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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.
Verboticisms
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Shoutrage
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: sh-out-rayj
Sentence: When my mother phones, it follows that I have to shoutrage my sister to let off steam.
Etymology: shout - usually loud vocalisation! plus rage - emotional state.
Poorboire
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: poor/bwire
Sentence: If you can't kick a gift horse in the mouth...at least leave a poorboire they'll never forget!
Etymology: variation of "pourboire" - a gift or gratuity
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COMMENTS:
good one quip! clever... - wordmeister, 2007-01-02: 16:02:00
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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
Emofection
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: e-mo-fek-shon
Sentence: After being dumped by a post-it this morning, Kate has emofected everyone around with her foul mood.
Etymology: I would prefer emotional Infection, or a latin emopatheogenic maybe, but emofection was more naturally understandable.
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COMMENTS:
emoflection would have been good too -- emotion + deflect - petaj, 2007-01-05: 20:19:00
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Feelocate
Created by: Marli
Pronunciation: Fee lo kate
Sentence: Unfortunately, Mandy feelocated all over George as a result of her boss's unfair demands earlier in the day.
Etymology: Feelings + relocate
Transmiffed
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: trans-miffed
Sentence: After her poor performance evaluation, Edna transmiffed her distemper to the next person she saw.
Etymology: transmit(ted): to cause, spread or pass on as in a disease or infection + miffed: petulant bad-tempered mood; huffed -- (distemper-an infectious, viral disease affecting dogs; deranged)
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COMMENTS:
Transmiffologic response! - Nosila, 2009-08-07: 22:23:00
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Transemosupernova
Created by: spacemonkeymafia
Pronunciation: trans-i-mō-sōō'per-nō'va
Sentence: The transemosupernova has been the cause of many arguments started by my girlfriend.
Etymology: Trans - From the Latin meaning "across, over, or beyond. Emo - from emotion, French émotion, from Old French, from esmovoir, to excite, from Vulgar Latin *exmovēre : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin movēre, to move. Super - Latin, from super, over, above.
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COMMENTS:
Ran out of room for the etymology for nova. Here it is. Nova - New Latin (stēlla) nova, new (star), nova, feminine of Latin novus, new. - spacemonkeymafia, 2007-01-02: 12:38:00
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Emopoop
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: ee-moh-poop
Sentence: Michael always had some difficulty sharing his feelings. But sooner or later, they would well up inside and he would just let it all out in one giant emopoop. It was usually a quite messy -- you wouldn't want to be trapped in the same room with him when it was happening -- but in the end, he always felt much better.
Etymology: emote + poop
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COMMENTS:
emoglopic! - Nosila, 2009-08-07: 22:25:00
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Comforage
Created by: Chistinalove
Pronunciation: come - for - rage
Sentence: She's constantly yelling at me because of her comforage
Etymology: comfort and rage
Comments:
Carole - 2007-01-02: 22:55:00
Good one Peta, yours has the same meaning as mine. Emotedump.
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