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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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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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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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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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Gooseberrytude

Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Gooz-buree-tude

Sentence: When Jill and Roger invited Mike to stay overnight, due to the snowstorm raging outside, he didn't think he would have to spend the whole evening feeling a right gooseberrytude while they smooched on the sofa.

Etymology: Gooseberry (a third person in the company of two lovers, who would rather be alone) + Intrude (being in a place or situation where one is unwelcome) = Gooseberrytude

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COMMENTS:

a little offbeat but nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-21: 14:03:00

A bit crazy, but sounds nice - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-22: 06:02:00

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Paltrudement

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: pal-TROOD-muhnt

Sentence: Bob, aka Robbie, didn't wish to paltrude when his friends, Phil and Pauline, became interlocked in a submission hold. And despite Phil's assurances that he was only teaching Pauline self-defence, an overpowering feeling of paltrudement told Bob it was time to leave.

Etymology: PAL: chum, friend, mate; TRUDE: push & -MENT: action, act or process; the instrument or means of.

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COMMENTS:

when I first read your word I thought of pall as in "glut or surfeit" which would work as well - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-21: 14:05:00

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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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Thirdwheelui

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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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Coitiontrusion

Created by: Clayton

Pronunciation: koh-ISH-uhn-TROO-zhuhn

Sentence: Becky felt the pressure not to coitiontrude, and quickly said her goodbyes before her long walk back to the subway.

Etymology: coition + intrusion

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Matecrasher

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: mate/crash/er

Sentence: When Jenny and Joe started making out on the living room couch after dinner, Ellen felt like a matecrasher and not the guest of the evening.

Etymology: MATECRASHER - noun - from MATE + GATECRASHER

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Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-22: 06:00:00

A mate who is crashing in on the lovers mating action, genius. - colapop, 2008-07-23: 03:43:00

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Prolingsion

Created by: guesser

Pronunciation: Pro + Ling + shun

Sentence: Jenny & Pete really need to "get a room" because I'm sick of them and their prolingsion!

Etymology: Pro (meaning pro as in positive) + ling (linger) + sion (intrusion)

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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