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DEFINITION: v. To collect all the emotional energy you receive from one person, and then share it with the very next person you meet. n. Emotional transference.
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Transnubstantiation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: tranz/snub/stan/siay/shun
Sentence: What a weight off my shoulders to practice transnubstatiation on an ususpecting passerby after being snubbed by another.
Etymology: transubstantiation + snub
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COMMENTS:
Funny! - wordmeister, 2007-01-02: 12:59:00
thanks wordmeister - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-03: 16:35:00
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Shate
Created by: kevinrio
Pronunciation: sh - ate
Sentence: Sorry I didn't mean it. I'm shating because my bloody cat.
Etymology: share + hate
Collectiveemotions
Created by: GreatRandew
Pronunciation: Col-ec-tive-E-mot-ions
Sentence: Due to her collective emotions, any people that rub her the wrong way leave a negative feeling that propegates.
Etymology:
Angstorm
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ang-storm
Sentence: After receiving a tongue-lashing from his wife, Bob angstormed the poor dog for getting dog food crumbs on the floor.
Etymology: angst, storm
Transpurrance
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: trans-pur-uhns
Sentence: Cindy is very close to her cat. Unfortunately Mr. Furball often sets her mood for the day. If he treats her poorly everybody in the office will do their best to stay clear. The emotional transpurrance can be deadly.
Etymology: tansferance (the shift of emotions, especially those experienced in childhood, from one person or object to another, especially the transfer of feelings about a parent to an analyst) + purr (to utter a low, continuous, murmuring sound expressive of contentment or pleasure, as a cat does)
Moodswapping
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: mood - swa - ping
Sentence: Terry was an expert at moodswapping. He would get into an argument with his boss and take it out on his wife. After a wonderful day with his wife, he would be nice to the checkout clerk at the store and so on.... He always carried the most recent interaction on to the next person.
Etymology: mood, swapping
Comments:
Carole - 2007-01-02: 22:55:00
Good one Peta, yours has the same meaning as mine. Emotedump.
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