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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.
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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" ;)
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)
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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Foreverbearance
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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Perpetualove
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: pehr-PET-you-luv
Sentence: Even into their advancing senior years Clarence and Bertha enjoyed each others company and maintained a robust romantic relationship 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 and love
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COMMENTS:
great sentence - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-13: 10:29:00
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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)
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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Perpetulove
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)
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