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DEFINITION: n. The embarrassing situation which occurs when a someone says "I love you" and you cannot say it back because you don't "love them", you just "like them". v. To feel uncomfortable when someone says "I love you."
Verboticisms
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Ribbitterate
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: ri-bi-ter-rate
Sentence: Kramitt Rah-ba-ba-bah had to ribbitterate several times to try and get his love across to Bushwa.
Etymology: Ribbit and Reiterate combined - To say something again or a number or times, typically for emphasis or clarity.
Gawkward
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: gaw-werd
Sentence: Joyce had decided to terminate her relationship with Tim. He might be handsome but they have absolutely nothing in common. She planned to tell him goodbye when they went out to dinner. It was a truly gawkward event made worse when Tim pulled a ring out of his pocket.
Etymology: gawky (clumsy) + awkward (inelegant)
Blushoff
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Bluu-sh-off
Sentence: When Richard declared his undying love for Anna, she was mortified and a little embarrassed. Although she liked him, she had to give him the blushoff as there was no way she could think of him as anything other than a friend.
Etymology: Blush(to be embarrassed) Play on give someone the brush off.
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COMMENTS:
cute and hits the meaning well. - mweinmann, 2009-02-10: 09:37:00
super - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-10: 10:24:00
Perfection! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 17:36:00
Excellent!! - Mustang, 2009-02-10: 21:31:00
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Floof
Created by: Meganja
Pronunciation: Flew-oof
Sentence: I am such a floof when someone says I love you, because I just stare blankly and wonder why.
Etymology:
Beminefield
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: be MINE field
Sentence: The situation had become a beminefield. My heart, that little cold black thing of mine, started to race. He was not my besotted. He was my beswatted, as I struck him down with my deafening silence after he said those three little words. "Do you cook?" Then, while I was still reeling, he whispered, "I love you," and I didn't know which question to ignore the loudest. So I quickly tried to fill the silence. "I think it's going to rain tomorrow. What do you think?"
Etymology: BEMINE: like in valentine MINEFIELD: a place where you are in danger of setting off mines
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COMMENTS:
I liek it. - Nuwanda, 2009-02-10: 09:08:00
I like it as well - Nuwanda, 2009-02-10: 09:09:00
me like it too - mweinmann, 2009-02-10: 09:36:00
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-10: 10:24:00
heehee - galwaywegian, 2009-02-10: 11:57:00
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Fearvor
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: feer/vor
Sentence: Sally had an aversion to intimacy and experienced tremendous fearvor when anyone mentioned the 'L' word.
Etymology: fervor (intense emotion) + fear
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COMMENTS:
fiercesome - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 17:44:00
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Fortilove
Created by: GlobalGallery
Pronunciation: four-tee-luv
Sentence: It was fortilove at first sight. Maria was feeling uneasy after Carlos spent so much money on her. The dinner, the flowers, the limo. What was next, a ring? He made such an effort to score points and win her affections but she felt it was inappropriate. Anything more would be too much and it would be game over.
Etymology: A play on the tennis score '40-luv' where the game is over if the server scores the next point.
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - TJayzz, 2009-02-10: 14:53:00
Super clever. Great create. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 17:47:00
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Amororless
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: āmôrôrles
Sentence: She loved him more and more. He loved her amororless. Her love was passionate, his approximate.
Etymology: amore (love in Italian) + more or less (indifference)
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COMMENTS:
wonderful - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-10: 10:23:00
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Onewayheat
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: wun way heet
Sentence: Kermit had just turned his love vehicle down the OnewayHeat. Juanita was not about to yield to him nor fuel his passionate performance. Yup, he was roadkill on the road to true love!
Etymology: OneWay Street (A rroad that only goes one way, not in both directions) & Heat (Intense passion, romance;arouse or incite feelings of passion or emotion)
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COMMENTS:
Super verbotomy - silveryaspen, 2009-02-11: 02:34:00
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Chagrinch
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: sha-grinche
Sentence: Colin, the office manager, was such a chagrinch at the after hours Valentine's Day office party. It was customary for everyone to exchange silly cards and I love you's. Everyone knew it didn't mean a thing. But, Colin would have special liver-shaped hard candies made with phrases like " Time=$," "UR M-S 2 Clean," "Lites Off B4 leaving," "BB is watching," and "EvalU8 Off N."
Etymology: From CHAGRIN, strong feelings of annoyance + GRINCH, Dr. Seuss's miserly Scrooge
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COMMENTS:
One might chacringe from a chagrinch - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 17:39:00
Love it....especially since we have a guy at work with the same name who would do that!! Eerie that there are 2 of them! - Nosila, 2009-02-20: 01:49:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James