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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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Transferlament
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: trans-FER-leh-ment
Sentence: Whenever Sally was hit with negative emotions from her interactions with her mother, which was a very frequent occurrence, she would transferlament, laying all her tears and woes on her boyfriend Frankie.
Etymology: Bland of 'transfer' (to shift something or someone from one place to another) and 'lament' (to feel, show, or express grief, sorrow, or regret)
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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Psychoport
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: sahy/kuh/port
Sentence: My inability to deal with the immediate situation causes me to psychoport my feelings and emotions to the next person I run into.
Etymology: psychological + transport
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COMMENTS:
That sounds a lot like "psycho-sport". Is that a game you play regularily? - wordmeister, 2007-01-02: 16:06:00
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Synurgey
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sin urjee
Sentence: The synurgey that Kitty felt when she met Ramon was quickly turned to catastrophe when she realized he was not a cat lover. In fact, he was a cat hurter.
Etymology: Synergy (the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects) & Urge (push for something)
Emotiredirection
Created by: Fenners
Pronunciation: e-moti-redirection
Sentence: I've been a bit emotiredirectional lately
Etymology: emotion redirection
Procrastagonize
Created by: Wriiight
Pronunciation:
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Etymology: Procrastinate + Antagonize
Comforage
Created by: Chistinalove
Pronunciation: come - for - rage
Sentence: She's constantly yelling at me because of her comforage
Etymology: comfort and rage
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)
Reflexivenom
Created by: adobrodt
Pronunciation: ree-flex-i-ven-uhm
Sentence: Jenny met Bob after the disastrous art show and commenced to reflexivenomize on him for forty-five minutes.
Etymology: From reflection and VENOM
Forwardfeel
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: fore-ward-feel
Sentence: He knew that her hatred towards his mother was going to be a forwardfeel towards him. It would manifest itself in the form of her refraining to do his laundry.
Etymology: forward (transmit, send) + feel (to be emotionally affected by)
Comments:
Carole - 2007-01-02: 22:55:00
Good one Peta, yours has the same meaning as mine. Emotedump.
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