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DEFINITION: n. A person who wants to monopolize all of someone's love and tries to prevent them from sharing it with others.v. To monopolize someone's love.
Verboticisms
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Gloverness
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: glove/ur/ness
Sentence: A gloverness takes charge of a relationship and never lets it out of her sight.
Etymology: governess + love
Restraintionship
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: re-strain-tion-ship
Sentence: At first he thought Jill was perfect but Jack soon realized that he was in a restraintionsip and it was going to be hard to break free of her control. Seeing her in her black leather boots, though, he had to admit that there was something about the shock collar that excited him.
Etymology: restrain: to hold back or keep in control + restraint: the condition of being restrained + relationship
Monopoleyes
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: mon-op-oh-lies
Sentence: She wants to monopoleyes me - I am not allowed to look at anyone else.
Etymology: monopoly (exclusive rights to sell something) + eyes (implying you can only look at one person). Also a play on the word monopolize.
Amogarchy
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌæməˈɡɑɹki/
Sentence: We told him that his significant smother wasn't really controlling enough to constitute an amogarchy, but it was just a foma.
Etymology: from amo- (romantic love) and -archy (government)
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COMMENTS:
Significant smother works better than amogarchy, which I'd have as "a system of rule by lovers"- a truly scary notion. Still, the sentence alone is worth a vote. - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-17: 13:17:00
Thanks, and I agree that "significant smother" is better, but I never like having to cram two-word terms into a one-word entry. - ErWenn, 2007-04-17: 14:05:00
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Clingoring
Created by: emmyb2
Pronunciation: cling-a-ring
Sentence: Suzie is nothing but a clingoring; I'd recommend you stay away from her.
Etymology: cling + ring
Intimacop
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: intəməkäp
Sentence: Sandy wants it all, every little bit of Clyde*s attention and affection. She keeps him on a very short leash. She is a regular intimacop, watching everything he does and controlling everyone he sees, what he ates, even when he was allowed to go to the bathroom. Life can be very busy with a puppy in the house.
Etymology: intimacy (close familiarity or friendship; closeness) + cop (a police officer)
Sin-wat
Created by: vonnegut
Pronunciation: sin-wat
Sentence: "As your husband, I'll want all your love for myself." She stared at me with widening eyes. "A sin-wat!"... "I will not marry a sin-wat." She stood. "Goodbye." "Good-bye?" I was crushed.
Etymology: Created by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., for Cat's Cradle, published in 1963.
Dearanny
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: deer-uh-nee
Sentence: When she hired a spy to watch my every move, I knew her love had become an unbearable dearanny.
Etymology: dear + tyranny
Programouriste
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: proh GRAM-oor-IS-teh
Sentence: Roxie was starting to think that a "binary" approach was needed to have Bob's love 24/7. Computer savy, she thought that a amicrochip behind the ear might just do the job.(Look how intensely she's studying his ear) An amonopolist she was; an enthralling programouriste she planned to be. Watch out Bob! Remember today's science fiction is tomorrow's reality.
Etymology: PROGRAM: To train to perform automatically in a desired way; to train to behave in a predetermined way; a systematic plan for the automatic solution of a problem by a computer. AMOUR: love or desire," from Anglo-Fr. + ISTE: one who practices (the Old French form.)
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-24: 16:12:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
See the top 4 words of the day at Why were you looking at that girl? ~ James
- 2008-04-20: 01:04:00
good stuffing
- 2008-04-20: 01:08:00
hairy!
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by vonnegut. Thank you vonnegut. ~ James
lumina - 2009-11-04: 17:09:00
Thanks for the welcome back Nos. Totally forgot about this fun place. Time to sharpen my verbotomizing skills again. Helloooo methrohumanx!