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DEFINITION: v. What boyfriends and husbands do while they are waiting their girlfriends and/or wives to shop. n. A person doing such a thing.
Verboticisms
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Guybrowse
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: gye browz
Sentence: Most men hate shopping and even worse hate waiting while someone they are with shops. Mark was no exception and when his wife Lana dragged him to the store to wait for her to try on some new fashions, he took that waiting opportunity to guybrowse in other departments. When Lana finished shopping in a department store, armed with lots of bags and boxes, she then would waste half an hour looking for Mark. Invariably she'd find him sampling free food; catching up on the latest thought-provoking articles in Playboy Magazine; watching a big screen TV football game or trying out the latest Lazyboy recliner. She often wished that the stores would smarten up and copy an idea of Harrod's. They had a lounge area similar to a gentleman's club, with comfy wingback chairs set in a room with television and newspapers, serving cold ale to waiting guybrows. It was like a nursery for men.
Etymology: Guy (male;an informal term for a youth or man) & Browse (look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular;shop around; not necessarily buying) & rhyming with: Eyebrows (the arch of hair above each eye...when raised it acts as an unspoken question (Are you really buying that?)
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COMMENTS:
You never let us down, Nosila. Mark had a lot of nerve- I would NEVER break with protocol and drft away from the store entrance... - metrohumanx, 2008-08-27: 00:58:00
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-27: 16:05:00
How true. It takes years of practice to become a champion guybrowser. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-28: 00:53:00
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Masterwait
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: mas/ter/weyt
Sentence: To keep her happy, he goes along shopping and will masterwait patiently while she tries on every pair of shoes in the store.
Etymology: master (of course she is this) + wait
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COMMENTS:
Oh geez, I just now "got it"! Funny! - purpleartichokes, 2007-09-26: 11:55:00
Ah you beat me to it!! >:) Voting now. - joelb, 2007-09-26: 21:55:00
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Mallschlump
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: mawl-shlump
Sentence: While most men might get fidgety when their wives browse thru the stores, Marty takes great delight in an opportunity to just mallschlump, wherein he'll cruise around from business to business checking out babes, window displays and oddball people.
Etymology: blend of words 'mall' (n. large retail complex containing a variety of stores and often restaurants ) and 'schlump' (v. to loaf or idle)
Masterwait
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: mas/ter/weyt
Sentence: To keep her happy, he goes along shopping and masterwaits patiently for her while she tries on every pair of shoes in the store.
Etymology: MASTERWAIT - verb - from MASTER (a person who commands, or is in charge and of course SHE is) + WAIT (to be patient and remain neglected for a time)
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COMMENTS:
that's why guys wear such bulky overcoats - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-27: 16:04:00
He thinks it's the best way to achieve "masterpeace" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-28: 00:49:00
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Purchiatus
Created by: Pseudonym
Pronunciation: pur-chai-ay-tuss
Sentence: "Sorry, I can't meet you at the bar right now, I'm on a purchiatus."
Etymology: purchase + hiatus
Spreeander
Created by: ScrabbledEgg
Pronunciation: spree-an-durr
Sentence: Spreeandering about the mall for hours while Sandy tried on countless pairs of jeans left Jack barely coherent, and hungry. When he saw his honey finally emerge from her umpteenth dressing room, he grunted something about "done yet" and "food court" - much to her annoyance. "Geez, Jack, don't be such a Spreeanderthal" she retailiated (retail + retaliate), handing him the most expensive pair she had found.
Etymology: (shopping) spree + meander
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COMMENTS:
Is that when he went off in perch haste? - petaj, 2007-09-26: 04:47:00
At the end of a shopping spree a woman is tired as well as spent. Nice blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-26: 18:47:00
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Mallinger
Created by: kabloozie
Pronunciation: Mahl-LING-er
Sentence: Two hours after the Wife entered Old Navy, Bob was seen in the food court, mallingering on the cement bench with an empty bag of Cinnabons.
Etymology: Mall: a large retail complex with no hardware stores. Linger: to pass time in a tedious manner.
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COMMENTS:
wow. my first verboticism....sniff. - kabloozie, 2007-09-26: 02:26:00
It's a good one too. No auto parts stores in a Mall either. - petaj, 2007-09-26: 04:44:00
good start! - galwaywegian, 2007-09-26: 07:22:00
wow - what a debut!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-26: 10:42:00
Perhaps Bob should have lingered in lingerie boutique. Might not have been so teduous for him ! Good start:good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-26: 18:44:00
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Manterval
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: mann-tuh-vawl
Sentence: Gideon had grown used to waiting outside of the changing rooms in women's shops. In fact he had learnt to almost enjoy mantervals and began to use the time more productively. Instead of spending hours on end waiting by racks of frocks staring at his shoes like he used to, he now uses being surrounded by women to his benefit. Gideon has picked up some of the most amazing make-up tips, he's learnt how to deal with period pain and can now tell the difference between shampoo and shower gel which he, like most men, previously believed were inter-changeable. The list goes on...
Etymology: Man (male adult human) + interval ( intervening period of time)
Guybrowse
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: guy-browz
Sentence: every time his wife took clothes into the change rooms he would wander awkwardly around the store, trying to guybrowse without drawing attention to himself
Etymology: guy, browse, eyebrows
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James
Can't you be arrested for MASTERWAITING in public?
galwaywegian - 2008-08-27: 05:56:00
Or masterbaiting at college
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James