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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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Porcamor
Created by: Ellemorpheus
Pronunciation: Poor-sah-more
Sentence: His porcamor girlfriend never let him go out with his friends on Saturday nights.
Etymology: Porc-from porcine or piglike Amor- love
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
Luvsucker
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: luv/suk/ur
Sentence: Cruella was a luvsucker who insisted Dave spend all of his time playing Monopoly with her
Etymology: bloodsucker + luv (spelt that way because it really isn't love)+ sucker (that would be Dave)
Loveleech
Created by: meatloafster
Pronunciation: love + leech
Sentence: Sara's such a loveleech. I feel like she's got me by the balls.
Etymology: Someone who leeches love.
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COMMENTS:
lovelee - galwaywegian, 2007-04-17: 07:04:00
Seems both you and Sara are suckers for love. - petaj, 2007-04-17: 07:19:00
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Slaveheart
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: slayve-hart
Sentence: Mark was an obsessive slaveheart, becoming insanely jealous over Leigh Ann even spending time with her beloved Verbotomy.
Etymology: slave, brave heart
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COMMENTS:
Love the sentence! - toadstool57, 2007-04-17: 07:45:00
Almost as perfect as the film, which, contrary to mindless popular belief, is more than a wee bit better than Lord of the Rings. - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-17: 08:18:00
I know a mindless popular who was a swoonatic for Mel Gibson until she found out he was a cathaholic. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-17: 18:07:00
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Valenmine
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: val/en/mine
Sentence: When he caught her deleting all of his contacts on his cell phone, Dick realised with trepidation that perhaps Julie was a valenmine.
Etymology: Valentine (your beloved one) + mine (all mine, not yours, can't have him, he's mine!)
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COMMENTS:
is that where the seven cupids work? - galwaywegian, 2007-04-17: 07:12:00
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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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Attentioneer
Created by: javex
Pronunciation: Uh-ten-shun-eer
Sentence: Look, I'd love to stay and talk with you, but my attentioneer of a wife is running over here, and she doesn't really look too happy...
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Bleachy keen, Javex! - Nosila, 2009-11-03: 23:44:00
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Wildoatstamer
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: wild-oats-tamer
Sentence: Rufus was a renowned oats cultivator, but after meeting Dora, an honest to goodness wildoatstamer, he confined his sowing to his own farm.
Etymology: wild oats (sharing ones love around) + tamer (as in lion tamer, someone who deals with wild things)
Erosponge
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: eee ross punj
Sentence: She was a complete erosponge, mopping up all the juices he could produce.
Etymology: eros, sponge
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COMMENTS:
Clever! - jedijawa, 2007-04-17: 10:12:00
Clever! - jedijawa, 2007-04-17: 18:53:00
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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!