Verboticisms

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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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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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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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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Created by: Lemtin

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: do/oh/com/pli/si/tee

Sentence: The secret to the longevity in their marriage was a result of duocomplicity and they thrived forgiving each others innumerable faults.

Etymology: duo + duplicity + complicity

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COMMENTS:

Apt...I just finished reading Hillary's Choice by Gail Sheehy! - readerwriter, 2009-02-13: 09:32:00

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: too - geth - ur - las - ting

Sentence: George and Anita had a togetherlasting love. They had been together forever and it looked like it would last a lifetime. As they hobbled along, with their cane and walker, they still could not take their eyes off each other.

Etymology: Together and Everlasting >> Together (in each other's company,with cooperation and interchange) Everlasting (ageless: continuing forever or indefinitely)

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COMMENTS:

so many sweet stories today - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-13: 10:30:00

Wonderful word! Will use it a lot. Brings to mind the line from a great love song ... 'ageless and evergreen' - silveryaspen, 2009-02-13: 13:17:00

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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: 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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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)

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