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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.
Verboticisms
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Lovegevity
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ləvjevətē
Sentence: They may not be the perfect couple. There might be bickering. They each might have a boatload of petty annoyances. They might not have all the answers but what they do have is lovegevity. They have learned to forgive and forget. Of course as forgetting gets easier and easier the forgiving becomes automatic.
Etymology: love (an intense feeling of deep affection) + longevity (long life)
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COMMENTS:
Are you really forgiving if you can't remember what you were pissed about? ;) - wayoffcenter, 2009-02-13: 07:16:00
Great word! - Mustang, 2009-02-13: 19:15:00
Love lovegevity! - Nosila, 2009-02-14: 23:11:00
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Romantique
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)
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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Matrimoany
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mat rim moan ee
Sentence: It's true, thought Louise, marriage is like a deck of cards. You start out with a diamond and 2 hearts and after many years of matrimoany, all you want is a club and a spade!
Etymology: Matrimony (marriage) & Moan (complain, whine)
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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Habitter
Created by: simoneshin
Pronunciation: hah-bitter
Sentence: her mouth formed this habitter smile when -once again- he came in and delightfully exited gave her the red roses. she thought she mentioned hating red roses over a thousand times. o well getting all dolled up and start hanging in bars getting drunk and hooked up didn't seem like the best idea also. so she gratefully accepted and told that he didn't have tot do that. really he didn't...
Etymology: habit + bitter
Dinospouse
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)
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
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.
Comments:
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!!
Thank you mweinmann. And I "heartily" agree, a little bit of acceptance goes a long way towards making love stronger. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by verbotomy. Thank you verbotomy. ~ James