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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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Lovegevity

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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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Romeohnoandjuliet

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: roam ee oh no and jool ee yet

Sentence: After 55 years of bledded wiss, George and Martha had a romeohnoandjuliet kind of agreement. He had many flaws and she overlooked them. If his roving eye followed a comely wench, Martha would whisper sweet nothings in his ear. Endearingly poignant phrases like, "It is apparently time to watch "Fatal Attraction" again, my dear, since you have forgotten it's cinematic lesson." Or "You have a wandering eye...don't make me send out the other one on the Search Party." George had learned a long time ago to listen to Martha's admonitions of affection. He may be the Head of the household, but she was the Neck, who could turn the head in any direction she wanted!

Etymology: Romeo & Juliet (ardent lovers in a Shakespeare story) & Oh No (regrettable reaction; something gone wrong)

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nice - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-13: 10:30:00

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Methuselovers

Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: mah thoo zeh lah vers

Sentence: Searching through my sketchy knowledge of history, looking for the couple who were together the longest, here is what I found. According to the King James version of Genesis 5:25-27, "And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech. And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died." Wish it said something about his wife. If his wife was still giving him children when he was 782 years old, theirs was an enduring passion and love!!! Perhaps, they held the record for the longest marriage on earth. In some religions, marriage vows are taken saying "Till death do us part." There is at least one religion, where the marriage vows say "For all time and eternity." Perhaps Noah and his wife, after hundreds of years together on earth, are still together! Methuselah has become an eponym for any person who lives an extra-ordinarily long time. Ergo: Methuselovers would be a couple that has been together a long time, so long they might even be together after death, and perhaps as Johnny Mathis sang "until the twelfth of never."

Etymology: A blending of the eponym methuselah and lovers.

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COMMENTS:

Sweet Valentine's Day to all. Here's the song lyrics referred to above. You ask how much I need you, must I explain? I need you, oh my darling, like roses need rain. You ask how long I'll love you; I'll tell you true: Until the twelfth of never, I'll still be loving you. Hold me close, never let me go. Hold me close, melt my heart like April snow. I'll love you till the bluebells forget to bloom; I'll love you till the clover has lost its perfume. I'll love you till the poets run out of rhyme, Until the twelfth of never and that's a long, long time. Hold me close, never let me go. Hold me close, melt my heart like April snow. I'll love you till the bluebells forget to bloom; I'll love you till the clover has lost its perfume. I'll love you till the poets run out of rhyme, Until the twelfth of never and that's a long, long time. Until the twelfth of never and that's a long, long time. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-13: 01:14:00

very nice and apropos for Valentine's Day - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-13: 10:28:00

I love it Methusiastically! - Nosila, 2009-02-14: 23:13:00

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

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Valentimes

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: val en tymes

Sentence: Catherine & Eddy had been together for over 50 years. Through good times and bad, they remained in love and were perpetual valentimes.

Etymology: Valentine (a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day) & Times (ages, long periods)

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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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Amourotic

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: am/orr/ro/tic 

Sentence: George and Clara, in their late eighties, have a 62 year amourotic relationship.

Etymology: AMOUROTIC - from AMAUROTIC (blind; total loss of vision) + AMOUR (love)= BLIND LOVE - - - OR ---AMOUROTIC - from AMOUR (love) + EROTIC (devoted to; dominated by love, or desire)

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COMMENTS:

Wow! good for them! - splendiction, 2009-02-13: 11:55:00

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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