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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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Boycaught
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: boy kot
Sentence: When she took her boyfriend shopping, which he hated, he hung around outside the building as a boycaught. He really should have gone into the store, as she was getting final fitting for her wedding dress...
Etymology: Boy (Man or young male) & Caught (the act of catching something)...wordplay on boycott (to ignore;a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies)
Chickpick
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: chik-pik
Sentence: While Sue was in the dressing room, Bob bided his time with a chickpick session. The first object of his scrutiny was slightly plump, but had nice hair. The second had a nice body, but egad, that eye brow ring had to go! The third had it all going for her, except for the fact that she talked through her nose. The fourth...
Etymology: nit pick, chick
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COMMENTS:
a chick picnic - petaj, 2007-09-26: 04:45:00
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Manticipate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: man tis ip ayt
Sentence: When Sergio went to the Big Mall with his fiancee, Carmela, to find her a great outfit, he knew it would take all day. He was able to manticipate by doing guy things at the shopping haven...drink expresso, check out the games store, watch a game on the big screen and buy lottery tickets. It was worth it when his princess came out with clothes and accessories to die for, even if it left him lighter in the wallet...
Etymology: Man (adult male) & Anticipate (wishing with confidence of fulfillment;wait with expectation)
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)
Mallancholy
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: mahl-uhn-kuhl-eee
Sentence: Dave went mallancholy as he stood holding Debra's handbag at the Emasculation Station outlet store.
Etymology: mall + melancholy
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-26: 11:50:00
Seems as if Dave got himself into a eunuch predickament. Might decide to keep the handbag! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-26: 22:19:00
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Mallinger
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: mawl-ing-gerr
Sentence: he was simply expected to mallinger while she disappeared into an endless stream of shops
Etymology: mall, linger, malinger
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COMMENTS:
Good word.I sympathize. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-27: 01:26:00
Like it - TJayzz, 2008-08-27: 03:44:00
very good - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-27: 16:08:00
Nice word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-28: 00:43:00
Excellent! - Mustang, 2008-08-28: 01:54:00
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Cashtrate
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: ˈkash trāt
Sentence: Leonard always felt cashtrated at the mall whilst his girlfriend Amanda took charge of his credit card and tossed him like a hangar in the dressing home
Etymology: cash ( currency, money) + castrate (to emasculate, deprive vigor)
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COMMENTS:
That's why they call money geld! - Nosila, 2012-11-02: 19:27:00
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Anticapprasion
Created by: SethelMerman
Pronunciation: An-tiss-uh-pray-shun
Sentence: Thinking of his credit card bill and the countless bags from Macy's, passed the time during his anticappraision.
Etymology: From (anticipation: in waiting) + (appraise: judge value)
Eyedle
Created by: shalla
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Fred sighed as Jen took six more dresses into the changing room, resigned to eyedling for another twenty minutes at least. Having already eyedled through the homewares and auto departments, he now turned his gaze to electronics...
Etymology: eye (to look at or ogle) + idle (to waste time)
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COMMENTS:
I can see this site becoming addicting... My first-ever verboticism! - shalla, 2007-09-26: 10:40:00
Eye-eye for an eye-popper! Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-26: 18:40:00
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Betrudge
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bih-truhj
Sentence: When Jill wants to go shopping she likes to take Tom with her. She'll bounce from store to store like a lioness on a hunt. He'll betrudge along behind her like a trailer with flat tires. They've been together long enough that he knows when to nod and when to grunt something like "That look great on you".
Etymology: begrudge (to be reluctant to give, grant, or allow) + trudge (to walk, especially laboriously or wearily)
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