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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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Dysphuriation
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: dis-FYOOR-ee-EY-shuhn
Sentence: Gerald could not contain his dysphuriation, which was clearly harder on him than either Janet or Carl, the landscaper.
Etymology: dysphoria + infuriation
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COMMENTS:
Janet was into whoreticulture. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-01: 08:55:00
Gerald was a mite angry, but Carl probably has a spray for that. Janet declared she was just being environmentally friendly. - petaj, 2007-06-01: 09:03:00
Carl was a seedy character, having had affairs with Rose, Daisy, and Lily as well. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-01: 09:19:00
sounds like a thHorny problem - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-01: 12:30:00
Yes, but Gerald rose to the occasion. - Clayton, 2007-06-01: 13:54:00
Damn, "rose" had already been used. I'll try again. It wasn't the first time Janet had been deflowered. Gerald fell into a vegetative state, preventing him from getting to the root of the problem. Tree times was fir too many. - Clayton, 2007-06-01: 14:05:00
Perhaps Janet felt that Gerald had been spending too much thyme with Rosemary and as he hadn't been wearing his foxglove he had developed a problem with his peonies - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-01: 15:35:00
Whereas Janet's gardenia belt left her feverbush exposed, making Carl's horse cane extremely gladiola, until his stamen peeked out from under his monkshood and he began pollen on his periwinkle. Fertilization was fine, but there was no possumhaw that he could marigold that witch-hazel and become a poppie, carting the orchids around to daisy care. Some called him a pansy, but many problems stemmed from his disinterest in cultivating a family and branching out. He wished everyone would just leaf him alone so he could smoke weed and listen to the Sex Pistils. Maple it was for the best. He'd rather bee with Jasmine, to chestnut on her pod and turn out the nightshade. - Clayton, 2007-06-01: 18:35:00
too funny - I'm splitpeaing myself with laughter!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-01: 20:10:00
Clayton, you sure have some stamena for pROSE. Freesia jolly good fellow, and sow say all of us. - petaj, 2007-06-02: 23:34:00
Ha ha! LOVE it! - Clayton, 2007-06-04: 06:18:00
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Betrayaleruption
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: bee-tray-all-e-rup-shun
Sentence: When she found the lipstick on his shirt collar, she felt the betrayaleruption of fury welling up in her heart.
Etymology: Betrayl + erruption (a somewhat predictable but not manageable sudden violent discharge)
Cuckoldrage
Created by: gdread
Pronunciation: KUHK-old-rayj
Sentence: Seeing Gwen in Cleo's arms drove Will into a wild cuckoldrage.
Etymology: guess
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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Affairate
Created by: blaine
Pronunciation: Affair-ate
Sentence: My husband would have an affairate if he ever walked in on us.
Etymology: Affair; Irate
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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Cheatercheaterbangbang
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: chee-tah-chee-tah-bang-bang
Sentence: the detective surveyed the crime scene, and judging by the evidence at hand it looked like the husband had discovered them together and suffered a dramatic bout of cheatercheaterbangbang
Etymology: cheater, bang, chitty chitty bang bang
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COMMENTS:
Was the crime scene the back seat of a car by any chance? - petaj, 2007-06-01: 04:44:00
was he a first off fender? - galwaywegian, 2007-06-01: 05:58:00
at least they won't have trouble establishing his automotive - rikboyee, 2007-06-01: 06:17:00
I suppose any van dyke jokes would be in bad taste. - galwaywegian, 2007-06-01: 06:33:00
They caught the Love Bug. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-01: 08:41:00
Ahh the good old days when only cars and cattle were horny and men could wield a crank. - petaj, 2007-06-01: 09:14:00
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Matrazzic
Created by: gautambarathwaj
Pronunciation: Pronunced as "Maatra-zzic"
Sentence: She was Mattrazzic when her lover saw her with someone else
Etymology: From the Tail word "MAATRAN" which means "SOme one else's" This Word has tamil roots
Janger
Created by: syerraecho
Pronunciation: Jan-ger (sounds like anger with a j)
Sentence: He seethed with janger upon seeing his loved one in his best friends arms.
Etymology: Jealousy + Anger
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COMMENTS:
Good word! Got one of my votes today!! - Stevenson0, 2007-06-01: 15:40:00
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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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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