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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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Cuckoldespair
Created by: jadenguy
Pronunciation: kuk old dis per
Sentence: Cuckoldispair seized his heart as he thrashed about the city; he was sure the downpour smelled like blood. Perhaps if he'd waited just a few more minutes...
Etymology: Cuckold + dispair
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COMMENTS:
You have my admiration for tackling this awkward word. - petaj, 2007-06-01: 09:54:00
thanks, i try. - jadenguy, 2007-06-01: 10:15:00
I found it very tough today as well - this word really sums it up nicely - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-01: 11:53:00
maybe you should have tried adultergate again? - jadenguy, 2007-06-01: 14:35:00
or maybe roderage - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-01: 15:16:00
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Monogocidal
Created by: Katisms1
Pronunciation: Mon-AWG-oh-side-ull
Sentence: On hearing news of his infidelity, her immediate response was swift and monogocidal.
Etymology: Monogomy + homocide: The murder of a monogomous relationship.
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COMMENTS:
The death of a monogamous relationship, or the death *following* a monogamous relationship! Nice wordplay. - mplsbohemian, 2007-06-03: 13:29:00
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Freakingout
Created by: lipstickpowdernpaint
Pronunciation: Free-kin-out
Sentence: I am completely like freakingout!
Etymology:
Esophistinfaiz
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: ess-o-FIS-tin-feyz
Sentence: The extirpatingly asphyxiating and incalculably discombobulating esophistinfaiz exacerbated me and motivated me to thrust a lolloping cogency into the rendezvousing Brutuses. In short... I punched them.
Etymology: S.O.P [Standard Operating Procedure] a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely XD + an evolution of the phrase "fist in face" + esophagus, a possible fist target [yeah, it could be]
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COMMENTS:
Whew! Glad you summed up that sentence. You lost me at extir... Quite creative! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-01: 08:59:00
I thought it may have been the response of a philosopher in Morroco (sophist in Faiz) - petaj, 2007-06-01: 09:38:00
thanks. though i could've sworn i read one of Aesop's fables when I conjured up that word (Aesop is in the Faiz)... *sigh* and that was just another corny joke, courtesy of ohwtepph. - ohwtepph, 2007-06-01: 09:58:00
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Evenge
Created by: geoamnesia
Pronunciation: "E" as in "Ea[r¨]" + Revenge
Sentence: When he first saw them together, he became obsessed with thoughts of evenge.
Etymology: Electronic + Revenge
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COMMENTS:
He just wanted to get even. - petaj, 2007-06-01: 21:58:00
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Emoflux
Created by: evthalia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His emotions uncontrollably and rapidly changed like waves crashing to shore.
Etymology: emotion + fluctuation
Confudulterage
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /kənfjuˈdʌltʌˌɹeɪdʒ/
Sentence: I was so overcome with confudulterage that I couldn't decide whether to scream, cry, break something, storm out of the room, or run off to join the circus.
Etymology: From confused + adultery + rage
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COMMENTS:
The above sentence is not meant to be autobiographical in any sense whatsoever. I just wanted to avoid using a gendered pronoun, and I got tired of trying to think of an elegant way of doing so in the third person. Thankfully, I've never had to feel confudulterage before, and hopefully I never will. - ErWenn, 2007-06-01: 03:55:00
Here's to monotony...er... monogamy! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-01: 08:44:00
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Newlyweb
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: noōlēweb
Sentence: Joyce is a newlywed. Everybody knows how she hates to waste money so nobody was too shocked when she introduced her eHarmony newlyweb on Facebook. How could she have just left her paid-for account lapse without getting full use? Her real world husband isn’t sure how he feels about his virtual counterpart.
Etymology: newlywed (a recently married person) + web (short for World Wide Web)
Confloved
Created by: kalieS
Pronunciation: Con-FLUH-VD
Sentence: As he caught his lover with another man, he became very confloved.
Etymology: Confused + Love = and confusion in love
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