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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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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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Somethinblue
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: Sum-thin-bloo
Sentence: She went somethinblue, a rage beyond red, an envy exceeding green, pure despair, having found the rat and his cat christening the most thoughtful gift. (my word that's pretentious nonsense)
Etymology: From the tradition that a bride wears something old, new, borrowed and blue. Also based on the idea that "blue" denotes both sexual behaviour and sadness. Note also "thin" (as opposed to "thing") as describing the sheets.
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COMMENTS:
Very colourful. Especially "the rat and his cat", wearing her white dress I imagine... - wordmeister, 2007-03-27: 06:53:00
something blew - I just got it - clever - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-27: 20:02:00
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Bedtrayal
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: bed tray al
Sentence: When Samantha discovered her groom, Roger, with her bridesmaid Marie, together on her marriage bed, she felt horrible bedtrayal. She was enraged that they were doing it on the fabulous new bedding her Grandma had given her. Talk about cheat sheets...
Etymology: Bed (have sexual intercourse with;a piece of furniture in which to sleep and do other things) & Betrayal (be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage)
Matrimoanial
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /ma-truh-MOWN-ee-ul/
Sentence: Linda couldn't cry anymore — she was all out of tears by now. Having mostly gotten over the initial shock of her new husband's and her best friend's betrayal, she was now feeling matrimoanial, seeking the comfort of her family, who would listen to her complaints and try to console her. "And worst of all Grandma, they were doing it right there on those lovely silk sheets you gave us." Her grandmother patted Linda on her knee and said, "If it's any consolation dear, that wasn't real silk anyway."
Etymology: Matrimonial - of or relating to the state of marriage (from Latin, matrimonium "wedlock, marriage") + Moan - complaint or lamentation (from Old English, mænan to mourn)
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - Nosila, 2008-06-11: 21:41:00
Good word; nice story. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-12: 07:29:00
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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
Horrormonal
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: hor-ror-mon-al
Sentence: But your honor, I was just trying to disinfect the sheets when I poured on bucket of hydrochloric acid on to bed. I didn’t know that it would completely disfigure her face. Or turn is wee-wee into a permanently shriveled-up raisin. Perhaps I was temporarily overcome by a horrormonal rage.
Etymology: horror + hormone + moan
Marrage
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: mer/rage
Sentence: On finding her new husband and the maid of honour, she went into a state of marrage throwing and breaking everything she could get her hands on.
Etymology: marriage + rage
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COMMENTS:
I considered something similar to this before deciding it didn't really allude to the sheets or the cheats as well as other words might. Marrage, to the casual observer, may as well be a nondescript form of anger directed at one's spouse (to be). It lacks specifics. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-27: 08:00:00
Great word, simple and succinct - you just have to stress the second syllable to get the full effect - try it - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-27: 09:55:00
That's nice (^^), but ditto my previous comment regarding it being too generalised for the definition, and that it makes the assumption that the mental state induced would be one of anger, as opposed to shock, disappointment, disbelief etc. For me, assigning rage as the sole emotion here is myopic. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-27: 11:23:00
methinks we have a psychiatrist in our midst - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-27: 12:19:00
No, just a fool who's seen too many shrinks in his time. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-27: 15:31:00
Certainly not a fool - good sense of humour though - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-27: 19:54:00
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Sheetcheats
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sheet-cheet
Sentence: Jill was stunned to find that her new husbum was a sheetcheat. She began to suspect something when she heard that her girlfriend just happened to book a vacation the same place they were having their honeymoon.
Etymology: sheet (a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding) + cheat (to deceive)
Betraythed
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: bee-tray-thed
Sentence: she went from betrothed to betraythed in record time
Etymology: betrayed, betrothed
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COMMENTS:
Beautifully stated! - catgrin, 2007-03-27: 04:15:00
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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