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'You still have that twinkle in your eye.'

DEFINITION: v. To love someone forever and a day, despite the fact that they have some rather annoying and seemingly intractable imperfections. n. A couple which has been together for a long, long, long time.

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Dinospouse

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: dahy-nuh-spaʊs

Sentence: Jim and his wife have been together for quite some time. They have a good sense of humor about their relationship. They will often refer to each other as their dinospouse.

Etymology: dinosaur (any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile) + spouse (either member of a married pair)

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Oldazdirters

Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: old-as-dirt-ers

Sentence: Mr. Marvin Molded and his sweetie, Mayof Molded were celebrating breathing and their eleveteen hundred years of being oldazdirters and married on Valentine's Day.

Etymology: Old - Having lived or existed for a relatively long time; far advanced in years or life. As - To the same extent or degree; equally. Added "er" to Dirt - Earth or soil. People who are as old as dirt are "oldazdirters" ;)

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Tolerove

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Created by: zrotv

Pronunciation: tŏl'ər-ŭv

Sentence: My mother disapproved. My father was disappointed. My best friends all thought I was crazy. Not as crazy as they thought she was, but crazy nonetheless. Had I not been suffering from a particularly tenacious infection of tolerove, perhaps their opinions would have meant something to me. "The Girl friend from hell", they called her, and not without reason. We'd broken up and gotten back together on a semi-weekly basis for years now. She was prone to hysterical fits, and manic outbursts; the occasional month-long binge of compulsive lying was always a treat. I had only received advice to end it, but I couldn't. The tolerove had grown, and spread into every aspect of my being. I had become so accustomed to the madness that resistance seemed futile. It consumed me so deeply, that now I considered it likely to be inoperable, and I resigned. We were likely to be tolerovers forever.

Etymology: Tolerance (the capacity to endure hardship or pain) + Love (A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection) ...Tolerove sounds a little like "cholera" (An acute infectious disease)

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Commitmate

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: komm it mayt

Sentence: They were commitmates. She stayed by his side throughout all the good times and bad, his cheating, drinking, pigeon fancying, flatulance, questionable hygeine, cross-dressing and yodelling. He was constantly amazed at the combination of her enduring love and her life support machine.

Etymology: commitment, mate

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COMMENTS:

you always manage to get that twist in - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-13: 10:22:00

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Couploldhearts

Created by: splendiction

Pronunciation: cup old hearts

Sentence: They had indeed become a couploldhearts, having endured many decades of marriage. "Agreeing often not to agree" was once their tacit way of pushing through to peace; now they had reached a state of calm complicity, fortunately no longer able to see (or hear, for that matter) each other's follies, quirks and...wrinkles!

Etymology: couploldhearts n. This word is from "couple of old farts" as a way of irreverently referring to an old couple and "hearts".

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COMMENTS:

I like your verbotomy version ever so much better than the old saw! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-13: 13:11:00

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Partnersintime

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: part ners in tyme

Sentence: Connie & Clyde had been together so long, they could barely remember their first date. They were partnersintime and it turned out, they had robbed their first bank together and escaped on their getaway horse. That Pony Express guy was no match for them. It just shows that in love, anything is posse-ble!

Etymology: Play on "Partners in Crime" (collusion;people who plot, conspire and stay together) & Time (an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities.

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Couplegitus

Created by: mzzmee265

Pronunciation: couple-ji-tus

Sentence: We are a couplegitus couple because we been together for a very, very long time now.

Etymology: couple- to be together, as of dating, married.

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Ignoromantics

Created by: readerwriter

Pronunciation: ig-nor-oh-man-ticks

Sentence: Stacy thought her Gramma and Gramps were such ignoromantics. Yuck! Gramma seemed to delight in picking up Grampies dirty socks every morning. Grampie never complained about Grammie's cold scrambled eggs. Every night after their prayers, they held hands and fell asleep, snoring in unison. They always told her, "Love is patient and kind and hardly notices when something is wrong." Totally Retro!

Etymology: A combination of ignore, meaning to pay no attention + romantic, meaning a romantic person, one who is for love, strong feelings

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COMMENTS:

nice - galwaywegian, 2009-02-13: 09:29:00

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Eralentines

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: eee rah lent eye ns

Sentence: The eralentines were as in love as ever, although what used to be erotic was now erratic.

Etymology: era valentines

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Romantique

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: rōmantēk

Sentence: Despite their flaws and foibles the elderly couple still have romantique feelings for each other. The fact that they occasionally call each other by the dog’s name seems to make no difference.

Etymology: Romantic (inclined toward or suggestive of the feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love) + Antique (having a high value because of considerable age)

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-02-13: 00:01:01
Here is the last "Love Verbotomy" for Valentines week. Now I admit the definition sounds a little like marriage. But hey, every marriage is different, and if the Inuit can have 100 different words for snow, we could use a few more for this type of "relationship". Happy Valentines to all! ~ James

mweinmann - 2009-02-13: 08:14:00
Thanks for all of your wonderful cartoons and definitions and for keeping this all going. I think we would all be blessed if we had this type of relationship.... Happy Valentines Day everyone!!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-02-13: 12:04:00
Thank you mweinmann. And I "heartily" agree, a little bit of acceptance goes a long way towards making love stronger. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-08-27: 00:00:00
Today's definition was suggested by verbotomy. Thank you verbotomy. ~ James