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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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Threet
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: THREET
Sentence: His two friend had told Alex it was fine that he stay for the movie, but as they grew more amorous, he realised he was more a threet than a treat.
Etymology: three + threat
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)
Invitationitis
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: in va tay shun eye tis
Sentence: He had the distinct feeling of invitationitis when the kissing started.
Etymology: invitation - asked to come/stay itis - illness
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'.
Kisscomfort
Created by: nbsalomon
Pronunciation: kiss-cum-fert
Sentence: As Shannon and Cash walked in the hall with me, I felt some kisscomfort.
Etymology:
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'
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)
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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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)
Threedundancy
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: three/dun/dans/ee
Sentence: He felt an acute sense of threedundancy when his hosts both nodded off at the table just before dessert
Etymology: three + redundancy
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COMMENTS:
threemenduous - galwaywegian, 2007-05-31: 07:00:00
threeling and heartstopping, it is! - jadenguy, 2007-05-31: 10:09:00
I love that one - w5lf9s, 2007-05-31: 15:29:00
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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