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DEFINITION: v. To collect all the emotional energy you receive from one person, and then share it with the very next person you meet. n. Emotional transference.
Verboticisms
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Forwardfeel
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: fore-ward-feel
Sentence: He knew that her hatred towards his mother was going to be a forwardfeel towards him. It would manifest itself in the form of her refraining to do his laundry.
Etymology: forward (transmit, send) + feel (to be emotionally affected by)
Emofection
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: e-mo-fek-shon
Sentence: After being dumped by a post-it this morning, Kate has emofected everyone around with her foul mood.
Etymology: I would prefer emotional Infection, or a latin emopatheogenic maybe, but emofection was more naturally understandable.
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COMMENTS:
emoflection would have been good too -- emotion + deflect - petaj, 2007-01-05: 20:19:00
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Poorboire
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: poor/bwire
Sentence: If you can't kick a gift horse in the mouth...at least leave a poorboire they'll never forget!
Etymology: variation of "pourboire" - a gift or gratuity
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COMMENTS:
good one quip! clever... - wordmeister, 2007-01-02: 16:02:00
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Disscharge
Created by: fonka99
Pronunciation: Diss-charge
Sentence: Gus felt extremely guilty after disscharging his feelings on the bus driver on his way home, after all it wasn't his fault he got fired!
Etymology: From the urban word "diss" meaning to disrespect and "discharge" meaning to relieve.
Asscakes
Created by: delayette
Pronunciation: ass-kayke
Sentence: Johnny got mad at his girlfriend and decided to asscake me with his problems
Etymology: asscake-to dump emotional sappy crap onto another.
Transflurgle
Created by: currentlyinsolitude
Pronunciation: trans-fler-gull
Sentence: The girl transflurgled to her boyfriend.
Etymology: Vietmanese
Transnubstantiation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: tranz/snub/stan/siay/shun
Sentence: What a weight off my shoulders to practice transnubstatiation on an ususpecting passerby after being snubbed by another.
Etymology: transubstantiation + snub
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COMMENTS:
Funny! - wordmeister, 2007-01-02: 12:59:00
thanks wordmeister - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-03: 16:35:00
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Comments:
Carole - 2007-01-02: 22:55:00
Good one Peta, yours has the same meaning as mine. Emotedump.
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