Verboticisms

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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Created by: Moonstar

Pronunciation: Guy-U-Mart

Sentence: Teresa, old and shriveled, looked up with deep love into the eyes of her husband, Tom. She loved him, and he her, even after nearly fifty years of marriage. She knew she would always be his GiyuMart, and he hers.

Etymology: Gi, as in give * yu, as in you *M, as in my * art, as in heart: GiyuMart= Give you My Heart.

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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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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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Created by: sherhzade

Pronunciation: luv-ever

Sentence: Looking into Mat's eyes, Gina knew that she had found her lovever.

Etymology: Love- be attached to or feel affection for + ever - for perpetuity

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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

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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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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: per-PET-yew-luv

Sentence: Even into their advancing senior years Willard and Beatrice enjoyed each others company and maintained a robust perpetulove which Clarence celebrated by providing Bertha with expensive, decadent chocolates and Bertha 'encouraged' by spiking his evening cocoa with viagra, preserving both his vitality and his ego...and they lived blissfully ever after.

Etymology: Blend of 'perpetual' (never ending) and 'love' (romance, endearment)

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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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Created by: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: for EV er BEAR ance

Sentence: My mother used to say, "Forbearance is one thing, but when I married your father, it was foreverbearance. I will foreverbear whatever I need to, until death do us part."

Etymology: FORBEARANCE: good natured tolerance in the face of provocation FOREVER:

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COMMENTS:

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

very sweet - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-13: 10:22:00

Very nice word, terrific sentiment. - Mustang, 2009-02-13: 19:16:00

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