Verboticism: Imheartial
DEFINITION: n. The embarrassing situation which occurs when a someone says "I love you" and you cannot say it back because you don't "love them", you just "like them". v. To feel uncomfortable when someone says "I love you."
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Pricklypair
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: prik lee pare
Sentence: Peter said "Cabbages are red, they can be green, too. By the natural slaws of selection, Bunny, I love you." Sweet as the poem was , Bunny wanted to curse ... for like, not love, filled her ... I must tell him, but not in a dieverse. Now, how can I put a spin-nachurely, and preserve our green peace, Oh, help me a-spare-agus from a rude-a-bega, please. "Dear Peter, my friend, two-mate-toes, we can never be ... for in me, all that sprouts ... is a rosyred comradish for thee." Even though Bunny said it affectionately, I must report to you very sadly: They remained awkward over their differences to care, ... living everafter, not happily ... but as a pricklypair.
Etymology: PRICKLY, PAIR being a word play on 'prickly pear' cactus ... both can be thorny and uncomfortable.
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COMMENTS:
nice combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-10: 10:26:00
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Loveknot
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: luv - not
Sentence: Jeremy felt the loveknot starting again as Maria approached him. Every morning she would bring him his coffee at work, and perch on his desk to talk. Lately, she had started to tousle his hair and occasionally whisper the big "L" word. They had been friends for a couple of years and he was not quite sure that he felt anything more. Now, things were becoming decidely uncomfortable for Jeremy.
Etymology: Love + not + knot >>>>Love(a strong positive emotion of regard and affection) Not (negation of a word or group of words) Knot (something twisted and tight i.e. "his stomach was in knots)
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COMMENTS:
a little twisted but terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-10: 10:25:00
packs emotional punch apt to the definition. Powerful word. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 17:51:00
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Cupidoom
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Kew-Pee-Doom
Sentence: With Bob's words "I hope we remain lifetime friends", an erostaut Teresa instantly understood the shattering signifance between being in 'cupid-dom' and facing the reality of 'cupidoom'.
Etymology: Cupid: the roman god of passinate love & doom - ruin, destruction; and Cupid and dom: the realm of Cupid. Erostaut: Eros: physical love, sexual love & taut: expierencing stress or anxiety.
Solemate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sole mayt
Sentence: Lucretia's prince turned back into a frog when he vowed his love for her and she refused him. Once again she was a solemate, as he hopped back into the dating pond.
Etymology: Sole (alone;lonesome)& Soulmate (soeone for whom you have an affinity)
Onewayheat
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: wun way heet
Sentence: Kermit had just turned his love vehicle down the OnewayHeat. Juanita was not about to yield to him nor fuel his passionate performance. Yup, he was roadkill on the road to true love!
Etymology: OneWay Street (A rroad that only goes one way, not in both directions) & Heat (Intense passion, romance;arouse or incite feelings of passion or emotion)
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COMMENTS:
Super verbotomy - silveryaspen, 2009-02-11: 02:34:00
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Toadallyawkwart
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: toe dal lee ok wart
Sentence: When the Frog told Esmeralda she was toadallyawesome and she should kiss him, it became a toadallyawkwart moment for her. Should she risk lip warts or should she free a handsome Prince from a spell? She decided that since her dates had been far and few lately, she would give him a big kiss on his (yuck) green lips. He immediately turned into a photo of a handsome Prince, with a slogan on him saying, "Someday, your prints will come.." She dearly hoped that she would not have tadpoles!
Etymology: Toad (amphibian, like a frog) & Totally (like awesome, to the full extent) & Awkward (not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner)& Wart (What you allegedly get on your hands while handling a toad)
Imheartial
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: im/heart/ial
Sentence: Brett is imheartial to Jenny's advances.
Etymology: IMHEARTIAL - noun - from IMPARTIAL (uninvovled; detached; neutral) + HEART (love)
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COMMENTS:
very fitting etymology and word - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 17:52:00
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Fearvor
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: feer/vor
Sentence: Sally had an aversion to intimacy and experienced tremendous fearvor when anyone mentioned the 'L' word.
Etymology: fervor (intense emotion) + fear
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COMMENTS:
fiercesome - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 17:44:00
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Discomloveulated
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: diskəmləvyəlāted
Sentence: Sue had a great time on her blind date with Bob. She was however completely discomloveulated when he proposed on their second date.
Etymology: discombobulated (disconcert or confuse someone) + love (an intense feeling of deep affection)
Floof
Created by: Meganja
Pronunciation: Flew-oof
Sentence: I am such a floof when someone says I love you, because I just stare blankly and wonder why.
Etymology: