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DEFINITION: n. An extremely intimate, but completely innocent, relationship with an online "partner". v. To be virtually unfaithful while strictly maintaining physical loyalty.
Verboticisms
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Janger
Created by: syerraecho
Pronunciation: Jan-ger (sounds like anger with a j)
Sentence: He seethed with janger upon seeing his loved one in his best friends arms.
Etymology: Jealousy + Anger
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COMMENTS:
Good word! Got one of my votes today!! - Stevenson0, 2007-06-01: 15:40:00
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Killherinstinct
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: kill-hur-in-stinkt
Sentence: Seeing them together for the first time, she was overcome with killherinstinct. Fortunately, she easily got herself under control, as she had another hot date lined up for the evening.
Etymology: killer instinct, her
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COMMENTS:
lethal! - galwaywegian, 2007-06-01: 06:31:00
It was fortunate, otherwise there would have been a murdher investigation. - petaj, 2007-06-01: 08:39:00
If she had first thought to khilim, she could have consoled herself with a beautiful Persian carpet. - petaj, 2007-06-01: 09:21:00
great word Purple and brilliant comments from all - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-01: 09:30:00
Yes, yes. Best word by a mile. - Clayton, 2007-06-01: 13:52:00
As always, well done purple. - Osomatic, 2007-06-01: 16:22:00
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Laptopdancer
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lap top dan ser
Sentence: Since she spent more guilty hours online with "Raoul" than she did with her real-life lover, Fidel, Rhonda was considered a laptopdancer.
Etymology: Laptop (portable, wireless computer, small enough to fit in your lap) & Lap Dancer (a scantily dressed/naked person who dances erotically for individual members of the audience)
Flirtualist
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: flir-two-list
Sentence: Franny was quite the flirtualist with Frank until Fa´moused found out.
Etymology: Flirt-To make playfully romantic overtures. Part of Virtual and also in part of Dual...Having a double character or purpose.
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COMMENTS:
It sounds more like flirt + virtual, which is probably part of the charm. :) - Discoveria, 2012-09-29: 12:41:00
Thank you~ You got it! It sure is... ;) - abrakadeborah, 2012-12-06: 14:38:00
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Cuckoolduphoria
Created by: suzanne
Pronunciation: kuk-ohld-u-fore-eea
Sentence: As Hilary watched bill leave for the office with a box of havan's finest the old familiar cuckooluphoria rose in her belly.
Etymology: cuckold - the victim of sexual betrayal by a spourse. euphoria - an intense emotional feeling, usually postitive.
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COMMENTS:
Hillilarious! - wordmeister, 2007-06-01: 14:05:00
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Cyberfauxmance
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SI-ber-fo-mance
Sentence: Rhonda was heavily involved in cyberfaumance, carrying on multiple cyber 'affairs' with on line contacts whom she'd never actually met nor ever intended to meet.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'cyber' (a combining form meaning “computer,” “computer network,” or “virtual reality,”) 'faux' (fake, artificial) and 'romance' (a love affair, esp an intense and happy but short-lived affair involving young people)
Cuckoldamnation
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: cuck + ol + dam + nation
Sentence: And that was it, she was cheating on me - I felt the cuckoldamnation rising within me.
Etymology: cuckold + damnation
Jealousy
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: I think you know.
Sentence: Alex kept trying to think of the word to describe what he felt when he caught his girlfriend with another guy, but a quick scouring of dictionary.com gave it to him: jealousy.
Etymology: Um, it's jealousy.
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COMMENTS:
Eek, I'm afraid I came off sarcastic. Sorry. - mplsbohemian, 2007-06-02: 03:43:00
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Loverrage
Created by: oralfixation
Pronunciation: lover-rage
Sentence: Michael's loverrage created a stir amongst the crowd that had gathered outside the window.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Not bad for my first attempt! - oralfixation, 2007-06-01: 21:08:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Clayton. Thank you Clayton! ~ James
Clayton, this definition has prompted some inspired commenting.
Yes! You guys are so funny, I can hardly wait to read the book. ~ James
Clayton - 2007-06-01: 13:56:00
Heh. It seems like we've all been there. Fortunately, it's been several years for me.
I have made a couple of changes today. First, I have changed the way the Verboticisms are displayed so that now it shows the words from every Verbroom. I have also added a "Show All" link which lists all the verboticims of the day on a single page! Secondly I have added a comment tracking system so you can track all your conversations. If these changes cause a problem, let me know! ~ James
Thank you for the show all. I was thinking about the "tag cloud" idea. It would work well on the author pages, where the weighting for each word could be displayed by relative size of font. Then we could check out our best scoring words, and it wouldn't interfere with voting. Tracking conversations is a neat idea too. Are all the comments from every word in the one "track" or would we have to track each one individuall?
Today's definition was suggested by Clayton. Thank you Clayton. ~ James