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DEFINITION: n. An extremely intimate, but completely innocent, relationship with an online "partner". v. To be virtually unfaithful while strictly maintaining physical loyalty.
Verboticisms
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Woebegonorrhea
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: woe/begone/or/ea
Sentence: He felt an intense wave of woebegonorrhea when he discovered his girlfriend was cheating on him and just as he was about to tell her about the test results from the clinic
Etymology: woebegone + gonorrhea
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COMMENTS:
It's a cruel world. - petaj, 2007-06-01: 08:44:00
He never should have hooked up with SyPhillis. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-01: 09:11:00
Nor Clay Middea, H. Ivy and Donna Vanosis - petaj, 2007-06-01: 09:42:00
I think VD (Verbotomy Dialogue) is very contagious - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-01: 12:34:00
dinner was going well, the potatoes were cooked to perfection.. the meat was tender and the gravy she'd made was delicious.. but the evening went downhill after he tasted Her Peas - rikboyee, 2007-06-01: 18:48:00
No doubt someone had been engaging in riceque behaviour and enjoying some lentitillation with the peas. - petaj, 2007-06-01: 21:50:00
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Facenooky
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fāsnoŏkē
Sentence: Carlos is completely faithful to his wife but when she is away on business he can*t resist getting a little facenooky. He makes a point of keeping his privacy settings buttoned up tighter than a nun*s habit. His wife doesn*t even know he has an account.
Etymology: facebook (a social networking website) + nooky (sexual activity or intercourse)
Cyberfauxmance
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SI-ber-fo-mance
Sentence: Rhonda was heavily involved in cyberfaumance, carrying on multiple cyber 'affairs' with on line contacts whom she'd never actually met nor ever intended to meet.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'cyber' (a combining form meaning “computer,” “computer network,” or “virtual reality,”) 'faux' (fake, artificial) and 'romance' (a love affair, esp an intense and happy but short-lived affair involving young people)
Cheatatrophy
Created by: franticff
Pronunciation: cheet-A-tro-fee
Sentence: Feist suffered a cheatatrophy late last night while stalkbooking her lover.
Etymology: of French escheoir "befall by chance, happen, devolve," atrophia from Greek,"a wasting away, a waste of time!"
Trystual
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: trist-u-al
Sentence: Laura's trystual relationship was becoming more exciting than the real one she had with her husband, and she began to spend more and more time online. Her husband began to suspect that she might be having a virtual affair the night she called and said she'd be working late and wouldn't be home for supper, especially because she worked from home and the call came from her upstairs office.
Etymology: tryst: an agreement between lovers to meet at a certain place or time + virtual: existing in essence though not in fact
Avatarrangement
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: av - ah - tar - ranj - ment
Sentence: Lucy had an avatarrangement with Benjamin; her virtual friend on "My Other World" where her character looked nothing like herself. Because she was having an intimate relationship with her avatar and not her "real" self, she felt innocent and did not understand why her husband was upset.
Etymology: avatar, arrangement
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COMMENTS:
avatariffic word - Nosila, 2009-12-28: 22:19:00
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Emoflux
Created by: evthalia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His emotions uncontrollably and rapidly changed like waves crashing to shore.
Etymology: emotion + fluctuation
Flirtual
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Flur-tu-al
Sentence: Miss Slimmy Websurfer was such a flurtual person. Poor Mr. Bonehead Websurfer had no idea how many hours she spent online chatting up other guys.
Etymology: Flirt- To make playfully romantic or sexual overtures. Part of "Virtual"- Simulated, or carried on by means of a computer or computer network: virtual conversations in a chatroom.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Clayton. Thank you Clayton! ~ James
Clayton, this definition has prompted some inspired commenting.
Yes! You guys are so funny, I can hardly wait to read the book. ~ James
Clayton - 2007-06-01: 13:56:00
Heh. It seems like we've all been there. Fortunately, it's been several years for me.
I have made a couple of changes today. First, I have changed the way the Verboticisms are displayed so that now it shows the words from every Verbroom. I have also added a "Show All" link which lists all the verboticims of the day on a single page! Secondly I have added a comment tracking system so you can track all your conversations. If these changes cause a problem, let me know! ~ James
Thank you for the show all. I was thinking about the "tag cloud" idea. It would work well on the author pages, where the weighting for each word could be displayed by relative size of font. Then we could check out our best scoring words, and it wouldn't interfere with voting. Tracking conversations is a neat idea too. Are all the comments from every word in the one "track" or would we have to track each one individuall?
Today's definition was suggested by Clayton. Thank you Clayton. ~ James