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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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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
Emollector
Created by: IHeartKiwiTarts
Pronunciation: "ee-moe-leck-tour"
Sentence: I am a totally emollector
Etymology: emotion + collector emollector yay!
Emotedump
Created by: Carole
Pronunciation: ee motey dump
Sentence: Cecil was completely floored by the vehemence of Conny's latest emotedump.
Etymology: emote/ emotion. dump/ drop, let go of load.
Asscakes
Created by: delayette
Pronunciation: ass-kayke
Sentence: Johnny got mad at his girlfriend and decided to asscake me with his problems
Etymology: asscake-to dump emotional sappy crap onto another.
Emotionertia
Created by: garlinger626
Pronunciation: emo-shun-er-sha
Sentence: Sorry about slapping you earlier, I let my emotionertia get the best of me.
Etymology: emotion and inertia
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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Projectileemoting
Created by: dstorm78
Pronunciation: proj-jec-tile-ee-mote-ing
Sentence: I'm so tired of you projectileemoting all over the place every morning...we're through.
Etymology: This is a combination of projectile vomiting and emoting. Therefore, one would upchuck their emotions without warning.
Transflurgle
Created by: currentlyinsolitude
Pronunciation: trans-fler-gull
Sentence: The girl transflurgled to her boyfriend.
Etymology: Vietmanese
Comments:
Carole - 2007-01-02: 22:55:00
Good one Peta, yours has the same meaning as mine. Emotedump.
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