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'Oh please stay! And don't worry about Robbie. '

DEFINITION: n. The sense of discomfort created when "a couple" says you are welcome to stay, even though their behavior suggests that you are getting in the way. v. To sit uncomfortably between two lovers.

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Awkwove

Created by: weareallbeautiful

Pronunciation: aw-k-w-uh-v

Sentence: Christine felt so awkwove around Robbie and Rita because they were so wrapped up in each other (literally) that she left the room.

Etymology: awkward+love

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Wedgehog

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: wej-hawg

Sentence: Joe couldn't completely understand why his friend Rob's mother had invited him over for dinner when she and her husband were planning a night at the movies. After they left and Rob's girlfriend showed up he understood his role as a wedgehog.

Etymology: wedge (something that serves to part, split, divide) + hedgehog ( an obstructive device consisting of steel bars, angle irons, etc., usually embedded in concrete, designed to damage and impede the boats and tanks of a landing force on a beach)

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Shagrin

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: shag rahn

Sentence: Her shagrin was multiplied by the rhythmic splashing of the tea on her lap as the other end of the couch rose and fell.

Etymology: chagrin, shag

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Lefout

Created by: mizzverbz

Pronunciation: lef-owt

Sentence: Show me the way you came in and i'll help you lefout.

Etymology: guyanse dialect mixed with old guyanese saying

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Paltrudement

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: pal-TROOD-muhnt

Sentence: Bob, aka Robbie, didn't wish to paltrude when his friends, Phil and Pauline, became interlocked in a submission hold. And despite Phil's assurances that he was only teaching Pauline self-defence, an overpowering feeling of paltrudement told Bob it was time to leave.

Etymology: PAL: chum, friend, mate; TRUDE: push & -MENT: action, act or process; the instrument or means of.

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COMMENTS:

when I first read your word I thought of pall as in "glut or surfeit" which would work as well - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-21: 14:05:00

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Intrusivision

ljknechtel

Created by: ljknechtel

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Unsavoyeurism

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: un-SAV-or-e-yur-ism

Sentence: When Harry and Sally invited Vern to hang around even as they continued petting and making out, Vern felt an almost overwhelming attack of unsavoryeurism as he tried, unsuccessfully, to avoid actually watching them,

Etymology: Blend of the words 'unsavory' (adj. socially or morally objectionable or offensive) and 'voyeurism' (the compulsion to seek sexual gratification by secretively looking at sexual objects or acts; the actions of a Peeping Tom)

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Gawkward

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: gok ward

Sentence: When Robbie visits June, he's all over her. Even though Joe came to see her first, Robbie buts in amorously. It is a gawkward moment for Joe...like a car crash, he does not want to see, but cannot look away as they go at it. This is particularly difficult since June is actually Joe's wife...

Etymology: Gawk (an awkward stupid person;look with amazement; stare stupidly)& Awkward (not at ease socially;causing pain or embarrassment)

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Made me chuckle. :) - Discoveria, 2012-09-29: 08:19:00

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Coilinger

Created by: weyrlady

Pronunciation: co-i-lin-ger

Sentence: She invited me to coilinger, but it was way too awkward.

Etymology: Combination of coitus and linger, with a play on the Japanese word "koi", meaning 'love'.

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Menaceatrois

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: men ass a twa

Sentence: It was difficult for Joe to have his mother-in-law come for one of her long, unannounced visits. She would sit between them on the couch and nooky was out of the question as the walls were paper-thin. Their relationship always grew strained when she visited, as it was a menaceatrois.

Etymology: Menace (threat) & Menage A Trois (French: a threesome;household for three; an arrangement where a married couple and a lover of one of them live together while sharing sexual relations)

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-31: 01:11:00
Today's definition was suggested by suzanne. Thank you suzanne! ~ James

texmom - 2007-05-31: 21:41:00
I enjoyed thinking of this one! And isn't it the truth!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2011-05-05: 00:03:00
Today's definition was suggested by suzanne. Thank you suzanne. ~ James