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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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Cuckoldespair
Created by: jadenguy
Pronunciation: kuk old dis per
Sentence: Cuckoldispair seized his heart as he thrashed about the city; he was sure the downpour smelled like blood. Perhaps if he'd waited just a few more minutes...
Etymology: Cuckold + dispair
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COMMENTS:
You have my admiration for tackling this awkward word. - petaj, 2007-06-01: 09:54:00
thanks, i try. - jadenguy, 2007-06-01: 10:15:00
I found it very tough today as well - this word really sums it up nicely - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-01: 11:53:00
maybe you should have tried adultergate again? - jadenguy, 2007-06-01: 14:35:00
or maybe roderage - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-01: 15:16:00
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Jealousy
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: I think you know.
Sentence: Alex kept trying to think of the word to describe what he felt when he caught his girlfriend with another guy, but a quick scouring of dictionary.com gave it to him: jealousy.
Etymology: Um, it's jealousy.
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COMMENTS:
Eek, I'm afraid I came off sarcastic. Sorry. - mplsbohemian, 2007-06-02: 03:43:00
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Newlyweb
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: noōlēweb
Sentence: Joyce is a newlywed. Everybody knows how she hates to waste money so nobody was too shocked when she introduced her eHarmony newlyweb on Facebook. How could she have just left her paid-for account lapse without getting full use? Her real world husband isn’t sure how he feels about his virtual counterpart.
Etymology: newlywed (a recently married person) + web (short for World Wide Web)
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)
Loverrage
Created by: oralfixation
Pronunciation: lover-rage
Sentence: Michael's loverrage created a stir amongst the crowd that had gathered outside the window.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Not bad for my first attempt! - oralfixation, 2007-06-01: 21:08:00
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Flirtualist
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: flir-two-list
Sentence: Franny was quite the flirtualist with Frank until Fa´moused found out.
Etymology: Flirt-To make playfully romantic overtures. Part of Virtual and also in part of Dual...Having a double character or purpose.
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COMMENTS:
It sounds more like flirt + virtual, which is probably part of the charm. :) - Discoveria, 2012-09-29: 12:41:00
Thank you~ You got it! It sure is... ;) - abrakadeborah, 2012-12-06: 14:38:00
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Furospicious
Created by: bubbos
Pronunciation: Fu-ro-spi-cious
Sentence: Tom got home early from work today. However, an uneasy feeling of furospicious lingers in Tom's head as he hears Anna's voice moaning from the bedroom upstairs.
Etymology: Furious - extreme anger, often uncontrollable and unmanageable Suspicious - predictable response from hearing moaning upstairs
Trampire
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: tram pyre
Sentence: He acted like a vampire in a fit of righteous trampire, his nerves snapped like a tripwire and his brain was going haywire.
Etymology: tramp, ire
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COMMENTS:
There once was a righteous vampire,
his brain went utterly haywire,
When his girlfriend cheated,
he got a bit heated,
and swooned in a fit of trampire. - petaj, 2007-06-01: 08:54:00
Poor sucker! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-01: 09:06:00
Wasn't that from the Rocky Whoreor Prickture Show? - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-01: 09:43:00
I like this one! - texmom, 2007-06-01: 15:29:00
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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