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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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Nuclcarry

Created by: sbilecen

Pronunciation: nucl (from nuclear) carry is carry

Sentence: She is a nuclcarry

Etymology:

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Reflexaffect

Created by: missparaguay1991

Pronunciation: /RFLKSFKT/

Sentence: Didn't your mum say that line to you five minutes ago? stop reflexaffecting me!

Etymology: Reflexaffect: reflex from the E reflect meaning show an image, and affect from the E affected, meaning have an effect on

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Cathext

Created by: norallama

Pronunciation: Kuh-theckst

Sentence: I burned the toast, ripped my hose, and then, of course, cathexted all over my assistant the very first chance I got.

Etymology: From "cathexis," meaning "emotional energy" ... and "Next!"

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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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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.

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Emoticonduit

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: ee-moat-ee-kon-due-it

Sentence: As she angrily replied to his email with colon, left bracket..she knew she shouldn't be mad at him...but she'd just got off the phone with her mother... she was a classic emoticonduit

Etymology: emotion, conduit

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Emofection

ubgrud

Created by: ubgrud

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:

petaj emoflection would have been good too -- emotion + deflect - petaj, 2007-01-05: 20:19:00

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Pissdemeanor

artr

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)

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Hissplacement

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: hiss playse ment

Sentence: When Tiger vocalized his indifference, jealousy and displeasure towards Sybil, it was a catastrophe. She was catatonic briefly before projecting her hissplacement categorically towards her boyfriend,Tom. Afterwhich, Tom was feline purrly...

Etymology: Hiss (the fricative, sibilant noise cats make to express disapproval, contempt ot displeasure) & Displacement (the psychological transference of feelings from one person to another; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one)

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Vilesharing

Created by: maxxy

Pronunciation: VYL-share-ing

Sentence: Jim's wife knew whenever he had a bad day at work; he started up vilesharing as soon as he got home.

Etymology: vile + filesharing

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Comments:

Carole - 2007-01-02: 22:55:00
Good one Peta, yours has the same meaning as mine. Emotedump.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-08-07: 09:28:00
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