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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)
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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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)
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.
Transmoshun
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: trans-moe-shun
Sentence: Pete received the full impact of Kelly's day through transmoshun.
Etymology: transmit + emotion + shun
Pissdemeanor
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: pistdimēnər
Sentence: She really didn\\\'t like her job at the Mall with its annoying, self-centered customers. She would occasionally commit a pissdemeanor by re-directing her frustration at her co-workers or when she would get home and yell at the cat.
Etymology: pissed (very annoyed; angry) + misdemeanor (a minor wrongdoing) + demeanor (outward behavior or bearing, attitude)
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
Transapplicate
Created by: seifip
Pronunciation: transapplicate
Sentence: I have transapplicated my feeling on him... He just reminded me of my lazy cat!
Etymology: trans + applicate
Convibe
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /k&n-'vIb/
Sentence: Krisna was a very well-balanced person, partly because he would convibe any negativity he received onto his computer. His computer, on the other hand, was just plain miserable.
Etymology: from convey + vibe
Comments:
Carole - 2007-01-02: 22:55:00
Good one Peta, yours has the same meaning as mine. Emotedump.
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