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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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Awkwavoyausia
Created by: stormyknight
Pronunciation: AWKWA VOY AHH ZIA
Sentence: Sam experienced a distinct feeling of awkavoyausia while Jane was otherwise occupied.
Etymology: A combination of awkwardness, Voyeurism, and Nausia.
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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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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Wedgehog
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)
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
Embareassment
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: em + bare + ass + ment
Sentence: They said I could stay and watch "Lost" but all the smooching and hands down pants were creating far too much embareassment.
Etymology: embarassment with "bare ass."
Threesquirm
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:
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
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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Peadyaid
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: pee-dee-a-ed
Sentence: I was supposed to stay overnight, but her boyfriend nibbling on her ear the whole time peadyaid me right out the door.
Etymology: PDA is shorthand for Public Display of Affection - played with the sounds and came up with this.
Amourtification
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: ah/more/tif/i/cay/shun
Sentence: Amourtification occurs when one person drops out of a double date.
Etymology: amour (love affair) + mortification (embarrassment)
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COMMENTS:
Very good! - Mustang, 2008-07-22: 00:30:00
Very funny. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-22: 06:01:00
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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)
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