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DEFINITION: v. To engage in intimate activities with your "ex", even when you know that you will never, ever, get back together again. n. Intimate activities undertaken with an ex-lover
Verboticisms
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Remance
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ree-manse
Sentence: When Gloria hads recurring bouts of regret over breaking up with Mark she engages him in remance, finding opportunities here and there to cuddle and make out, though she has no desire to rekindle the relationship itself.
Etymology: Play on the word 'romance' with prefix 're' - to do over
Excalibre
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: eks-kal-uh-ber
Sentence: Jill has fond memories of the men in her life. She rates them with her unique system labeling each with an excalibre rating based on their abilities with Excalibur. Jimmy was her .22, fun to play with but not too serious. When she wants something serious she will call her .44 magnum or .50 Cal.
Etymology: ex (former) + calibre (the diameter of a cylindrical body, esp the internal diameter of a tube or the bore of a firearm) a play on Excalibur the sword of King Arthur
Sexpostfacto
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: sex + post + fact + oh!
Sentence: Once in a while she gets drunk and lonely and shows up at 3 AM for a little sexpostfacto.
Etymology: sex & "ex post facto"
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COMMENTS:
Oooooh. Lawguistics. Good one! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-16: 18:02:00
This is smarter than my own word! - Discoveria, 2007-02-16: 18:23:00
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Amortification
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: amor/ti/fi/cay/shun
Sentence: They secumbed to amortification knowing that their love was dead and gone - how sad
Etymology: amore + mortification
Retrobound
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛtɹoˌbaʊnd/
Sentence: GILMORE GIRLS SPOILER: As expected, Lorelai's fling with Chris turned out just to be a retrobound.
Etymology: From retro- + bound, as in "rebound"
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COMMENTS:
I switched to IPA for pronounciation. It makes it seem more professional, which makes it seem funnier to me. - ErWenn, 2007-02-16: 10:38:00
The funny thing is that I don't even watch Gilmore Girls. All I know, I pick up from snippets overheard from the other room while doing my homework while my better half watches. - ErWenn, 2007-02-16: 10:40:00
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Exsex
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: ECKS-seks
Sentence: "I had the best exsex with Mona last night," Travis beamed. "I shoulda divorced her YEARS ago!"
Etymology: ex + sex
Condomnundrum
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: con/dum/nun/drum
Sentence: To .... or not to .... that is the condomnundrum
Etymology: condom + conundrum
Forniclosure
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: for-knee-cloe-zyer
Sentence: it felt nice and familiar but she couldn't forget how irritraiting he'd become...this was strictly forniclosure
Etymology: fornicate, closure
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COMMENTS:
Very nice, sum's up the definition impressively! - allwise, 2007-02-16: 05:42:00
I agree. Here's a vote. By the way, I've looked all over this place and can't find a single teller to cash in my points. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-16: 15:26:00
Yeah, but if I could just get some forniclosure, that would be ok... - allwise, 2007-02-19: 02:55:00
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Exaction
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: Ex-action
Sentence: Looks like he'll be getting a little ex action with his old girlfriend.
Etymology: ex: ex-girfriend/boyfriend, action: well, duh.
Nodoe
Created by: shrimp
Pronunciation: noo-doe
Sentence: this is something you really won.t do!
Etymology: no = no, to do, so..don't do this
Comments:
ErWenn - 2007-02-17: 08:10:00
You know, if everyone could vote an unlimited number of times, or if there was a ranking system, instead of a voting system, that would take care of several problems at once. It would fix the late-post deficiency as well as the too-many-good-words problem.
Discoveria - 2007-02-17: 09:33:00
Maybe no new words should be displayed until there are at least 10, so you won't be tempted to vote until there's a sizeable batch of words.
ErWenn - 2007-02-18: 10:16:00
Or even just switch the vote to yesterday's verboticisms while people are creating today's.
Discoveria - 2007-02-18: 18:37:00
That would have the added (mostly good) effect of giving me something to do on Verbotomy on Saturdays.
Hey ErWenn and Discoveria, We could try either of these options. Would you be interested in a test week using an alternative voting sytem? Let me know ~ James (james@verbotomy.com)