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DEFINITION: v. To engage in intimate activities with your "ex", even when you know that you will never, ever, get back together again. n. Intimate activities undertaken with an ex-lover
Verboticisms
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Retrobound
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛtɹoˌbaʊnd/
Sentence: GILMORE GIRLS SPOILER: As expected, Lorelai's fling with Chris turned out just to be a retrobound.
Etymology: From retro- + bound, as in "rebound"
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COMMENTS:
I switched to IPA for pronounciation. It makes it seem more professional, which makes it seem funnier to me. - ErWenn, 2007-02-16: 10:38:00
The funny thing is that I don't even watch Gilmore Girls. All I know, I pick up from snippets overheard from the other room while doing my homework while my better half watches. - ErWenn, 2007-02-16: 10:40:00
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Exaction
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: Ex-action
Sentence: Looks like he'll be getting a little ex action with his old girlfriend.
Etymology: ex: ex-girfriend/boyfriend, action: well, duh.
Exsex
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: ECKS-seks
Sentence: "I had the best exsex with Mona last night," Travis beamed. "I shoulda divorced her YEARS ago!"
Etymology: ex + sex
Dejascrew
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: day ja skrou
Sentence: that eerie yet strangely comforting feeling of dejascrew set her essentials a-tingling
Etymology: deja vu + screw
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COMMENTS:
This is classic! - Alchemist, 2007-02-16: 07:05:00
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Remance
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ree-manse
Sentence: When Gloria hads recurring bouts of regret over breaking up with Mark she engages him in remance, finding opportunities here and there to cuddle and make out, though she has no desire to rekindle the relationship itself.
Etymology: Play on the word 'romance' with prefix 're' - to do over
Moreplay
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: moor + plae
Sentence: Bill would call his ex Carol when he was in the mood for a little moreplay.
Etymology: More + Play (something like Foreplay)
Forniclosure
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: for-knee-cloe-zyer
Sentence: it felt nice and familiar but she couldn't forget how irritraiting he'd become...this was strictly forniclosure
Etymology: fornicate, closure
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COMMENTS:
Very nice, sum's up the definition impressively! - allwise, 2007-02-16: 05:42:00
I agree. Here's a vote. By the way, I've looked all over this place and can't find a single teller to cash in my points. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-16: 15:26:00
Yeah, but if I could just get some forniclosure, that would be ok... - allwise, 2007-02-19: 02:55:00
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Entrex
Created by: toralora
Pronunciation: ehn/trex (like anthrax)
Sentence: He calls her whenever he wants some entrex, and she's usually up for it.
Etymology: to enter + ex (not nescesarily a rude word - it could simply be to enter an ex's life/house/bedroom ..etc).
Rebooty
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: rēboōtē
Sentence: Rob and Jill know that they will never be able to get back together. There have been too many hurtful incidents for that to be possible. Despite that they can’t seem to resist the lure of the rebooty call. For a short time they can forget the past, as long as one of them departs quickly, before they can start talking.
Etymology: reboot (an act of booting a computer system again) + booty call (a sexual invitation or rendezvous)
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COMMENTS:
nice one - galwaywegian, 2011-02-11: 05:11:00
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Exsex
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: ECKS-seks
Sentence: "I had the best exsex with Mona last night," Travis beamed. "I shoulda divorced her YEARS ago!"
Etymology: ex + sex
Comments:
ErWenn - 2007-02-17: 08:10:00
You know, if everyone could vote an unlimited number of times, or if there was a ranking system, instead of a voting system, that would take care of several problems at once. It would fix the late-post deficiency as well as the too-many-good-words problem.
Discoveria - 2007-02-17: 09:33:00
Maybe no new words should be displayed until there are at least 10, so you won't be tempted to vote until there's a sizeable batch of words.
ErWenn - 2007-02-18: 10:16:00
Or even just switch the vote to yesterday's verboticisms while people are creating today's.
Discoveria - 2007-02-18: 18:37:00
That would have the added (mostly good) effect of giving me something to do on Verbotomy on Saturdays.
Hey ErWenn and Discoveria, We could try either of these options. Would you be interested in a test week using an alternative voting sytem? Let me know ~ James (james@verbotomy.com)