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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.

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Idulterer

libertybelle

Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: eye-dull-ter-err

Sentence: While Jessica knew that Henry wasn't physically cheating on her, she saw him for the idulterer he was as he spent seven hours every night chatting with his email pal "Karen".

Etymology: adulterer + i-prefix popularized by apple electronics

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Sinternet

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sin ter net

Sentence: When Jez E-Bell met Webb Site online, they had an instant connection. Despite the fact that she was already married to Ian O. Sent, Jez flirted shamelessly with her new domain guy and craved his cyber touch on the sinternet. Ian put up with it until the day he found Webb trying to breach her portal. Henceforth, her access was denied.

Etymology: Sin (Commit a sin;violate a moral law) & Internet (a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange)

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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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Enamorage

Created by: renzeb

Pronunciation: Ee-na-mohr-ij

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Etymology: Enamor + Rage

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Blechsick

Created by: cjdoyle

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Cheatesponse

Created by: nbsalomon

Pronunciation: chee-tah-spawn-sss

Sentence: Carl's cheatesponse to Carol's affair with Michael AND Thomas made Carol feel bad.

Etymology: cheat and response

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Deniattack

brandie

Created by: brandie

Pronunciation: dee-neye-attack

Sentence: When I found him in bed with someone else, I started screaming and then had a deniattack.

Etymology: Denial attack

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Esophistinfaiz

ohwtepph

Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: ess-o-FIS-tin-feyz

Sentence: The extirpatingly asphyxiating and incalculably discombobulating esophistinfaiz exacerbated me and motivated me to thrust a lolloping cogency into the rendezvousing Brutuses. In short... I punched them.

Etymology: S.O.P [Standard Operating Procedure] a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely XD + an evolution of the phrase "fist in face" + esophagus, a possible fist target [yeah, it could be]

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COMMENTS:

Whew! Glad you summed up that sentence. You lost me at extir... Quite creative! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-01: 08:59:00

petaj I thought it may have been the response of a philosopher in Morroco (sophist in Faiz) - petaj, 2007-06-01: 09:38:00

ohwtepph thanks. though i could've sworn i read one of Aesop's fables when I conjured up that word (Aesop is in the Faiz)... *sigh* and that was just another corny joke, courtesy of ohwtepph. - ohwtepph, 2007-06-01: 09:58:00

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Skankimity

Created by: kymar

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Newlyweb

artr

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)

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-06-01: 01:51:00
Today's definition was suggested by Clayton. Thank you Clayton! ~ James

petaj petaj - 2007-06-01: 09:48:00
Clayton, this definition has prompted some inspired commenting.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-06-01: 12:02:00
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.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-06-01: 14:24:00
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

petaj petaj - 2007-06-01: 21:42:00
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?

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-12-28: 00:16:00
Today's definition was suggested by Clayton. Thank you Clayton. ~ James