Verboticism: Contemptress
DEFINITION: v. To methodically read the magazines dedicated to the opposite sex in an effort to sensitize yourself to, and learn how to manipulate, their needs and aspirations. n., A person who studies gender differences in order to exploit them.
Contemptress
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /kun-temp'-tris/ Masculine: Contempter /kun-temp'-ter/
Sentence: Virginia would always ask to see the football scores, even though she hated football — but most guys dig sports — so, being the contemptress that she is, she used her knowledge like a tool, to bewitch and enchant men.
Etymology: contempt / context - feelings of scorn and aversion / the circumstances surrounding situation (from Latin, contemnere "to scorn") + temptress/tempter - one who entices, or seduces (Latin, temptātor, tempter "to sin")
Points: 9632
Comments: Contemptress
bananabender - 2008-01-17: 09:29:00
Glad she's not in my circle of friends! Beguiling word!