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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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Romeohnoandjuliet
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: roam ee oh no and jool ee yet
Sentence: After 55 years of bledded wiss, George and Martha had a romeohnoandjuliet kind of agreement. He had many flaws and she overlooked them. If his roving eye followed a comely wench, Martha would whisper sweet nothings in his ear. Endearingly poignant phrases like, "It is apparently time to watch "Fatal Attraction" again, my dear, since you have forgotten it's cinematic lesson." Or "You have a wandering eye...don't make me send out the other one on the Search Party." George had learned a long time ago to listen to Martha's admonitions of affection. He may be the Head of the household, but she was the Neck, who could turn the head in any direction she wanted!
Etymology: Romeo & Juliet (ardent lovers in a Shakespeare story) & Oh No (regrettable reaction; something gone wrong)
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COMMENTS:
nice - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-13: 10:30:00
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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" ;)
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.
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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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.
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)
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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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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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.
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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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