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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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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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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)
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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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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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.
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)
Giyumart
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.
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)
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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Duocomplicity
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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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