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