Verboticisms

Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: amor-der

Sentence: Alex knew from the start that Linda was a bit controlling. His friends warned him, but he prided himself in making his own decisions about women. It was when Linda started to amorder him around that he exited..."stage left."

Etymology: amor:Spanish for Love order: to demand

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Welcome back, lumina...you light up my life...wait that was an old song.... - Nosila, 2009-11-03: 23:43:00

Hail, Luminati! - metrohumanx, 2009-11-04: 04:26:00

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: smuth-er-half

Sentence: Bill's possessiveness meant he wasn't good boyfriend material. Pity the poor girl whose smotherhalf he was.

Etymology: smother (to suffocate) + other half (expression meaning one's partner or spouse)

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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.

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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.

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Created by: hooterbug

Pronunciation: /in/seh/kyoor/a/mah/rah/ta

Sentence: Gina smiled as she passed by the couple walking towards her which earned the poor guy that grinned back at her a thump on the forehead by his insecuramorata.

Etymology: in·se·cure = subject to fears, doubts, etc.; not self-confident or assured: an insecure person+ Inamorata comes from Italian innamorata, feminine of innamorato, from the past participle of innamorare, "to inspire with love," from in- (from Latin) + amore, "love" (from Latin amor, from amare, "to love"). A man with whom one is in love is an inamorato.

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interesting - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-24: 16:11:00

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Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: jell-leish

Sentence: I tend to be a very jealeash girlfriend.

Etymology: jealous (jealous girlfriend) + leash (likes to keep her man on a short leash)

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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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very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-24: 16:12:00

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Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: steal + (nation minus first n) + s + (hippie minus ie) + (error minus ror) = pro-nun-sci-ey-tion

Sentence: She was a classic stealationshipper, a control freak lost in an endless spiral of fear and paranoia - sad but true.

Etymology: steal + relationship

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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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is that where the seven cupids work? - galwaywegian, 2007-04-17: 07:12:00

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: suff/a/leech (I realize I spelled it wrong but couldn't change) :(

Sentence: Jason worried that he had made a serious mistake. Shortly after Brianna accepted his proposal of marriage, she began showing signs of being a suffoleech. Among other things, she began making lists of "sweet nothings" he was to say to her several times a day.

Etymology: suffocate-smother: deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing. leech-a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage.

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an emotional vampire - deadly - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-24: 16:15:00

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