-09-29: 08:19:00

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Wedgehog

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: wej-hawg

Sentence: Joe couldn't completely understand why his friend Rob's mother had invited him over for dinner when she and her husband were planning a night at the movies. After they left and Rob's girlfriend showed up he understood his role as a wedgehog.

Etymology: wedge (something that serves to part, split, divide) + hedgehog ( an obstructive device consisting of steel bars, angle irons, etc., usually embedded in concrete, designed to damage and impede the boats and tanks of a landing force on a beach)

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Rompromise

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: ROMP-row-myze

Sentence: I was determined to rompromise Diane and Robbie. No doodahs would be entering any whatsits on my watch!

Etymology: romp (to have playful or active sex) + compromise (to spoil)

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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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COMMENTS:

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

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Thirdwheelui

gdread

Created by: gdread

Pronunciation: third-WHEEL-oo-ee

Sentence: In the middle of my conversation with Annette, Robbie started playing with her hair and rubbing her inner thigh, which suffused me with a sense of thirdwheelui that lifted me from my chair and propelled me out the door with, "Well, look at the time, gotta go, bye."

Etymology: third wheel + ennui

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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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Threewheeling

shaunconlin

Created by: shaunconlin

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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'.

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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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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