Verboticism: Trystual

'Who's this? A facebook friend.'

DEFINITION: n. An extremely intimate, but completely innocent, relationship with an online "partner". v. To be virtually unfaithful while strictly maintaining physical loyalty.

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Trystual

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Pronunciation: trist-u-al

Sentence: Laura's trystual relationship was becoming more exciting than the real one she had with her husband, and she began to spend more and more time online. Her husband began to suspect that she might be having a virtual affair the night she called and said she'd be working late and wouldn't be home for supper, especially because she worked from home and the call came from her upstairs office.

Etymology: tryst: an agreement between lovers to meet at a certain place or time + virtual: existing in essence though not in fact

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