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'You're the only person who ever listens to me...'

DEFINITION: n., An ongoing relationship where one person does all the talking, whining and complaining, and the other just listens quietly and tries to appear sympathetic. v., To participate in a lopsided conversation where one person does all the conversing.

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Ignorified

Created by: ttime77

Pronunciation: ig-noor-if-eyed

Sentence: Maddy's cat seemed to be very ignorified when she tried to vent to him.

Etymology: ignor-to exclude or blow off someone or something around you; + -ified-used as a verb.

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Comadoze

Created by: simoneshin

Pronunciation: coma doze

Sentence: he must have been listening, since i saw his head nodding the whole time i was ranting about whateveritwas

Etymology: coma doze

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Clever! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 09:07:00

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Onetalker

Created by: mzzmee265

Pronunciation: one-talk-er

Sentence: Its very obvious to spot a onetalker, it only takes them to make a conversation.

Etymology: one-only one, less than two but more than zero ; talker-to talk, who talks

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Whinologue

thegoatisbad

Created by: thegoatisbad

Pronunciation: WHY-NO-LOG

Sentence: Ever since Kimberly had decided to rebuke television, she spent vacant half-hour slots in front of a mirror, practicing what she wanted to tell co-workers the next day. As a result, the office became merely a backdrop for her crafted conversations- which were whinologues in reality.

Etymology: whine (complain) + monologue (indivdual uninterrupted speech)

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Audinazi

Created by: mrsholstenenglish11

Pronunciation:

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Emceeyammer

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: em see yam mer

Sentence: Stanley was almost comatose listening to Andrea's endless prattle about her day at work. "And then, you know that Linda I told you about in accounting, well, that snob never said Good Morning to me and like, what did I ever do to her? And then Josh, the cute electrician told me I had nice hair and like Linda was sooo jealous..." Poor Stanley, he was a captive audience, being an inside cat in a one bedroom apartment, jailed with a self-involved airhead like Andrea. Oh sure, she fed him, cleaned his stink box and rubbed him on the chin like he liked, but seriously. How much more of being emceeyammer could he take? Granted, he slept 16 hours a day and therefore snored through most of her tirades, but she needed one of her own species. Maybe he'd sign her up on-line for a singles club. In his own lethargic manner, Stanley was getting fed up. Oh no, here she comes again...it's yammer time!

Etymology: Emcee (MC or Master of Ceremonies, Ringmaster, Host) & Yammer (to whine endlessly) & MC Hammer (Performer in the late 80's and early 90's who's most most famous song was "U Can't Touch This" and was famous for baggy Hammer Pants.)

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx Inspired, as usual! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-04: 01:19:00

So in the 'now' and with that etymology in the 'know'. Great create! - silveryaspen, 2008-12-04: 12:01:00

Can't touch that! - emdeejay, 2008-12-04: 19:18:00

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Rhetoriflux

DaddyNewt

Created by: DaddyNewt

Pronunciation: ri/TAWR/i/fluks

Sentence: Any relationship will suffer from rhetoriflux.

Etymology: rhetoric + flux

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metrohumanx I love the word "flux". - metrohumanx, 2008-12-04: 16:24:00

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Whinesided

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: why n sy ded

Sentence: Every day Jill told her troubles to her cat, Sigmeownd Freud. She talked and moaned and complained and he just listened. It was apparent to anyone else that it was a whinesided relationship. Luckily she was unaware of her cat's deafness, otherwise he would have become cat-atonic listening to her.

Etymology: Whine (moan, complain) & One-sided (where only one person does the talking and the other the listening)

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Uniblather

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: yoo-nuh-blath-er

Sentence: Jane's cat seemed to be unaffected by her uniblather. Unfortunately, the annual trip to the vet disclosed a case of bleeding ear syndrome.

Etymology: unilateral (relating to, occurring on, or involving one side only) + blather (to talk or utter foolishly; blither; babble)

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Solomeo

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: sōlōmēō

Sentence: Once the words **Let me tell you** slipped past Sally*s lips, Edward knew it was going to be a solomeo evening. It didn*t matter if he had seen the Queen of England or if he had been hit by a bus. His job for the duration of the night was to nod reassuringly and interject phrases like **I know what you mean** or **That*s terrible**. Three hours later his mind was numb and his neck sore from nodding, all this because some clerk **looked at her funny**. His story about seeing a **queen** from England getting hit by a bus would just have to wait.

Etymology: solo (a thing done by one person unaccompanied) + (used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself as the object of a verb or preposition) a play on *O Solo Mia - a globally known Neapolitan song written in 1898

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-11: 01:15:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James

Jabberwocky - 2008-02-11: 05:57:00
very funny cartoon today - I look forward to seeing them every day

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-11: 10:33:00
Thanks Jabberwocky! I was thinking of you when I did it. Of course, you're the cat, and I'm the babbler. ~ James

Jabberwocky - 2008-02-11: 11:38:00
that's okay - looks like a very happy cat - probably listening to some old Cat Stevens songs

OZZIEBOB - 2008-02-11: 18:38:00
The cat looks so friendly, I could moggicoddle him. Another great cartoon in a long line of great cartoons!

silveryaspen - 2008-02-11: 18:42:00
Your definition really elicited a lot of good words, remistram. Good one!

silveryaspen - 2008-02-11: 18:43:00
I second Jabberwocky's 'I look forward to your cartoons each day' ... me two, James. Can I be the mouse missing from the ipod?

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-12: 11:30:00
Thanks! Of course the most fun is seeing how everyone responds to the creative challenge by reading their wonderful words! That's what I look forward to every day. ~ James

metrohumanx metrohumanx - 2008-12-04: 01:20:00
Excellent!

emdeejay - 2008-12-04: 05:01:00
Love the way it FINishes :-)

metrohumanx metrohumanx - 2008-12-04: 17:28:00
"Excellent" was supposed to appear under YOUR word....ahhh- the mysteries of the comment box!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-04-29: 00:12:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James

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