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DEFINITION: n. The mental state induced by the discovery your new husband, and your maid of honor, entangled in the satin sheets given to you as a wedding present by your grandmother. v. To catch your new husband in a close quarters with a close friend.
Verboticisms
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Duplicichosis
Created by: Muttley74
Pronunciation: Do-plis-e-ko-sis
Sentence: Duplicichosis sets in when you discover your very best friend in a very uncompromising situation with your spouse. Total and utter betrayal which causes you mental anguish!!
Etymology: Taken from the words "duplicity" meaning infidelity or betrayal and "psychosis" meaning any mental state
Murthem
Created by: metapsyche
Pronunciation: Mur-them
Sentence: I caught 'em! I want to murthem!
Etymology: Mur (murder) + them (them!) = Murthem
Bridegloom
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: bryd - gloom
Sentence: Coming into the honeymoon bedroom with joyful expectations only to find her new husband, Brad, and her best friend Miranda staining grandmas heirloom satin sheets, Samantha first had a hysterical fit followed by a case of very deep and foreboding bridegloom.
Etymology: Blend of bride and gloom, play on the word 'bridegroom'.
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-11: 12:13:00
good one... - Nosila, 2008-06-11: 21:40:00
Excellent - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-12: 08:19:00
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Knivesinwhitesatin
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: nyves/in/wyte/satin
Sentence: The discovery of the tryst sent her into a state of knivesinwhitesatin hopefully "never reaching the end"
Etymology: knives (the kind that in literature come flying out of ones eyes) + Knights in White Satin (Moody Blues)
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COMMENTS:
like it. - galwaywegian, 2007-03-27: 06:47:00
Brilliant word! Takes me to days of future passed. - Stevenson0, 2007-03-27: 09:03:00
Yep, very good word. And now I have the damn song stuck in my head. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-27: 09:27:00
Nights in white satin, Never reaching the end, Letters Ive written, Never meaning to send. Beauty Id always missed With these eyes before, Just what the truth is I cant say anymore. Oops - sorry Purple - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-27: 09:57:00
Gets the vote for doing the job, being original (no one seems to credit that any more!) and of course the reference (which I'm clearly too young/stupid to get). - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-27: 11:26:00
How did this definition get approved? Seriously, it's too specific. - emd2k3, 2007-04-24: 15:23:00
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Maidricide
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: may dree side
Sentence: Janice was about to commit madricide when she found out what had been going on.
Etymology: er from maid and homicide
Shagrin
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: shagg ran
Sentence: Her shagrin at what she witnessed on the shagpile of the honeymoon suite was expressed in an infortinate manner. Strangulation by old borrowed blue garter was the coronor's verdict.
Etymology: chagrin (sadness) Shag (erm...)
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COMMENTS:
great - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-11: 12:09:00
Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-12: 08:19:00
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Tomfoolastoundery
Created by: ekath
Pronunciation: tom-fool-astound-ery
Sentence: I wonder if hilary clinton went into tomfoolastoundery when she found out about her husband's sultry scandel from congress?
Etymology: from tomfoolery + fool around + astound
Trousseauohnooo
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: Troose o nooo
Sentence: When Virginia inadvertantly walked into her new bedroom to change and found her new husband, Randy, messing her new satin sheets with her old friend, Jezebel, she had a trousseauohnooo moment. She had known they "knew" each other in the Biblical sense many years ago, but was incensed to see them desecrating her Granny's wedding gift to the now-not-so-happy Bride. Thinking of her Granny, she recalled the stanza to a song she used to sing: "When your Old Flame turned up at our wedding; I knew that I would be marooned; She was not there as an invited guest, but a date for the Bridegroom!"
Etymology: Trousseau (Linens and household white items that a bride-to-be saves in her hope chest prior to her marriage, many of which are gifts or (in olden times) things she had made or embroidered herself) & Oh No (Exclamation of regret, sorrow, sadness, disappointment, fear at the discovery of a sudden unpleasantness) & Oh Nooo... (Tagline of SNL's Mr. Bill when something awful was about to happen to him)
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COMMENTS:
Excellent word! Ha: Virginia, Randy and Jezebel! - splendiction, 2009-10-14: 19:03:00
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Wedshock
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: wedshäk
Sentence: Julie should have guessed that there was odd about her new husband’s insistence that her bff Joan go along on their honeymoon. Sure, there was a great discount for the added ticket sale but did they really need to share a room? Julie is now in wedshock. She discovered Joan and her new hubby showering together when she returned from shopping. They tried to say that they were just saving water but she’s not buying it. The only question now, divorce or wedGlock?
Etymology: wedlock (the state of being married) +shock (a sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience)
Kildafuhls
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: kil-duh-fōōls
Sentence: Although she brutally beat her new husband and sister to death with a smart white satin heel, today's landmark ruling finds Mrs. Betty Jo Smith has been cleared of the charge of Murder Two as kildafuhls is successfully accepted for a temporary insanity plea.
Etymology: Taken loosely from the popular Mr. T tagline, "I pity the fool!" compound of kill+the+fools spelled so as to promote correct pronunciation and emphasis.
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COMMENTS:
Anyone referencing Mr T deserves credit. Plus it's outta left field (original) and quirky enough to fit the definition. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-27: 11:28:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by sunny09.
Thank you sunny09! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by sheets. Thank you sheets. ~ James