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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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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)
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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Platonetmet
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: plat ton net met
Sentence: They had gotten together innocently online through their Facebook contacts. What had been a simple exchange had ended up a more intimate relationship. But sexy as it was, they remained faithful to their spouses because their connectedness was platonetmet. It helped that she actually lived in Buenos Aires and he in a small village in India. Though they could not dance in person they could do the tantamount tango! It was only a matter of time before either saved up enough air miles to change their status.
Etymology: Platonic (free from physical desire);Net (Internet) & Met (came together;got to know;got acquainted with)
Cuckoldamnation
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: cuck + ol + dam + nation
Sentence: And that was it, she was cheating on me - I felt the cuckoldamnation rising within me.
Etymology: cuckold + damnation
Disabeatcher
Created by: mizzverbz
Pronunciation: dis-a-be-atcher
Sentence:
Etymology: a compilation of disalution, bitch and cheater
Jodicide
Created by: ngajoe
Pronunciation: Joh-dee-side
Sentence: After reading the Instant Messenger transcript between his girlfriend and someone named "SweetLove384", Em felt a cold wave of jodicide swell up in his heart, and he knew now that only his hunting rifle and a 4x scope could find a cure.
Etymology: "Jody" [fictional character in Army horror stories who steals the hearts of a soldier's loved ones during deployments.] + cide [Middle English, from Old French (from Latin -cīda, killer) and Latin -cīdium, killing, both from caedere, to strike, kill.]
Emoflux
Created by: evthalia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His emotions uncontrollably and rapidly changed like waves crashing to shore.
Etymology: emotion + fluctuation
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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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