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DEFINITION: n. A specially coded language, which newly dating couples use to describe their relationship when they don't want other people to realize that they have "the hots" for each other.v. To talk about sex in a code words.
Verboticisms
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Secretoric
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: seek.re.torik
Sentence: "would you like to swish the monkey?" she asked him secretorically. He grinned and they left the room.
Etymology: secret + rhetoric
Lovercover
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: luv-er-cuv-er
Sentence: in order to organise where they were going to hook up after the work function they needed to apply some lovercover
Etymology: from the italian 'loverco' and the french 'ver'...both of which mean 'to attempt to build a sand castle with dry sand'... so clearly this word is inappropriate
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COMMENTS:
I LOVE the etymology! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-13: 19:09:00
super etymology, and bonus for rhyming!! - Alchemist, 2007-02-13: 19:13:00
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Sinnuendo
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sinyoōendō
Sentence: They had only been dating for a couple of days but they already have developed an entire vocabulary of sinnuendo. They can get each other charged up with the most common of phrases. It’s gotten to the point that that many in the office are uncomfortable if they speak to each other at all.
Etymology: sin (an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law) + innuendo (an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one)
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COMMENTS:
in you end? Oh! great word - galwaywegian, 2011-02-09: 07:31:00
Beats youth in Asia... - artr, 2011-02-10: 12:09:00
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Sexperanto
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: seks purr an toh
Sentence: Their thinly coded sexperanto fooled no one and caused many colleagues to vomit, especially when they arranged for their friends Peter and Ginnie to meet for lunch
Etymology: sex esperanto
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COMMENTS:
A language one could be fluid in... - Nosila, 2011-02-10: 01:09:00
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Trystcipher
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /'trist-"sI-f&r/
Sentence: Despite their careful trystcipher, all of Peter's friends knew he was sleeping with Thelma.
Etymology: From tryst + cipher
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COMMENTS:
I could do better, but I'm tired and the late bird catches no votes. - ErWenn, 2007-02-13: 08:14:00
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Nudgenudge
Created by: Buzzardbilly
Pronunciation: ˈnəjˈnəj
Sentence: You have to know they weren't really talking about stapling documents in such detail; they were nudgenudging with double entendres. Really, if they nudgenudge anymore, I might just have to tell them we all know they're dating because every conversation they have is filled with nudgenudges.
Etymology: From the infamous Monty Python "Nudge Nudge" sketch about making everything be sexual innuendo and is often referred to as "wink wink, nudge nudge."
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COMMENTS:
Say no more, know what you mean, a wink's as good as a nod to a blind horse, nuff said, wink, wink, nod, nod! - Nosila, 2009-09-08: 01:21:00
"Ello SQUIRE! Your wife's a goer....know what i mean? - metrohumanx, 2009-09-11: 00:19:00
Yes, I do... - Nosila, 2009-09-11: 01:09:00
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Jabberstraction
Created by: Mobelia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: They chatted briefly in front of their colleagues about the temperature of the coffee, but it was mere jabberstraction from the rising heat between them.
Etymology: From: Jabber meaning to chat Distraction meaning to confuse and divert attention
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COMMENTS:
Good! I wonder what jabberwocky thinks about this? - wordmeister, 2007-02-16: 00:18:00
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Adorababble
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ədôrəbabəl
Sentence: John and Jill (she apparently dumped Jack) are just the cutest couple. They are slightly embarrassed to talk about their intimacy so they speak in adorababble sounding ever so much like a couple of toddlers.
Etymology: adorable (inspiring great affection) + babble (talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way)
Libidovocal
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: li/bee/doh/voe/cal
Sentence: Colleagues thought Ricky and Martin were involved in heavy financial negotiations when they were really 'livin' libidovocal.
Etymology: libido + vocal + La Vida Loca
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COMMENTS:
Buena! - Nosila, 2011-02-09: 22:33:00
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Obfuscationshipspeak
Created by: bailandi
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "Oh man, did you hear Tom and Mary at the office yesterday, I thought they were talking about work but when I listened closely, it was more obfuscationshipspeak than anything else!"
Etymology: Using the word Obfuscate, meaning to make unclear and relationship, to indicate it's between two people. adding "speak" to indicate a new type of language comes from Orwell's 1984.
Comments:
Alchemist - 2007-02-13: 07:34:00
Rhyming verboticisms should get Bonus points! great etymology!
Alchemist - 2007-02-13: 07:38:00
oops. that comment was for rikboyee's word "lovercover"