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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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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
Monogocidal
Created by: Katisms1
Pronunciation: Mon-AWG-oh-side-ull
Sentence: On hearing news of his infidelity, her immediate response was swift and monogocidal.
Etymology: Monogomy + homocide: The murder of a monogomous relationship.
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COMMENTS:
The death of a monogamous relationship, or the death *following* a monogamous relationship! Nice wordplay. - mplsbohemian, 2007-06-03: 13:29:00
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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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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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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
Confloved
Created by: kalieS
Pronunciation: Con-FLUH-VD
Sentence: As he caught his lover with another man, he became very confloved.
Etymology: Confused + Love = and confusion in love
Laptopdancer
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lap top dan ser
Sentence: Since she spent more guilty hours online with "Raoul" than she did with her real-life lover, Fidel, Rhonda was considered a laptopdancer.
Etymology: Laptop (portable, wireless computer, small enough to fit in your lap) & Lap Dancer (a scantily dressed/naked person who dances erotically for individual members of the audience)
Lacrelation
Created by: larar
Pronunciation: lack ruh lation
Sentence:
Etymology: lacremal fluid -tears + elation
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