Verboticism: Smeltimental
DEFINITION: n. The desire to convert items with sentimental value, like antique hand-crafted jewelery, back into the raw material, like gold bullion, to access its commercial value. v. To cash in something with sentimental value.
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Souvulcanization
Created by: garythesnail
Pronunciation: SOO-VUL-CUN-I-ZAH-SHUN
Sentence: Jacob had a souvulcanization to smelt his wife's wedding ring and her bracelet into mush.
Etymology: Souvenir + Vulcanization
Sentigoldal
Created by: Bughunt
Pronunciation: sen-tee-gole-dul
Sentence: My father is very sentigoldal. My mother's already lost ten necklaces!
Etymology: SENTI-mental, GOLD, sentiment-AL
Pawnder
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: pahn-der
Sentence: Prudence wondered exactly what her husband, Frivolous, meant when she asked where her precious jewels had gone. He said, "I'll have to pawnder that for a while."
Etymology: A play on PONDER, to think about carefully + PAWN, something given to another as security for a loan; other uses: pawndering (n.) Ex: When Prudence found the receipt from Hock N Pocket she knew her precious jewels were the reason for Frivolous's nightly pawndering.
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COMMENTS:
Ex-sell-ent! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-08: 07:27:00
Old FRIV was full of bullion, EH? - metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:39:00
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Oldengoldenmolding
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: olden - golden - mold - ing
Sentence: Cleopatra practiced oldengoldenmolding as she collected all the jewels and precious metals of her ancestry; melted them down and sold them for to buy clothes and makeup.
Etymology: Olden, Golden and Molding
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COMMENTS:
very good - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-08: 13:21:00
I bet she even melted the stuff she got from her Mummy! De Nile ain't just a river in Eqypt! Good One, mweinmann! - Nosila, 2009-04-08: 23:25:00
She should've hooked up with Rumplestiltskin! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:36:00
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Sentimeltall
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sen tim ell tahl
Sentence: It's amazing how quickly sentimental turns to sentimeltall in tough times
Etymology: sentimental melt all
Rehashforgold
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: re-hash-4-goald
Sentence: Dylan was sure his rehashforgold would be overlooked by his mother; after all, they were only his Nana's favorite gold earrings that he scrapped to pay off his parking tickets.
Etymology: rehash - to retell or reminisce + cash for gold - shysters that assure you they will send you a fair price for the gold your are trustingly mail to them without prior agreement
Centimetal
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: sent-i-met-el
Sentence: I was absent-mindedly looking at the ring my grandmother had passed along from her childhood when I got a centimetal feeling. Wouldn't Grandma want me to have something nice--even nicer than an old ring that doesn't fit me? I headed to the antique jewelry store immediately.
Etymology: Sentimental altered to incorporate "cent" as in the unit of currency and "metal" as in precious metals.
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COMMENTS:
I get your drift. - metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:30:00
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Heirloot
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: air-lute
Sentence: Marty had some minor success heirlooting his mother's jewellery, but he was bamboozled how to make a profit out of the antique grandfather clock.
Etymology: heirloom (family treasure handed down from generation to generation) + loot (plunder)
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COMMENTS:
Clever blend and pun! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-08: 07:26:00
VEEY creative! Good one, petaj! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:31:00
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Sentismeltality
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sent ih smelt al it eee
Sentence: Amazing how quickly sentimentality gives way to sentismeltality once the bear kicks the bulls ass
Etymology: sentimentality, smelt
